National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) — 2013 Investments

Aurora develops advanced air vehicles and enabling technologies, including aircraft configurations, autonomous systems, and propulsion, for government and commercial customers.

Deep TechRobotics

McQ builds unattended ground sensors, maritime acoustic sensors, and C2 software that fuse seismic, acoustic, magnetic, radar, and visual data into autonomous ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) systems for use in remote, disconnected environments.

Defense TechHardwareIoT

NorthWest Research Associates (NWRA) is a scientist-owned research organization conducting basic and applied research in the geophysical and space sciences.

Deep TechSpace Tech

Phase Sensitive Innovations (PSI) designs, fabricates, and manufactures photonic devices — including high-speed photodiodes, Lithium Niobate phase modulators, and RF photonic systems — for integration into RF systems such as 5G wireless communication, RF-over-fiber, and phased array antennas.

Deep TechDefense TechHardware

Propagation Research Associates (PRA) researches and develops algorithms and devices to improve signal propagation for RF, infrared, and optical sensors, including atmospheric modeling for radar error mitigation, precision positioning for smart munitions, and adaptive interference cancellation.

Deep TechDefense TechHardware

SeaLandAire is an engineering firm founded in 1997 that designs and builds data collection systems—including hydrophone arrays, acoustic signal processing, sensor systems, and autonomous vehicles—for harsh marine, air, and terrain environments.

Deep TechDefense TechHardware

Sunburst Sensors builds autonomous instruments (the SAMI and AFT product lines) that measure carbonate parameters such as pH, pCO2, and alkalinity in aquatic environments for long-term time series monitoring.

Climate TechDeep TechHardware