Optipro Systems, LLC

Optipro Systems, LLC, a small-business manufacturer of precision optics fabrication equipment and metrology systems, operates as a prime contractor (95% of recent awards) on federal research and development contracts centered on advanced optical technologies, with 77 total awards across 15 agencies and a combined potential value of $26.2 million. The company is a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Ontario, New York, and a child entity of VI Manufacturing, Inc. (Subchapter S Corporation parent); Optipro competes predominantly under total small-business set-asides, which characterize the vast majority of its prime footprint across SBIR and STTR programs.

Optipro's customer concentration is heavily weighted to defense and space R&D agencies. The Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center leads by both award count and potential value (31 awards, $15.7 million combined potential value), followed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center (22 awards, $7.8 million), the Missile Defense Agency (3 awards, $2 million), the Department of Energy Office of Science, and the Department of the Air Force. The top five customers account for 81% of awards and 98% of combined potential value, with Navy programs anchoring the portfolio. Navy and NASA SBIR/STTR work represents the core capability pipeline: representative prime awards include a $1.246 million Phase II SBIR definitive contract with the Shared Services Center (Civilian) awarded September 2026 for optical research through September 2028, an $850 thousand Phase II SBIR from the Shared Services Center for elastic emission machining of substrates for extreme ultraviolet, optical, and infrared optics (July 2024), a $1.8 million Phase II SBIR/STTR cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the Missile Defense Agency for optimized polishing of conformal ceramic windows (April 2023), and a $900 thousand Phase II SBIR from NASA for wide-range interferometric probe development (May 2023). Additional work includes a $149,997.80 STTR Phase I with the Missile Defense Agency for hydroxide catalysis molding optics for high-power directed energy systems (April 2025) and multiple $150 thousand SBIR Phase I contracts from NASA and the Air Force Research Laboratory on sub-nanometer coordinate measuring machines, chromatic interferometric probes, and metrology system enhancements.

Optipro also holds federal grant recipient status under the Department of Energy Office of Science, with two project grants for elastic emission machining of optics: one for structural biology imaging using fluid jet polishing (awarded February 2023, completion June 2026) and one for ultra-high-quality x-ray mirrors (awarded February 2022, completed December 2022). The company's technology portfolio centers on precision optical polishing, elastic emission machining, hydroxide catalysis molding, interferometric metrology, conformal ceramic window polishing, and coordinate measuring machine development — capabilities that support directed energy, space imaging, x-ray optics, and advanced sensor applications across Navy, Air Force, NASA, and defense agency missions.

On the subcontractor side, Optipro holds a 5% minority role (only one named subcontractor across SCI-reportable prime contracts). Recent sub-awards include equipment and system-engineering support to Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on MOKV system engineering and analysis (December 2025), support to Peraton on NASA GSFC environmental testing and integration services including CNC spherical polisher equipment (January 2024 and December 2024), and missile antenna and pedestal fabrication support to Raytheon on hypersonic attack cruise missile work (July 2024).

Activity has moderated in recent years — four awards in 2022, six each in 2023 and 2024, three in 2025, and one in 2026 — indicating a flat to declining trajectory on award count. One award with a combined potential value of $1.2 million reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete opportunity. SCI-reported invoicing of $2.8 million across FY2023–FY2025 shows a downward trend from $1.4 million in FY2023 to $792 thousand in FY2025; the SCI dataset captures roughly 3.7 FTEs in FY2023 declining to 1.7 FTEs in FY2025 on reportable prime service contracts. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, median government-paid rates ran around $132.90/hr, with senior labor pricing reaching $213.19/hr and entry-level rates around $66.50/hr. The company conducts substantially all work in-house; across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors averaged only 5% of total contractor hours, signaling a highly integrated delivery model rather than a subcontracting-heavy footprint.

manufacturer of high precision, computer controlled grinding and polishing equipment for precision optics. manufacturer and distributor of high precision measuring equipment for optics.