Year: 2021

Fayetteville, Ark.– Ozark Integrated Circuits (Ozark IC) has just started its first hypersonic SBIR Phase II project with a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Hypersonic flight is generally considered any speed above Mach 5. These flights, capable of speeds of 3600 mph or more, are considered as significant a game changer in defense as when stealth technology was deployed over a decade ago. Hypersonic vehicles experience temperatures from 200oC to 800oC or more. The key challenge to enabling such next-generation engines is therefore creating electronic systems that can operate reliably under high vibration and at these elevated temperatures (~200 to 800oC) for 50,000 hours or more. The three-year, $1.5M DARPA project will employ Ozark IC’s eXtreme […]

Fayetteville, Ark.– Fayetteville, Ark.-based Ozark Integrated Circuits earned its second American-Made Geothermal Manufacturing Prize, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Wednesday. A total of ten companies across the United States will share the $1 million prize and each will receive $75,000 in vouchers for use at DOE National Labs. Launched in April 2020, the American-Made Geothermal Manufacturing Prize is designed to spur innovation using additive manufacturing to address the challenges fundamental to operating in harsh geothermal environments. The contest consists of four progressive competitions with the first being called Ready!. Ozark IC was one of the winners in that round, which was announced in October 2020. In round two, Set!, the competition was opened to all, not just the Ready! winners. Competitors demonstrated […]