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Pendar Technologies LLC: SBIR & STTR awards
23 awards worth $10.17M to 1 companies since 2017 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Pendar Technologies LLC's federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | $146.3K |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | $289.7K |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | $1.85M |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | $2.04M |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | $2.12M |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | $1.46M |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | $2.15M |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | $124.8K |
The latest year fills in over months: agencies report awards to SBIR.gov with a lag.
Latest matching awards
| Award | Company | Agency | Phase | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantum Cascade Laser–Based Mid-IR Networking for Naval Platforms · topic N251-007 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $146.3K | 2025-07-15 |
| Superconducting Thermal Spreader Enabled MWIR Band-IVb Quantum Cascade Laser with 65 W Average Output Power · topic N231-018 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $139.7K | 2023-07-12 |
| High Brightness Mid-Infrared Laser Illuminator · topic AF224-0005 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2023-04-14 |
| Reliable, High Performance Quantum Cascade Laser-based Optical Communication Solutions · topic AF212-0013 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $149.9K | 2022-06-01 |
| Affordable and Efficient High-Power Long Wavelength Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers · topic N201-058 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $1.70M | 2021-11-09 |
| Reliable High Power MWIR Quantum Cascade Lasers · topic AF203-CSO1 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $749.9K | 2021-08-05 |
| Quantum Cascade Lasers Manufacturing 10X Cost Reduction · topic N192-053 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $1.10M | 2021-03-29 |
| High Yield, High Performance Surface-Emitting Mid-Wave Quantum Cascade Lasers · topic AF203-CSO1 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $50.0K | 2021-02-05 |
| Monolithic Low Cost Dual-Band Quantum Cascade Laser · topic N202-115 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $139.9K | 2020-10-29 |
| Quantum Cascade Laser Array with Integrated Wavelength Beam Combining · topic N19A-T005 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase II | $1.60M | 2020-09-22 |
| Affordable and Efficient High-Power Long Wavelength Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers · topic N201-058 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $238.1K | 2020-07-17 |
| Fully Automated Quantum Cascade Laser Design Aided by Machine Learning · topic N20A-T003 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase I | $139.9K | 2020-06-24 |
| Quantum Cascade Lasers Manufacturing 10X Cost Reduction · topic N192-053 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $139.6K | 2019-10-30 |
| Two-Dimensional Surface Emitting Mid-Wave Infrared (MWIR) Quantum Cascade Laser Arrays for High-Power Applications · topic N181-016 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $748.9K | 2019-09-03 |
| Quantum Cascade Laser Array with Integrated Wavelength Beam Combining · topic N19A-T005 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase I | $144.7K | 2019-07-11 |
| High Power Broadband MWIR Arrays · topic AF191-034 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $149.8K | 2019-06-17 |
| Brightness Scaling of Quantum Cascade Lasers · topic N191-014 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $144.8K | 2019-06-17 |
| Process to Mitigate Catastrophic Optical Damage to Quantum Cascade Lasers · topic N19A-T004 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase I | $144.7K | 2019-06-17 |
| Quantum Cascade Laser Thermal Impedance Improvement · topic N182-113 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $124.9K | 2018-10-16 |
| Two-Dimensional Surface Emitting Mid-Wave Infrared (MWIR) Quantum Cascade Laser Arrays for High-Power Applications · topic N181-016 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $124.1K | 2018-06-08 |
| Widely Tunable High Power Quantum Cascade Laser Arrays for Standoff Detection · topic A14A-T015 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase II | $999.3K | 2018-04-25 |
| Widely-Tunable Distributed-feedback Mid-Infrared Laser for Standoff Chemical Detection · topic A10-075 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Special Operations Command | SBIR Phase II | $1.02M | 2018-03-22 |
| Efficient Mid-Wave Infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers with Room-Temperature Wall-Plug Efficiency over 40% · topic N17A-T006 | Pendar Technologies LLC · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase I | $124.8K | 2017-06-08 |
Source: SBIR.gov award data (SBA) ↗, awards through 2026-08-28. Amounts are as agencies report them to SBA. SBIR/STTR contracts also appear in USAspending as ordinary awards; grants (NIH, NSF, DOE) appear as assistance. Open topics are posted by each agency; see Opportunities for contract notices.