Prisam LLC

Prisam LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Rochester, New York, develops engineered lattice structures and additive manufacturing solutions for defense and aerospace applications, operating as both a prime contractor on defense R&D contracts and a sub-recipient on National Science Foundation-funded research grants with Cornell University. The firm is structured as a limited liability company and competes across Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open federal R&D vehicles.

Prisam's recent federal work centers on advanced materials and protective technologies for aerospace platforms. As a prime, the company secured a $1.25 million Air Force Research Laboratory SBIR Phase II purchase order (awarded May 2025, completion February 2027) for development of lattice core sandwich panels for space vehicle micrometeoroid and orbital debris shielding—work that builds on the company's core competency in low-cost additive manufacturing of engineered lattice structures. More recently, the Missile Defense Agency awarded Prisam a $186,500 firm fixed-price definitive contract (December 2025, completion June 2026) for ballistic lattice armor development to protect SM-3 interceptor missiles during transport. Earlier, the Air Force Research Laboratory issued a $74,999 STTR Phase I purchase order (May 2023, completion August 2023) for customer discovery and research on low-cost manufacturable primary aircraft structures. As a sub-recipient, Prisam performs performance evaluation testing of 3D-printed lattice structures in extreme environments under a Cornell University prime grant recipient arrangement with the National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation, conducting impact and bending testing of additively manufactured samples with Taguchi robust design methodology across multiple project phases awarded June 2024.

Prisam's federal customer base centers on defense and aerospace R&D agencies. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory anchors the portfolio by potential value at $1.3 million across two awards, followed by the Missile Defense Agency at $187 thousand and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of the Air Force, and NSF Division of Industrial Innovation each carrying smaller awards. The portfolio spans nine awards with combined potential value of $1.5 million; obligated dollars across all awards total $1.9 million, reflecting partial completion of multi-year research efforts. One award valued at $1.3 million reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure in the AFRL SBIR Phase II vehicle. Prisam competes across SBIR and STTR research programs rather than large production contracts or GSA Schedules, positioning the firm as a specialized small-business R&D vendor in the advanced materials defense supply base rather than a volume prime contractor.

Our mission is to replace honeycomb & foam cores with the alternative of engineered lattice structures. Specifically for light weighting applications, lattice structures provide the advantage of a high stiffness-to-weight ratio. Using proprietary FDM hardware and software solutions, we are enabling the manufacturing of large-scale lightweight composite lattice structures 24X faster and 50% cheaper than traditional processes. What sets us apart is our energetic, dynamic, young team with a fresh perspective towards the problem of manufacturing composite sandwich structures. We are the experts for light weighting applications in air, marine, and ground vehicles.