Star Catcher Industries Inc.

Star Catcher Industries Inc., a small-business manufacturer based in Jacksonville, Florida, supplies power beaming and thermal management systems to the Air Force Research Laboratory under Total Small Business set-asides, operating exclusively as a prime contractor on research and development purchase orders.

The vendor's federal award footprint is narrow and recent. Three awards total $1.4 million in combined potential value, all issued by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory between January 2025 and July 2026. All three awards carry Total Small Business set-asides and are priced firm fixed. The portfolio centers on power beaming technology for aerospace applications: a $74,795 SBIR Phase I contract (awarded January 10, 2025) for power beaming enhancement of low-earth-orbit spacecraft and alternate positioning, navigation, and timing signals; a $1.245 million purchase order (August 27, 2025) for thermal management systems in high-powered energy beaming applications, with ultimate completion scheduled for February 26, 2027; and a $109,625 purchase order (July 13, 2026) for power beaming and wireless communication receiver technology for indefinite-flight-duration drones, completing October 13, 2026. All work is performed in Jacksonville, Florida.

Customer concentration is absolute — the Air Force Research Laboratory represents 100% of awards by count and potential value. One award ($1.2 million) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and faces recompete. The vendor has no subcontract footprint and does not sit on parent vehicles such as GWACs or agency-wide IDIQs; all awards are direct purchase orders. Activity is early-stage: two awards in 2025 and one in 2026, with no sub-awards or vendor teaming relationships evident in the source data.