This is a $2,000,000.00 definitive contract awarded by the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command to Pqsecure Technologies, LLC, a woman-owned small business. The contract is for the design, development, integration, and deployment of quantum-safe cryptographic intellectual property (IP) in embedded smart Internet of Things (IoT) devices and clouds. The work is being performed under Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and is related to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) CRYPTOGRAPHY FOR HYPERSCALE ARCHITECTURES IN ROBUST INTERNET OF THINGS (CHAROIT) proposal. The contract has a firm fixed price structure and a completion date of December 20, 2027. Pqsecure Technologies is also conducting research related to post-quantum cryptography in resource-constrained devices under federal grants from the National Science Foundation and the Department of the Army Headquarters West Point Military Academy.
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