SANTA BARBARA, Calif., February 24, 2026 – Mentium Technologies is proud to announce that it has been awarded a highly competitive NASA Civilian Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program (CCRPP) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract, the final stage of the NASA SBIR program and one reserved only for technologies that have demonstrated exceptional technical merit, feasibility, and commercial promise. Securing a CCRPP award is widely recognized as one of the most challenging achievements within the NASA SBIR ecosystem.
This milestone award will allow Mentium Technologies to further the development of future rad-tolerant AI co-processors for space.
“We are deeply grateful for NASA’s continued trust and support. This CCRPP award is a major milestone in pushing our radiation-hardened AI coprocessors to ever higher performances.” said Mirko Prezioso, CEO of Mentium Technologies.
Product Validation to Build Space Heritage
The proposal will invest in strengthening shared architectural and manufacturing foundations, delivering the proven quality customers demand to confidently deploy next‑generation AI in space.
“For our customers, particularly in the space domain – reliability is essential,” said Farnood Merrikh Bayat, CTO of Mentium Technologies. “NASA’s CCRPP support allows us to mature our processes and deliver products customers can confidently deploy.”
About the NASA SBIR CCRPP award:
CCRPP’s stated objective is infusion into a NASA mission or commercialization in the marketplace, and it requires recipients to secure outside investment that NASA then matches with SBIR/STTR program funds (typically $500,000 to $2.5 million).
About Mentium Technologies
Mentium Technologies develops advanced AI compute solutions for aerospace, defense, commercial IoT devices and next‑generation embedded systems. With a focus on reliability, efficiency, and mission‑critical performance, the company delivers hardware and software technologies that enable intelligent operations on SWaP-constrained platforms in the most demanding environments.