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Physical Optics Corporation

CA · SBIR awardee across 6 federal programs (DHS S&T, DoD, NASA, DOE, NSF, HHS/NIH), first award 1986.

1,957SBIR awards

$560MSBIR $

1,406 → 551Phase I → II

$695M+Follow-on federal $

100+Follow-on contracts

SBIR awards by program

Program	Awards	SBIR $	Phase I	Phase II
DHS S&T	44	$11M	35	9
DoD	1,493	$442M	1,065	428
NASA	117	$27M	84	33
DOE	171	$51M	122	49
NSF	55	$7M	41	14
HHS/NIH	77	$22M	59	18

Mission areas

Borders & Maritime Security
Chemical & Biological Defense
Cybersecurity
Explosives & Screening
First Responders & Resilience
Information & Data Analytics
Radiological & Nuclear (CWMD)
Air Force
Army
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Defense Health Program
Defense Microelectronics Activity
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Missile Defense Agency
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Navy
Office for Chemical and Biological Defense
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Other DoD
Special Operations Command
Aeronautics
Communications & Navigation
Entry, Descent & Landing
Human Spaceflight & Life Support
Materials & Manufacturing
Power & Energy
Propulsion
Robotics & Autonomy
Science Instruments & Sensors
Software & Modeling
Spacecraft & Avionics
Accelerators & Detectors
Batteries & Energy Storage
Buildings & Efficiency
Carbon, Fossil & Bioenergy
Computing & Modeling
Fusion & Plasma
Grid & Power Electronics
Hydrogen & Fuel Cells
Materials & Chemistry
Nuclear Fission & Isotopes
Sensors & Instrumentation
Solar & Renewables
Advanced Materials & Nanotech
Biotech & Health
Chemistry & Chemical Processes
Education & Learning
Photonics & Sensors
Semiconductors & Electronics
Cardio & Metabolic
Diagnostics & Imaging
Digital Health & Informatics
Drug Discovery & Delivery
Genomics & Cell Therapy
Infectious Disease & Vaccines
Medical Devices
Neuro & Mental Health
Oncology & Cancer
Regenerative & Tissue

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Data: SBIR.gov award records + USAspending.gov prime contracts, matched by recipient name. Follow-on dollars are association, not causation — they show where this firm's later federal prime-contract dollars landed, not that SBIR work caused them. Follow-on figures for this firm are floors: USAspending is queried for its 100 largest contracts, and this firm reaches that cap. Methodology