Simba Chain has secured a $1.5M contract with the Office of Naval Research to further develop a blockchain-driven inventory surveillance technology for the Defense Logistics Agency.
Read More »Tortuga Logic Secures US Gov’t Contract to Expand Hardware Security Platform
Cybersecurity company Tortuga Logic will work to advance its technology for securing microelectronic devices under a $12M Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract from the U.S. government.
Read More »Air Force SBIR, STTR Program to Launch First Call for FY 2021 Open Topics in Mid-January
The Air Force’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program announced at the AFWERX Accelerate event that it will release the first open topic for fiscal year 2021 on Jan. 14, in coordination with the Department of Defense. The first open topic will run through Feb. 18 and the second and third open topics will be released respectively in May and September next year and close 30 days after.
Read More »REI to Support EPA’s Small Business Proposal Review Process
The Environmental Protection Agency has enlisted the help of REI Systems to assess technology development and commercialization proposals for EPA's Small Business Innovation Research program.
Read More »Army Plans to Use Machine Learning to Help Identify ‘Emerging Tech Leaders’
The U.S. Army plans to release later this month an opportunity for small businesses to propose platforms that could help identify, develop and deploy “emerging technology leaders" across the service using machine learning and data science, Nextgov reported Tuesday.
Read More »DHS Releases Presolicitation for FY 2021 SBIR Projects
The Department of Homeland Security has unveiled 12 new subject areas for the Small Business Innovation Research program in fiscal year 2021, covering concepts such as 5G network security, supply chain management and biothreat detection.
Read More »Microsoft’s Peter Villano: SBA, DoD Should Reduce Barriers to Small Biz Participation in Gov’t Tech Programs
Peter Villano, director of Microsoft Azure, has urged the Small Business Administration and the Department of Defense to reform current approaches that prevent smaller companies from increasing participation in government technology research and development programs.
Read More »Army Looks to Small Tech Firms to Increase Howitzer System’s Rate of Fire
The U.S. Army will move to solicit ideas from small businesses on how to fire projectiles from self-propelled howitzers at a faster rate under the branch's one-of-its kind effort designed to incentivize companies that support military technology modernization efforts. Interested vendors can submit proposals from Sept. 18 to Oct. 6 for the "Fire Faster" effort as part of the Special Program Awards for Required Technology Needs program, Army Futures Command said Tuesday.
Read More »DOE Unveils New Small Biz Funding Opportunity for Scientific R&D Projects
The Department of Energy has announced plans to earmark $30M in fiscal 2021 grants for small businesses' research and development projects that aim to support the DOE Office of Science mission.
Read More »Mocana Gets USAF Contract to Develop Military System Security Tech
Mocana has been awarded a $1.5M contract to develop a cybersecurity technology for embedded military systems through the second phase of the U.S. Air Force's Small Business Innovation Research program.
Read More »Dcode Lands Air Force SBIR Phase II Contract for Dual-Use Tech Dev’t
Dcode has secured a Small Business Research Innovation contract from the U.S. Air Force's AFWERX organization to build a dual-use technology to support the government innovation process.
Read More »DARPA Seeks Security Tech for Internet of Things Devices Under CHARIOT Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit research concepts for “revolutionary security technologies” that can help protect the increasing number of internet of things-based devices.
Read More »CryptoMove to Further Test Data Protection Platform With CBP Network
Oakland, Calif.-based cybersecurity startup CryptoMove will continue to test a data protection platform with the Custom and Border Protection's enterprise information technology network under a contract from the Department of Homeland Security.
Read More »Air Force, Hypergiant Partner to Build Satellites With Updatable Software
Hypergiant Industries and the U.S. Air Force have teamed up to develop a constellation of satellites that will use reprogrammable software to help operators adapt the space technology to match specific requirements, C4ISRNET reported Monday. The Austin, Texas-based company seeks to incorporate an architecture from the Air Force's Platform One software development team into a proposed 36-satellite Chameleon Constellation.
Read More »DOE to Award $116M in Small Biz R&D Phase II Grants; Dan Brouillette Quoted
Ninety-two U.S. small businesses will receive up to $116 in total grants to continue developing prototypes or processes for the second phase of two Department of Energy-funded programs that support scientific innovation projects.
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