Top Hypersonics SBIR/STTR Awardees

Research the SBIR/STTR competitive landscape: the top award-winning firms by agency and technology domain. Every figure is computed from public federal award records — free, with per-firm profiles and "firms like this" similarity.

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Top awardees — Top Hypersonics SBIR/STTR Awardees

RankFirmTotal $ awardedAwards Top agencyTop technologyMost recent
1 HERMEUS CORP $20,165,000 1 Department of Defense Hypersonics 2021
2 PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. $10,703,076 2 Department of Defense Hypersonics 2023
3 EMAG TECHNOLOGIES INC. $5,279,477 2 Department of Defense Hypersonics 2025
4 SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC $3,499,250 3 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Hypersonics 2026
5 ATA ENGINEERING, INC. $2,331,963 2 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Modeling & Simulation 2025
6 CERANOVA CORP $2,019,919 1 Department of Defense Materials & Manufacturing 2025
7 CARBON CARBON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. $2,000,601 1 Department of Defense Materials & Manufacturing 2026
8 QUADRUS CORPORATION $1,999,823 1 Department of Defense Sensors & Sensor Fusion 2026
9 EXO-ATMOSPHERIC TECHNOLOGIES LLC $1,987,613 1 Department of Defense Materials & Manufacturing 2026
10 KENT OPTRONICS INC $1,976,672 1 Department of Defense Sensors & Sensor Fusion 2023
11 UTRON KINETICS LLC $1,921,008 1 Department of Defense Materials & Manufacturing 2026
12 VALLEY TECH SYSTEMS, INC. $1,693,514 1 Department of Defense Hypersonics 2018
13 POLARIS SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES INC $1,561,376 1 Department of Defense Sensors & Sensor Fusion 2025
14 DYNOVAS INC $1,298,294 1 Department of Defense Materials & Manufacturing 2026
15 CERMETECH LLC $1,242,205 1 Department of Defense Materials & Manufacturing 2026
16 OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC $1,064,989 2 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Sensors & Sensor Fusion 2025
17 KARAGOZIAN & CASE, INC. $1,057,950 1 Department of Defense Materials & Manufacturing 2020
18 SPORIAN MICROSYSTEMS, INC $899,999 1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space & Satellite 2024
19 CORVID TECHNOLOGIES, LLC $849,979 1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space & Satellite 2025
20 GHKN ENGINEERING, LLC $748,560 1 Department of Defense Space & Satellite 2022
21 ALKEMIX CORPORATION $100,000 1 Department of Defense Materials & Manufacturing 2026
22 RUSSELL TECHNICAL CONSULTING SERVICES LLC $100,000 1 Department of Defense Materials & Manufacturing 2026
23 ULTRAMET $100,000 1 Department of Defense Materials & Manufacturing 2026
24 PEREGRINE FALCON CORP $98,580 1 Department of Defense Materials & Manufacturing 2026

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The SBIR/STTR competitive landscape ranks the small businesses winning the most federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer funding, measured by total award dollars on record. Filter the ranking by agency, technology domain, program phase, or fiscal year to see who leads a specific slice of the market. Open any firm's awardee profile for its full award history, phase mix, funding agencies, and top technology domains — all free and derived directly from public federal award data.

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