Tech-X Corporation

Tech-X Corporation, a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, specializes in high-performance computational physics simulation software and advanced modeling services. The company has established itself as a key federal technology provider, with a strong track record of delivering innovative computational tools and research solutions to the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and other federal agencies. Tech-X's expertise spans plasma physics, electromagnetic systems, photonic integrated circuits, and accelerator modeling, positioning the company as a specialized vendor capable of addressing complex scientific and engineering challenges across defense, energy, and advanced manufacturing domains.

Through federal contract awards, Tech-X Corporation has demonstrated substantial capabilities in research and development, particularly within the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Most recently, the company received a $179,955 SBIR Phase I contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory, awarded in September 2025, to investigate linear mode propagation in plasma environments using its V/XSIMS linear plasma dielectric model coupled with sub-grid sheath modeling—research with direct applications to space communication and sensing. Additionally, Tech-X completed a $1,493,053 SBIR Phase II contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for developing an implicit computational approach for electromagnetic shielding, with Raytheon Company's Advanced Products & Solutions division serving as a subcontractor. The company also executed a $224,979 SBIR Phase I contract with DARPA on the same electromagnetic shielding topic, demonstrating continuity in advanced research initiatives. Furthermore, Tech-X received a $749,970 firm fixed price purchase order from the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the STTR Phase II program to conduct plasma discharge experiments and electromagnetic scattering research on novel approaches to communication through thin collisional plasmas, with the University of Colorado Denver as a subcontractor providing theoretical interpretation and simulation guidance. All contract awards have been set aside for small business participation, reflecting the company's qualified status within federal procurement channels.

Tech-X Corporation has been a consistent recipient of federal grant awards, particularly through the Department of Energy Office of Science and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The company currently holds a $289,992 Cooperative Agreement with NIST under the CHIPS Research and Development program, running through July 31, 2027, to develop a signoff tool for photonic integrated circuits that accounts for manufacturing variations and imperfections, with subawards to Dream Photonics Inc. supporting simulation and characterization activities. Through the DOE Office of Science, Tech-X has received multiple project grants totaling over $1.3 million, including awards for advanced kinetic simulations of RF interactions with burning plasmas, multiphysics modeling of accelerators through code integration, optimization of higher-order mode couplers, software for simulation and design of optical computers and optical neural nets, validated modeling tools for spin-filter cathode designs, and new configurations for high-field tokamak ICRF antenna couplers. The company also received a sub-grant award from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in December 2023 to develop VORPAL-based simulations modeling the interaction of radio control fusion reactor components with plasma fields. These grant awards reflect Tech-X's significant contributions to fundamental research and development across the Office of Science's mission areas, particularly in fusion energy, computational science, and emerging technologies critical to U.S. scientific competitiveness and economic security.

Tech-X helps scientists learn how particles move through particle accelerators. Tech-X software is also used to study, understand and design fusion systems.