Funded defense R&D · Prototype systems

Hardware-and-chemistry systems
engineered for defense missions.

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.

4Active funded SBIR/STTR programs
125+Issued patents — founder
2Prior strategic technology transitions
9,000 sq. ft.Fairlawn engineering facility

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.

01 Capabilities

Three defense system pathways.

Each pathway is built around material behavior, delivery architecture, measured performance, and prototype system output.

02 Active Defense Programs

Funded execution across USMC, NAVSEA, and ONR.

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.

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03 Engineering infrastructure

Built to formulate, build, test, and iterate.

MacroVation’s Fairlawn engineering facility supports formulation, materials preparation, prototype fabrication, test-fixture development, characterization, and performance validation under one roof. That allows material chemistry, hardware, and test data to evolve together rather than through disconnected development chains.

Test fixture built in MacroVation's Fairlawn engineering facility
Test-fixture development — Fairlawn engineering facility
Close-up of a composite tooling surface produced in-house
Prototype tooling surface — produced and characterized in-house
04 Why MacroVation

Why MacroVation delivers.

Funded mission execution

Active federally funded development across USMC, NAVSEA, and ONR programs.

Integrated laboratory + hardware development

Formulation, characterization, prototype hardware, test fixtures, and validation developed as one engineering loop.

Measured performance

Programs are driven by sponsor-defined requirements and supported by prototype hardware and test data.

Proven technology transition

Leadership experience includes DARPA Phase I–III execution, 125+ issued patents, and two prior technology-company transitions to strategic acquirers.

05 Leadership

Acquisition-tested leadership. Technical depth. Program execution.

MacroVation combines deep-tech company building and defense-program transition experience with hands-on materials, formulation, laboratory, and prototype-system engineering. The core team is supported by government-contract operations, compliance, and specialist technical and defense-transition advisors.

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Research is only useful when it transitions.

MacroVation is structured around the path from material discovery through prototype hardware, measured validation, sponsor demonstration, and eventual manufacturing or field transition.

06 Partner & transition

Working on a transition, integration, or funded development need?

MacroVation works with government program offices, defense primes, platform integrators, research partners, and manufacturing partners on funded development and transition opportunities.

Email [email protected] Direct 321-350-6886
Address 7586 Old Peppers Ferry Loop, Fairlawn, VA 24141

How the ecosystem fits together

Each entity in the platform has a specific role. Being clear about the boundary between them is part of how it operates.

NuvoNexusHolding and operating platform. Governance, capital allocation, portfolio development. nuvonexus.com
Mneos.aiAI, computational engineering, and institutional-intelligence systems. mneos.ai
MacroVationFederal contracting, materials R&D, and prototype systems (this site).
Helicon DefenseAllied defense-technology transition (NuvoNexus, LLC d/b/a). helicondefense.com
David SherrerFounder/operator record and present institutional thesis. davidsherrer.com
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