Company Profile

Syntonics LLC
Profile last edited on: 11/21/2018      CAGE: 1Q4T6      UEI: SNRRKV46JJB9

Business Identifier: Advanced RF-over-Fiber systems for military, civil and industrial markets
Year Founded
1999
First Award
2001
Latest Award
2020
Program Status
Active (Acquired)
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Location Information

9160 Red Branch Road
Columbia, MD 21045
   (410) 884-0500
   info@syntonicscorp.com
   www.syntonicscorp.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 03
County: Howard

Public Profile

In early October 2017, it was announced that Syntonics had been acquired by General Atomics. Syntonics was founded as a "technology transfer" spin-off of the The Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, MD. For the first three years, the firm was based in the NeoTech Incubator operated by the Howard County Economic Development Authority. Syntonics initially focused on radio frequency electronics for spacecraft, but in 2002 management refocused the firm's engineering talent on specialty RF communications hardware. Syntonics designs, develops, and manufactures speciality RF-over-fiber communications systems and innovative RF technologies, equipment and accessories for the military, civil, and industrial markets. Communication Technologies in the RF Domain include: a Passive Wireless Sensing oil-pipeline (PaWS) to enable valuable new measurements — such as strain, torque, temperature, corrosion, or pressure — in hostile and challenging environments including turbines, rotating or reciprocating machinery, pipelines, and reaction vessels; The Pixel-Addressable Reconfigurable Conformal Antenna (PARCA) Software-Defined Antenna, a conformal, reconfigurable, electronically pointed phased array antenna technology capable of supporting SATCOM, EW, SIGINT and COMINT applications up to 44 GHz; The Staring Projectile Detection Radar (SPiDR), which is able to detect incoming and near-miss projectiles ranging from slow RPGs to fast rifle bullets using an ultra wideband “noise” radar without a detectable electronic signature.

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
20-24
Revenue Range
2M-2.5M
VC funded?
No
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
5-9

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects

Year Phase Agency Total Amount
2020 1 Army $111,470
Project Title: SPiDR-Light Tactical Vehicle
2019 2 Army $885,126
Project Title: Remote Radio Antennas for Command Posts
2016 2 SOCOM $2,098,917
Project Title: Helicopter Hostile Fire Indicator (HFI) Sensor Development
2014 2 AF $897,762
Project Title: Multiband Metasurface for Reduced Antenna Footprint and Jamming Mitigation
2014 1 AF $149,666
Project Title: Advanced Space Antenna for GPS

Key People / Management

  Bruce G Montgomery -- President

  Gary W Bruce -- Senior Director, Operations

  Glen E Cameron -- Vice President, Engineering & Production

  Doug Crowe -- Chief Engineer

  Steven E Gemeny -- Director, Technology Projects

  Eugene Y Lee -- Manager, Columbus Research

  Keunha Lee -- Principal Engineer

  Ray Madonna -- Vice President, Sales & Marketing

  Ed O'Malley -- Vice President, Finance & Administration

  Mike Pascale

  Bob Raney -- Senior Director, Advanced Programs