Senseics Corporation

Senseics Corporation, based in Columbus, Ohio, develops radiation-hardened imaging sensors, detector arrays, and signal-processing application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for space, defense, and planetary exploration missions, operating predominantly as a small business prime contractor under total small business set-asides across NASA, Navy, Air Force, and Army research programs.

Senseics is a for-profit corporate entity specializing in advanced sensor and imaging technologies with emphasis on radiation-hard systems optimized for low-swap (size, weight, and power) space and defense applications. The company operates a radiation-hardened imaging sensor and detector array manufacturing facility in Grandview, Ohio. Across seventeen recent federal awards spanning 2022–2026, Senseics competes almost entirely under total small business designations; only two awards (one Office of Naval Research SBIR Phase III contract valued at $1.5 million and one NASA grant for $1.7 million) carried no set-aside restriction.

Senseics' capability portfolio centers on specialized infrared and lidar sensor development, colloidal quantum dot (CQD) detector arrays, and radiation-hardened signal processing. Representative work includes a $2 million Naval Sea Systems Command contract awarded February 2026 for development of an extended short-wave infrared CQD detector array camera module supporting the Space-Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) Major Defense Acquisition Program, running through May 2029; a $1.7 million NASA grant (awarded February 2023, completing August 2026) for low-cost, radiation-hard, time-of-flight lidar or infrared radiometry systems on a chip for Earth orbit and planetary missions; a $1.5 million Navy Office of Naval Research SBIR Phase III contract (completed February 2025) for a novel open-circuit readout pixel ROIC optimized for cost-effective spin-on detectors; and two $224,861 NASA SBIR Phase I awards (September 2026) for short-wave infrared LEO debris tracking and a low-swap lidar receiver ASIC for UAV terrain hazard mapping and precision landing assessment.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward research and development-focused agencies. NASA's Shared Services Center leads by award count (7 awards, $3.3 million combined potential value), followed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (4 awards, $1.2 million), the Navy's Office of Naval Research (2 awards, $1.7 million), and the Army's Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (2 awards, $1.2 million). Naval Sea Systems Command contributes a single award of $2 million. The top five customers account for 94% of awards and 100% of combined potential value.

Activity has remained modest but consistent, averaging two to four awards per year from 2022 through 2025, with three awards placed in 2026. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $9.5 million, though obligated dollars total $10.6 million (112% of potential value), indicating scope completions or overages on executed work. Thirteen of seventeen awards fall under NAICS 541712 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences), with the remainder scattered across nanotechnology and administrative R&D categories. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing $1.3 million in recompete exposure. Senseics holds one sub-award as a recipient on a Purdue University grant (awarded October 2023) for the Midwest AFRL Regional Research Convergence Hub collaboration on workforce development and technology transition. The vendor operates 94% prime and 6% sub, with its sub footprint limited to federal grant work rather than contract teaming relationships.

SenseICs Ltd. architects, designs, produces, and tests integrated circuits, printed circuit boards, and electronic systems.