Company Profile

Aqwest LLC (AKA: Aqwest LLC)
Profile last edited on: 3/24/2023      CAGE: 4SFU0      UEI: GELKYCZTCY69

Business Identifier: Thermal-management and laser photonics
Year Founded
2007
First Award
2008
Latest Award
2022
Program Status
Active
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Location Information

8276 Eagle Road
Larkspur, CO 80118
   (303) 681-0456
   info@aqwest.com
   www.aqwest.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 04
County: Douglas

Public Profile

Aqwest LLC is a science and technology innovations company that develops and commercializes solutions in photonics, thermal management and energy efficiency. Their objective is to make new generations of electronic, photonic, thermal, and energy systems vastly more compact, lightweight, and efficient than current designs. was founded by John Vetrovec, an internationally recognized scientist with a rich history of innovation and commercialization of breakthrough technologies. His inventions have enabled hundreds of millions of new business revenues. John has been recognized as a versatile and prolific innovator/author with over 50 US patents issued or pending and over 70 publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings. His prior appointments include Technical Fellowship at The Boeing Company (1988-2006), research project management at TRW Inc. (now Northrop-Grumman Space Technologies) (1978-1988), and technical leadership of projects at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) (1983-1988).

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
5-9
Revenue Range
.5M-1M
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
2022 1 DOE $199,950
Project Title: Wavelength-Tunable Visible Picosecond Laser
2020 2 Navy $1,124,837
Project Title: Scalable Compact Ultra-short Pulse Laser Systems (SCUPLS)
2020 1 NASA $124,961
Project Title: Compact and Efficient High-Pulse Energy 2-Micron Lidar Transmitter
2020 2 DOE $1,299,929
Project Title: High-Pulse Energy High-Repetition Rate Laser
2020 1 Army $111,471
Project Title: Tactical Ultrashort Pulsed Laser for Army Platforms

Key People / Management

  John Vetrovec -- President

  David Filgas

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