Adroit Materials, Inc.

Adroit Materials, Inc., headquartered in Apex, North Carolina, is a small business technology specialist focused on the development and commercialization of advanced III-nitride semiconductor materials and devices. The company has established itself as a reliable federal contractor with a strong track record of securing research and development funding from defense and civilian agencies. Adroit Materials serves the federal government primarily through innovation-focused contract and grant programs designed to advance next-generation semiconductor technologies for defense, space, and energy applications.

Adroit Materials has secured approximately $13 million in cumulative Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) prime federal contract awards from multiple defense agencies and NASA. Recent major contract awards include a $1.4 million Air Force Research Laboratory Phase II SBIR contract issued in August 2025 for the development of novel quantum sensors based on aluminum nitride (AlN), with performance extending through August 2027. The company also holds a $2 million Office of Naval Research Phase II SBIR definitive contract for research and development of advanced semiconductor materials and devices, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. Additional significant awards include a $1.315 million U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Phase II STTR definitive contract for high-power ultraviolet C (UVC) light-emitting diodes for disinfection applications, completed in September 2025, and a $1.1 million Department of the Army Phase II SBIR contract for research into relaxed, low-dislocation aluminum gallium nitride layers grown on native substrates. Adroit Materials has also received smaller Phase I and Phase II contracts from NASA's Shared Services Center totaling $900,000 for deep-ultraviolet atomic physics detection systems for atomic clocks and space observation, and from the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command for microwave monolithic integrated circuits on single crystal AlN for extreme radio frequency systems. All of these awards have been designated as total small business set-asides, reflecting the company's status as a certified small business prime contractor.

Adroit Materials has received approximately $1.2 million in cumulative federal grant awards supporting early-stage research on advanced semiconductor technologies. The company has been awarded three Project Grants from the Department of Energy totaling $1.2 million: a $200,000 Office of Science award in July 2023 for development of a 1.2 kV class gallium nitride vertical U-MOSFET with reach-through protection and shielding by magnesium implantation, with completion in April 2024; and two $500,000 Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) grants issued in June and July 2021 for ion implantation-enabled fabrication of aluminum nitride-based Schottky diodes and KV-class gallium nitride-based junction barrier Schottky diodes, respectively, both completed in mid-2023. These grant awards support Adroit Materials' research objectives in power electronics, energy efficiency, and advanced material fabrication techniques aligned with federal priorities in clean energy and defense technology innovation.

development of new semiconducting materials and devices