Training Grant 80NSSC21K1216

Intelligent Artifacts Inc. has been awarded a $1.1 million firm fixed price contract by the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct research in advanced sensor fusion using artificial general intelligence under Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research program. The work will be performed in Guilford, Connecticut over a 15-month period ending in January 2023. The contract has a total small business set aside designation. This award continues the company's efforts to...

This contract was awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition Inc. (IHMC), a non-profit research institute, to develop foundational artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that enable synthetic agents to collaborate effectively with human teammates through social intelligence. The contract has a total ceiling value of $3,478,638.00 and a performance period ending on December 31, 2023. There is no set-aside...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Apogee Research LLC a $4.9M cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Phase 1 of the Intrinsic Cognitive Security (ICS) program, with a completion date of May 26, 2026. Under this effort, Apogee Research will develop computational science and formal methods to build mixed reality systems that protect users from cognitive attacks. The contract was competitively awarded through a Broad Agency Announcement posted in October 2023, with no small...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $549,486 Other Transaction Agreement to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to develop the Environment-Driven Conceptual Learning program. This research aims to advance artificial intelligence capabilities by exploring how concepts are acquired through unsupervised interaction with complex environments, taking inspiration from human development. UCSD will apply its expertise in cognitive science, computer science and...

This is a $41,939,966.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Systems Directorate, Warfighter Interface Division to KBR Wyle Services, LLC for "Explainable Artificial Intelligent Applications within Integrated Dynamic Visualization Environments". The work supports the Air Force's research and development efforts in artificial intelligence, data visualization, and human systems integration. This...

This is a $9,072,984 cost plus fixed fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Aptima Inc., a small business headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts. The contract is for the Artificial Social Intelligence for Successful Teams (ASIST) program, which seeks to develop foundational AI capabilities to enable synthetic agents to collaborate effectively with human teammates through social intelligence. The contract involves research and development across three...

The Department of the Air Force Headquarters Air Staff National Air and Space Intelligence Center awarded a $3.7 million firm fixed price delivery order against Semantic AI, Inc.'s Multiple Award Schedule contract. Semantic AI, doing business as Semantic Research, will provide semantic AI capabilities to the agency through August 2025. Headquartered in San Diego, Semantic Research will leverage its expertise in natural language processing and knowledge graph technologies to support the...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) of the U.S. Air Force to Cognitive Space, Inc., a technology company based in Manvel, Texas. The contract, valued at $1,695,909, is for the development of cognitive AI solutions to enhance satellite networking capabilities, including intelligent routing systems, automated satellite command and control, and cognitive inference tasking for complex space networks. This...

Expedition Technology, Inc., a small business specializing in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and multi-intelligence solutions, has been awarded a $3.0M cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to address critical technical gaps in Department of the Air Force capability requirements. The contract, effective through September 2027, will focus on developing novel artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques under the ARES effort,...

The U.S. Air Force awarded a Definitive Contract valued at $15.1 million to Semantic AI, Inc. (doing business as Semantic Research) on August 18, 2021, for license and support services related to Project A3 Data Analytics Support Services. The contract, designated FA7146-21-S-C001, carries a firm fixed price structure with an ultimate completion date of August 1, 2026, and will be performed in Fairfax, Virginia. No set-aside designation was applied to this award. Semantic AI specializes in...