Nuvotronics

About Nuvotronics

Nuvotronics develops and manufactures micro-miniature radio frequency (RF) components for the aerospace, defense, and telecommunications sectors. The company was founded in 2008 by David Sherrer and Noel Heiks. Its core offering is centered around its proprietary and patented PolyStrata® technology, a 3D additive manufacturing process that produces high-performance, miniaturized RF devices. This technology, initially developed with funding from DARPA, enables the creation of components like filters, couplers, and antennas that offer significant reductions in size, weight, and power (SWaP) consumption compared to conventional technologies.

Nuvotronics provides solutions that feature low insertion loss, high isolation, and robust power handling capabilities, all within a compact, surface-mount package. The product lineup includes filters, diplexers, power combiners, antennas, and integrated passive components designed for millimeter-wave (mmWave) and ultra-broadband applications. The company serves a client base that includes government agencies, major defense contractors, and commercial entities in the satellite communications, electronic warfare, and test and measurement industries. Operating from a 60,000-square-foot facility in Durham, North Carolina, Nuvotronics has vertically integrated capabilities, encompassing in-house design, fabrication, assembly, and testing.

After raising a total of $16.7 million in funding over three rounds, Nuvotronics was acquired by Cubic Corporation on March 14, 2019, for approximately $64 million, with potential for an additional $8 million in performance-based earn-outs. The acquisition was intended to enhance Cubic's protected communications portfolio by integrating Nuvotronics' advanced RF technology. Nuvotronics now operates as a division of Cubic.