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Space Micro Inc.: SBIR & STTR awards
150 awards worth $58.45M to 1 companies since 2002 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Space Micro Inc.'s federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 2 | $2.80M |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | $6.98M |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 | $4.20M |
| 2020 | 6 | 4 | $5.94M |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | $2.19M |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 | $2.78M |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | $1.25M |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 | $4.26M |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | $499.4K |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | $1.79M |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | $1.52M |
| 2012 | 7 | 5 | $5.79M |
The latest year fills in over months: agencies report awards to SBIR.gov with a lag.
By agency
- Department of Defense 114 awards · $49.92M
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration 35 awards · $8.43M
- Department of Homeland Security 1 awards · $100.0K
Latest matching awards
| Award | Company | Agency | Phase | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High performance, AI-enabled, radiation hard, space computing platform for trusted autonomy · topic AFX234-DCSO2 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $1.25M | 2023-02-02 |
| Optical communications in space enhanced with novel Forward Error Correction (FEC) · topic AFX234-DCSO2 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $1.25M | 2023-02-02 |
| Broadband Power Amplifier Hardware to Support RF Convergence · topic AF222-0020 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2023-01-05 |
| Compact Multi-sensor camera system with Artificial Intelligence with embedded AI for autonomous SSA/SDA · topic X224-OCSO1 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $75.0K | 2022-11-02 |
| Gimbal-less Free-Space Optical Communications Terminal with Photonic Integrated Circuits · topic X224-OCSO1 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $75.0K | 2022-11-01 |
| Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) for Radio Frequency (RF) Modulation Recognition · topic A214-049 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase I | $250.0K | 2022-09-07 |
| Autonomous Rendezvous Proximity Operation (RPO) for OSAM · topic AF21S-TCSO1 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase I | $250.0K | 2022-08-11 |
| W/V Band SDR enabling agile space communications · topic AF21B-TCSO1 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase II | $750.0K | 2022-07-20 |
| High-Performance Space Computing Technology · topic Z2 | Space Micro Inc. · California | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $149.3K | 2022-07-18 |
| CMG-Barnacle: Robotic Spacecraft that Attaches to Satellites Providing ADCS · topic AF21S-TCSO1 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase I | $250.0K | 2022-07-05 |
| SpaceCam: a dual use space imaging and SSA Camera · topic AF211-CSO1 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $750.0K | 2022-05-04 |
| Lasercom for cislunar applications · topic AF221-DCSO1 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $1.25M | 2022-04-29 |
| Full Duplex RF-to-Optical Converter for SATCOM · topic AF211-CSO1 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $750.0K | 2022-04-13 |
| Agile, modular, radiation hardened SDR with integrated SSPA for SATCOM · topic AFX20D-TCSO1 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase II | $750.0K | 2022-03-11 |
| MOCA One-to-Many OISL · topic HQ085021S0001-01 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Space Development Agency | SBIR Phase II | $1.73M | 2022-01-20 |
| Space Micro for WV band · topic AF21B-TCSO1 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase I | $49.9K | 2021-11-05 |
| DEFORMO: Deformable Mirror Enabled Free Space Optical Comms · topic AF21B-TCSO1 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase I | $49.9K | 2021-11-04 |
| 3U SpaceVPX Image Processing Computing Experiment on MISSE-FF · topic H8 | Space Micro Inc. · California | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $760.0K | 2021-08-18 |
| Full Duplex RF-to-Optical Converter for SATCOM · topic AF211-CSO1 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $50.0K | 2021-06-02 |
| SpaceCam: a dual use space imaging and SSA camera · topic AF211-CSO1 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $50.0K | 2021-06-02 |
| Radiation Tolerant AI Processing in space · topic Z2 | Space Micro Inc. · California | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $125.0K | 2021-05-18 |
| Nanosatellite Payloads for Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance · topic SOCOM193-001 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Special Operations Command | SBIR Phase II | $1.97M | 2021-04-19 |
| Resilient, Modular, NanoComm Software Defined Transceiver for USAF · topic AFX20D-TCSO1 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase I | $150.0K | 2020-12-17 |
| Machine-Learning Based Sensing and Waveform Adaptation for SDRs Operating in Congested and Contested Environment · topic A19C-T005 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Army | STTR Phase II | $1.10M | 2020-12-13 |
| MISSE-FF Experiment on Advanced COTS Processors · topic H8 | Space Micro Inc. · California | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $124.8K | 2020-08-11 |
| Advanced Space Communications Experiment on MISSE-FF · topic H8 | Space Micro Inc. · California | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $124.8K | 2020-08-11 |
| Interference Rejection of Strong Signals Within Wideband Communication Receivers · topic SOCOM183-002 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Special Operations Command | SBIR Phase II | $1.02M | 2020-03-20 |
| Agile Space Radio (ASR) · topic AF103-085 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $97.9K | 2020-03-19 |
| Repurposed Software Programmable Radio Technology to Support Flexible Missile Uplink/Downlink Implementation · topic A16-078 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase II | $1.10M | 2020-03-12 |
| Machine-Learning Based Sensing and Waveform Adaptation for SDRs Operating in Congested and Contested Environment · topic A19C-T005 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Army | STTR Phase I | $173.0K | 2020-02-19 |
| Dual-Use Space Imaging Camera for DoD ISR and SSA applications · topic AF193-CSO1 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $50.0K | 2019-12-12 |
| Nanosatellite Payloads for Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance · topic SOCOM193-001 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Special Operations Command | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2019-12-11 |
| Radiation Hardened, Reprogrammable, Machine Vision Space Computer Solution · topic MDA19-011 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency | SBIR Phase I | $105.0K | 2019-11-22 |
| Dual use space-based laser communications for security and resilience · topic AF192-001 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $3.00M | 2019-11-05 |
| Hosted Communications Payload to Leverage Commercial LEO Constellations · topic H8 | Space Micro Inc. · California | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $124.9K | 2019-08-19 |
| Dual use space-based laser communication terminals for DoD SATCOM security · topic AF192-001 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $50.0K | 2019-08-13 |
| 3D Printed Microscale Radiation Shielding · topic MDA17-012 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency | SBIR Phase II | $1.01M | 2019-06-04 |
| High Speed Missile to Missile Communications · topic MDA17-001 | Space Micro Inc. · California | Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency | SBIR Phase II | $1.01M | 2019-01-14 |
| CubeSat Compatible, Rad-Hard, Long Lifetime, Miniature Integrated Star Tracker (MIST) · topic S3 | Space Micro Inc. · California | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $125.0K | 2018-07-27 |
| Advanced Visible Camera for Extreme Radiation Environments · topic S4 | Space Micro Inc. · California | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $125.0K | 2018-07-27 |
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.