Hyper TECH Research Inc.

Hyper TECH Research Inc., a Columbus, Ohio-based for-profit manufacturer, conducts research and development of advanced superconducting and cryogenic technologies as a prime recipient on federal SBIR contracts and research grants, with a single documented sub-award to date. The company operates across total small business set-asides and sole-source procurements, competing predominantly under NASA and Department of Energy research and development vehicles rather than on full-and-open contracts.

Hyper TECH's capability portfolio centers on cryogenic conductor design, superconducting materials development, and electric aircraft propulsion systems. Representative work includes a $899,999 Phase II SBIR contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center on July 29, 2025, to develop high power density motors and generators for single and double aisle passenger aircraft using multifilamentary high purity aluminum coils at 20 Kelvin, with completion scheduled for July 28, 2027. An earlier Phase I award for the same program totaled $149,999 and ran through February 2025. Hyper TECH also delivered a $42,000 sole-source purchase order from NASA in August 2025 to fabricate and design three AC loss test articles — low AC loss magnesium diboride superconducting specimens for electric machine propulsion research at NASA Glenn Research Center. On the Department of Energy side, Hyper TECH received three project grants totaling $1.032 million under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) in 2022, supporting development of ultra-high thermal conductivity magnetic electrical insulation and radiation-resistant yttrium barium copper oxide cables, high critical current density niobium-tin superconductors for fusion magnets, and superconducting undulators capable of withstanding high heat loads.

Customer concentration skews heavily toward research agencies. NASA's Shared Services Center accounts for 15 awards carrying $5.2 million in combined potential value — the single largest customer by dollars. The Department of Energy collectively (across multiple office structures) accounts for 22 awards, though the portfolio does not distinguish grantor concentrations within DOE. The Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory ranks third with 6 awards valued at $1.1 million combined. Together these three customer groupings represent 71% of recent awards by count and 82% of combined potential value. The Department of the Navy, Air Force, and Army account for additional smaller awards. Hyper TECH serves 15 distinct federal customer agencies across 83 total awards spanning back to 2001, but recent activity (2021–2026) shows only 12 awards, suggesting a portfolio heavy with completed or legacy work.

Activity has remained sparse in recent years — one award in 2026, two in 2025, two in 2024, four in 2022, and three in 2021. Three awards (combined potential value $1.9 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore represent recompete exposure. The vendor holds a single grant sub-award: a conductor joints and coils sub-award from Ohio State University for cryogen-free whole body 3-tesla MRI systems, dated April 3, 2024. Work is classified predominantly under NAICS research and development in physical, engineering, and life sciences, with PSC coding reflecting space R&D services and defense systems aircraft research. Hyper TECH's obligated dollar amount ($50.4 million) substantially exceeds combined potential value ($8.8 million), indicating mature contract performance and historical invoicing across a long tail of completed work.

Wire manufacturing and materials handling experience; developed and patented CTFF process for producing a powder metallurgy based MgB2 superconductor wire; achieved key milestones: 1000+-m lengths and field strengths higher than 2 tesla at 20 Kelvin