Innovative Imaging & Research Corp

Innovative Imaging & Research Corp, a woman-owned small business based at John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, manufactures specialized coastal and solar-powered imaging systems and provides electro-optical engineering and camera calibration services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (95% of recent awards) and occasionally as a subcontractor. The company operates as a Subchapter S corporation and competes predominantly under small-business set-asides, with approximately half of recent prime awards designated for total small business and the remainder pursued full-and-open.

The company's customer concentration sits with space and earth-science agencies. The top five funding organizations account for 79% of recent awards by count and 88% by potential value, with NASA Shared Services Center leading both metrics (11 awards, $3.5 million combined potential value) and NASA Stennis Space Center placing a second tier (11 awards, $1.4 million). The Department of the Interior's US Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants accounts for 10 awards totaling $425 thousand, while the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center holds five awards valued at $1.8 million. This customer concentration reflects Innovative Imaging's specialization: coastal monitoring and earth-science remote sensing rather than broad IT or defense platforms. The company's capability portfolio centers on the I2RGUS solar-powered imaging system (a proprietary platform for coastal observation compatible with USGS Argus networks), high-resolution coastal imaging stations, radiometer calibration and laboratory testing, custom image processing algorithms, and post-construction monitoring services using advanced electro-optical systems. Recent prime awards include a $150 thousand NASA SBIR Phase I contract (August 2024) for a day-night hyperspectral imaging demonstrator supporting NASA earth-science programs, a $82 thousand Army Corps of Engineers definitive contract (April 2024) for post-construction monitoring, a $71,948 USGS purchase order (June 2024) for two coastal imaging systems delivered to the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, and a $160 thousand SBIR Phase III award (April 2022) from the Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center for electro-optical systems engineering and custom processing algorithms.

Activity has remained sporadic over the past five years — one award in 2022, three in 2023, six in 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026 — with combined potential value of $9.7 million across fifty-seven total awards (prime and sub) since 2009. SCI-reported federal service-contract invoicing shows minimal activity: zero invoiced revenue recorded as a prime on SCI-reportable contracts through FY2023, with sub-engagement trending downward (1.6 FTEs across one prime and four sub records in FY2022 declining to 0.6 FTEs across one sub record in FY2025). This pattern reflects Innovative Imaging's business model: the company delivers primarily through purchase orders for specialized hardware (imaging systems, cameras, radiometers) rather than through service contracts above the SCI threshold. The subcontract footprint is minimal, with Innovative Imaging named as a subcontractor on a USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center technical support services contract (April 2026) and a cold-tolerance harsh-environment equipment modification sub-award under Atlantic Diving Supply (June 2024). As a grant recipient, Innovative Imaging subcontracted under the University of Southern Mississippi on an NSF-funded oceanographic calibration project (April 2024) performing full laboratory calibration and temporal stability monitoring of radiometers.

Parent-vehicle activity is negligible — only one task order appears across the source data, under the Special Operations Equipment Tailored Logistics Support vehicle. The category concentration reflects the company's focused domain: research and development in physical and engineering sciences (ten awards), space R&D services (seven awards), and equipment manufacturing in photographic and communications systems (four awards each).

Founded in 2007, I2R is a small, women owned business with offices at the NASA Stennis Space Center. We develop cutting edge remote sensing and imaging technologies for industrial, academic and government clients. We improve customers' geospatial products (vis thru thermal IR) by: performing laboratory and in-flight digital camera calibrations; developing custom image processing algorithms; and performing EO-IR aerial and satellite payload systems engineering services. In addition, we provide custom imaging products and services including: low false alarm rate hydrogen flame monitoring with InvisiCam, radiometrically calibrated high-speed extreme high dynamic range imaging with sHDRTM, low-light level nighttime imaging and radiometric calibration, and geocoded visible-thermal IR video. We also provide high quality imagery and video from small fixed wing and multi-rotor UAVs using industry standard methods and custom workflow and we provide training for others to do so.