Photon Flux LLC (Photon Flux), a Small Business (SB) Joint Venture (JV) formed pursuant to the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Mentor-Protégé Program, consists of member companies Torch Technologies, Inc. (Torch; Mentor) and Crossflow Technologies, Inc. (Crossflow; Protégé). As a Mentor-Protégé JV, Photon Flux formally maintains SB status while inheriting the past performance and capabilities of both member companies.
Crossflow and Torch have created a series of Joint Ventures with each one being aligned toward a specific contract vehicle, market, or customer.
Photon Flux is an SBA-approved Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture and OASIS+ Total Small Business awardee delivering integrated engineering, analysis, and technical services across the Research & Development (R&D), Test & Evaluation (T&E), and Intelligence domains. Photon Flux combines Torch Technologies’ proven prime-contractor execution, cleared facilities, and national footprint with Crossflow Technologies’ advanced digital engineering, modeling and simulation, systems integration expertise, and small business agility.
Photon Flux provides end-to-end lifecycle support for complex Department of War systems delivering engineering, modeling and simulation, software, and test capabilities from requirements definition and architecture development through prototyping, integration, verification, certification, and sustainment. Our teams have supported Army, Air Force, Navy, Space Force, and Missile Defense Agency programs, emphasizing early risk reduction, technical rigor, and operational relevance.
The OASIS+ contracts cover services that are: primarily noncommercial, with the allowance for commercial services task orders; classified and unclassified requirements; and within the continental United States and outside the continental United States.
Core Competencies
Digital Engineering & Systems Engineering
Model-based systems engineering (MBSE), requirements development and management, architecture definition, interface control, and verification and validation planning across complex system-of-systems environments.
Modeling, Simulation & Analysis
All-domain digital and hardware-in-the-loop modeling; threat and scene generation; mission, performance, and operational analysis supporting RDT&E, acquisition, and test decision-making.
Test & Evaluation Support
Developmental and operational test planning and execution, HWIL/SWIL and LVC integration, test instrumentation, data capture and reduction, and objective evidence generation to support milestone reviews and certification.
Prototyping & Integration
Rapid hardware and software prototyping, integrated solution development, laboratory design and modernization, and transition of prototypes into operational and production environments.
Software Engineering & Advanced Technologies
Secure, scalable software development; simulation and analysis tools; real-time and enterprise systems; DevSecOps pipelines; and sustainment-focused modernization of legacy capabilities.
Data Analytics, Automation & Decision Support
Data integration and exploitation, automated analysis, mission-focused decision aids, and trade-space exploration to inform design, performance, and operational outcomes.
Cybersecurity & Enterprise IT
Cybersecurity engineering, RMF support, secure system architectures, and enterprise IT solutions aligned with DoW operational and compliance requirements.
O+ Awarded NAICS
Technical and Engineering Domain
336611
488190
541310
541330
541330 – Exception 1
541330 – Exception 2
541330 – Exception 3
541350
541360
541370
541380
451611
541690
611512
Research and Development Domain
541330
541330 – Exception 1
541330 – Exception 2
541330 – Exception 3
541380
541690
541713
541714
541715
541715 – Exception 1
541715 – Exception 2
541715 – Exception 3
541720
541990
621511
Intelligence Services Domain
541330
541330 – Exception 1
541330 – Exception 2
541330 – Exception 3
541611
541614
541618
541690
541715
541715 – Exception 1
541715 – Exception 2
541715 – Exception 3
541720
541990
561499
561611
Certifications
Per the SBA MPP regulations, the unpopulated JV inherits the certifications of the members. Therefore, Photon Flux has the following certifications:
Approved Property Management System
Approved Purchasing System
Approved Accounting System
EVMS Compliant
CMMC 2 Self-Certification
ISO 14001:2015
ISO 9001:2015
CMMI Level 3
PhotonFlux O+ Contact Information
Corporate OASIS+ Contract Manager
April Cox: april.cox@gocrossflow.com
Corporate OASIS+ Program Manager
Josh Tyree: josh.tyree@gocrossflow.com
