Small Business Innovation Research · Small Business Technology Transfer
Oblate Optics Inc: SBIR & STTR awards
4 awards worth $2.34M to 1 companies since 2020 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Oblate Optics Inc's federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | $1.80M |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | $249.7K |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | $180.0K |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | $110.9K |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverse-designed lightweight, planar focus lenses for Vis to LWIR hyperspectral imaging · topic SF241-0013 | Oblate Optics Inc · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $1.80M | 2026-01-23 |
| Advanced Metastructures for Optical Aberration Correction & Cost Reduction in LWIR Imaging Systems · topic A244-P062 | Oblate Optics Inc · California | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase I | $249.7K | 2025-01-30 |
| Inverse-designed lightweight, planar focus lenses for Vis to LWIR hyperspectral imaging · topic SF241-0013 | Oblate Optics Inc · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $180.0K | 2024-09-30 |
| Ultra-lightweight Achromatic Flat Lenses for Imaging · topic A20-044 | Oblate Optics Inc · California | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase I | $110.9K | 2020-06-19 |
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.