The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $999,993 firm fixed price definitive contract to Spark Neuro Inc. for COVID-19 familiarity detectors. Spark Neuro Inc. will deliver a lightweight tactical kit including an electroencephalogram and pre-installed laptop with automatic processing software. The purpose is to provide familiarity detection capabilities to address the Coronavirus pandemic. The one-year contract has a period of performance from July 2020...
This is a definitive contract award valued at $1,099,404.48 to Cognionics Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit manufacturer of dry EEG headsets and electrodes. The contract was issued by the Defense Health Agency (DHA), a defense agency, under the Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) program for medical research and development. The contract supports the continued development of a wearable neurophysiological monitoring device to assess and intervene in circadian rhythm issues, with a period...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Neurofit, Inc., a for-profit small business located in Mountain View, California. The $74,879 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a "Brain Health Monitoring Platform" - a wearable technology and software solution for monitoring physiological indicators related to brain and cognitive health. This contract builds upon Neurofit's prior SBIR...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1,249,997 firm fixed price SBIR Phase II contract to Neurovation Labs Inc., a small disadvantaged, woman-owned business, to develop an objective biomedical diagnostic for assessing traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other trauma-related mental health conditions. This contract supports the Air Force's research into diagnostic tools for brain injuries faced by military personnel. Neurovation Labs has previously received a $49,920 SBIR Phase I award...
This contract award to Neuroelectrics USA Corp, a for-profit limited liability company, is for the purchase of two Starstim 32 wearable and wireless 32-channel configurable and programmable simultaneous electroencephalography (EEG) systems with transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) and EEG monitoring capabilities. The contract has a ceiling value of $86,353.00 and was awarded on June 4, 2020 by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command. The original solicitation was a...
This is a $1,149,775.19 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract awarded by the Defense Health Agency to Spark Biomedical Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for an STTR Phase II effort to develop and test a military-grade wearable transcutaneous auricular neurostimulation device to restore performance after acute stress reaction. The contract is the result of a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) proposal titled "Development and Testing of a Military-Grade Wearable Transcutaneous...
This is a $149,987.52 firm fixed-price STTR Phase I contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Cognionics Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit manufacturer of dry EEG headsets and electrodes. The contract is for a project to optimize human-automation team workload through a non-invasive detection system, set aside for total small business participation. Cognionics Inc. has previously provided EEG equipment to support brain and neurophysiological monitoring...
This contract award to Oculogica Inc., a woman-owned small business, provides $1,999,986.00 in funding from the Defense Health Agency for the research and development of a highly portable device to assess mild traumatic brain injury in deployed and far-forward military settings. The contract, which runs through December 2025, supports the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs' Combat Readiness-Medical Research Program's efforts to advance both military and civilian medical...
This is a $73,723 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Neurable Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for a Phase I SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program. The contract is to develop a wearable technology for dynamic rapid eye movement (REM) improvement through closed-loop stimulation and sensing. Key aspects of the requested products/services include neurotechnology, biosensing, and human performance optimization....
This is a $100,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Omniscience LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for Transfer Learning AI approaches to customize Electroencephalogram (EEG) Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) models for monitoring vigilance decrement and task disengagement in realistic use-cases seen by Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) operators and trainees. This contract is a Phase II Small Business Technology...