A veteran owned firm, Airborne Outfitters is usefully understood - and started life as an outdoor and sporting goods firm. More or less coincident with their Air Force SBIR funding in 2020 ($790,000) principals of the firm signed a patent license agreement with the US Navy allowing the firm to finish development of the polygonal asymmetric reflector. Airborne Outfitters and the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, IN, finalized the tech transfer deal in December 2020.