The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $73,805 firm fixed price purchase order to Private TECH Inc., a veteran-owned small business, under its SBIR Phase I program. The contract is for research and development of "unlinkable payments using zero trust 5G networks." This work aims to advance secure 5G technologies and applications for the Air Force while preserving user privacy and enabling secure communications in contested environments. Private TECH Inc. has previously...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Private TECH Inc., a veteran-owned small business. The $109,357 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of secure 5G sidelink connectivity, enabling air-gapped 5G networks. The work aims to advance secure 5G technologies and applications for the Air Force while preserving user privacy and enabling secure communications in contested environments. This award is...
This contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Private TECH Inc., a veteran-owned small business, is a $73,880 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract to research censorship evasion strategies on 5G mobile networks. The goal is to enable secure cell services in contested environments. The contract is designated as a total small business set-aside, highlighting Private TECH Inc.'s status as a veteran-owned small business. This award is part of AFRL's...
<p>The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,249,811 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Tgrid, LLC, a for-profit organization based in Austin, Texas. The contract is for the development of a secure, zero-trust, public-cloud based, peer-to-peer messaging system for the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) decentralized wireless network. The contract is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with a period of performance through January 26, 2026.</p>
<p>The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $109,983.00 firm fixed price purchase order to Faer Defense, LLC, a small business, for a "RAPIDLY DEPLOYABLE 5G TELECOMMUNICATION SENSOR PACKAGE FOR RELIABLE COMMUNICATION IN AUSTERE LOCATIONS" under the STTR Phase I research program. The contract has an ultimate completion date of August 19, 2024 and was awarded on May 14, 2024.</p>
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Forward Edge AI Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The $1,519,999.32 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a Technology Readiness Level 8 (TRL-8), low Size, Weight, and Power with Cost (SWAP-C) quantum-resistant encryption device and achievement of National Security Agency (NSA) Type 1 certification. This SBIR Phase II effort is focused on...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $179,999.81 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to Architecture Technology Inc., a small business contractor, for the development of innovative networking protocols to provide position, navigation, and timing capabilities for endpoints operating in tactical environments. This contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I effort and has a completion date of June 14, 2025. Architecture Technology Inc. is the...
<p>The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $75,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to Atakama Inc., a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I for a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Data Security solution. This research and development contract is focused on enhancing cybersecurity and data sharing capabilities in a zero trust environment. The award has a performance period ending on August 7, 2023.</p>
<p>The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $74,080 firm-fixed-price contract to Beartooth Radio, Inc. of Bozeman, MT under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of agile combat communications with low probability of detection (LPD) and low probability of interception (LPI) ultra-low size, weight, power, and cost (SWAP-C) mesh networks. This SBIR Phase I contract has an ultimate completion date of April 17, 2025.</p>
This is a $1,899,997.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IIB contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Movius Interactive Corporation, a for-profit organization. The contract is for further development and scaling of decentralized and distributed wireless communications networks, as described in the Statement of Work. This award is a total small business set-aside and builds on Movius' previous SBIR Phase I and Phase II awards from AFRL related to secure,...