Astertech LLC

Astertech LLC, a minority-owned small business based in Dayton, Ohio, operates as a sole proprietorship providing advanced research and development services to federal defense and civilian agencies, exclusively as a prime contractor on small-business-set-aside R&D contracts. The company holds Subcontinent Asian American ownership and has secured six federal awards totaling $2.9 million in combined potential value, all under Total Small Business set-asides, with work centered on microelectronics, materials processing, and high-temperature electronics research.

Astertech's recent award footprint reflects a deliberate focus on defense research and development. The Office of Naval Research awarded the largest contract on January 20, 2026 — a $2 million definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee research and development award running through January 22, 2030, performed in Dayton. The company also holds a $250 thousand Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract from the Department of the Army for advanced pyrometallurgical feedstock processing to produce germanium concentrates (awarded February 20, 2025), a $246.5 thousand Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I award from Naval Sea Systems Command for research topic N24A-T021 (July 15, 2024), and a $156.5 thousand STTR Phase I contract from NASA's Shared Services Center for high-temperature electronics in advanced thermostructures (September 29, 2025). The Defense Microelectronics Activity placed two smaller awards totaling roughly $199 thousand for software development and STTR research in silicon carbide epilayers and microelectronics facility operations.

Customer concentration runs across defense-focused agencies. The Office of Naval Research leads in potential value at $2 million; the Department of the Army, Naval Sea Systems Command, and Defense Microelectronics Activity collectively account for nearly $697 thousand; and NASA's Shared Services Center completes the portfolio at $156.5 thousand. The awards span applied research (SBIR and STTR Phase I actions) with category concentration in Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (five of six awards) and defense R&D services (four of six awards under military basic and applied research PSC codes). Astertech operates with no subcontract footprint — all six awards are prime contracts — and does not sit on parent vehicles such as GWACs or agency-wide IDIQs. Activity has grown from two awards in 2024 to three in 2025, with only one award ($156.5 thousand from NASA) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal near-term recompete pressure. The company's capability profile centers on microelectronics innovation, materials science, and advanced thermal systems research for the U.S. military research and technology development community.

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