From molecule to mission
We build chemistry, delivery hardware, and performance validation as one integrated path — from early formulation through prototype demonstration — for controlled material effects, composite tooling, and warfighter recovery systems. Sponsors evaluate prototype hardware, measured performance, and program-ready data built around funded mission needs.
Materials are the differentiator. Systems are the product.
MacroVation, LLC is the federal contracting entity for defense and dual-use systems work, operating under NuvoNexus, LLC.
Each pathway is built around material behavior, delivery architecture, measured performance, and prototype system output.
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Rapid-forming tooling and prototype hardware for programs where geometry, surface quality, dimensional control, and production speed drive system-level performance.
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Delivery architectures for controlled material effects at distance — integrating formulation, flow behavior, dispensing hardware, target interaction, and measured performance.
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Material-enabled systems supporting measurable warfighter recovery, performance restoration, and operational readiness outcomes.
MacroVation is executing active funded work with USMC, NAVSEA, and ONR across prototype hardware, delivery architectures, and material-enabled systems. Public summaries remain high-level; detailed scope is shared under NDA with qualified government and prime-contractor partners.
View active programsDismounted Marines need a backpack-portable, standoff-range capability to incapacitate personnel, stop ground vehicles, and defeat drone platforms — without triggering lethal force rules of engagement. Conventional non-lethal options are contact-range or single-target. MacroVation's rapidly expanding polymer system is engineered for standoff delivery, multi-target coverage, and field-relevant reversibility.
Two active USMC SBIR programs — TacFOAM (Phase II) and Counter-Drone & Vehicle Stopping (Phase I) — are executing against this requirement concurrently. The material platform, dispensing hardware, and performance characterization share a single development baseline.
See active foam programsFew small companies in DARPA's history have taken a microsystem program from proposal to fielded product still in continuous production two decades later. Polystrata is one — invented, prosecuted (40+ patents), and built into a Cubic-acquired business by MacroVation's CEO. Haleos to Rohm & Haas demonstrates the same pattern.
Material preparation, test fixtures, characterization, and validation infrastructure owned end-to-end.
Programs produce prototype hardware and measured performance against sponsor-defined requirements.
Sole-source justification, OTA, direct Phase III, prime teaming — the mechanics of how DoD actually buys deep-tech are in the room from day one. 125+ issued patents and two prior exits are the receipts; knowing which acquisition instrument fits which conversation is the value.
MacroVation is led by deep-tech company-building and acquisition experience, paired with hands-on polymer chemistry and program execution leadership. The core team is supported by program operations, chemistry execution, GovCon finance, compliance, and strategic advisors.
MacroVation works with government program offices, defense primes, platform integrators, and strategic partners evaluating material-enabled systems for funded programs, follow-on development, or transition.
