OPTONICA LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECT AGENCY (DARPA) SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIONS RESEARCH (SBIR
OPTONICA LLC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Defense funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- At $1,799,826, this is a large obligation for typical SBIR Phase sizing — worth reviewing for scope breadth and teaming opportunity.
- Tagged technology areas: C4ISR, Communications/Networking, Sensors & Sensor Fusion. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
Summary
Optonica LLC received nearly $1.8 million in Army SBIR Phase II funding via DARPA to develop a gimbal-integrated phased-array transceiver called GIPAT. The system is intended for tactical military applications.
- Amount
- $1,799,826
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Department of the Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- NAICS
- 541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
- Place of performance
- OH
- Period
- 2025-09-08 → 2028-10-07
Technology domains
Description
DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECT AGENCY (DARPA) SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIONS RESEARCH (SBIR) PHASE II EFFORT FOR GIMBAL - (GIMBAL-INTEGRATED PHASED-ARRAY TRANSCEIVER) (GIPAT) FOR TACTICAL APPLICATIONS.