Telaztec LLC

Telaztec LLC, a Burlington, Massachusetts-based for-profit limited liability company, develops and manufactures advanced optical materials, nano-textured coatings, and nonlinear optical components for defense and national security research as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates solely as a prime across contracts and federal grants with zero subcontract footprint, competing 100% on small-business-reserved vehicles across the Department of Defense and civilian research agencies.

Telaztec's capability portfolio centers on nanoscale optical fabrication, antireflective coatings for high-energy laser systems, optical filters, meta-gratings, and diamond-like carbon coatings with infrared transparency and optical stealth properties. Representative prime work includes a $1.76 million SBIR Phase 2 Direct to Phase 2 award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (July 2024) for surface structure anti-reflection research on nonlinear optical materials with extreme laser damage resistance and wide bandwidth; a $499,717 SBIR Phase II.5 definitive contract from Naval Sea Systems Command (January 2025) on Topic N171-045 addressing advanced optical materials; a $75,000 purchase order from the Air Force Research Laboratory (June 2026) for multi-functional nano-textured diamond-like carbon coating combining enhanced low-wave infrared transparency and optical stealth; and a $199,985 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded July 2023 for development of robust nano-textured fused silica optics with multi-gigashot stability for laser applications. Telaztec also held a cooperative agreement with the Army Research Laboratory's Research Development and Engineering Command (August 2022) on advanced optical materials and coatings.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward defense and defense-adjacent research. The top five customer agencies account for 82% of awards by count and 98% of combined potential value. The Air Force Research Laboratory Materiel Command dominates with 18 awards totaling $9.3 million combined potential value, followed by the DOD Missile Defense Agency (6 awards, $4 million), Naval Sea Systems Command (4 awards, $2.5 million), the Army Research Development and Engineering Command (3 awards, $312 thousand), and the Navy Office of Naval Research (11 awards, $264 thousand). The vendor operates under two Air Force indefinite delivery contracts (FA945115D0019 and FA945112D0196) placing two and one task orders respectively.

Across 51 total prime awards dating to 2003, Telaztec has earned $16.7 million in combined potential value with 100% of that amount obligated. Activity has contracted sharply in recent years — two awards in 2022 declining to one per year in 2023 through 2026 — with only one award (valued at $1.8 million) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Work is consistently performed in Burlington, Massachusetts, with pricing structures split between firm fixed price and cost plus fixed fee on SBIR contracts and cooperative agreements.