Project Grant ED25HDQ0G0032

PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ENHANCE THE AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS TESTING CAPABILITIES OF SECURE AUTONOMY FEEDBACK AND EVALUATION TESTBED (SAFE-T)/SKYWAY RANGE, INC. BY PROCURING AND IMPLEMENTING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS. THIS WILL ESTABLISH SAFE-T/SKYWAY RANGE AS A STATE-OF-THE-ART TESTING AND SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT FOR COMPANIES, RESEARCHERS, AND REGULATORS. ADDITIONALLY, THE GRANT AIMS TO MAXIMIZE SAFE-T?S UTILIZATION BY ATTRACTING PROJECTS FROM CORPORATIONS, STARTUPS, AND PRIVATE COMPANIES NATIONWIDE, THEREBY STRENGTHENING CYBER THREAT MITIGATION THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAPABILITIES TO REPLICATE LEADING THREATS AND CONDUCT CYBER RED-TEAMING. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: HIRE A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LEAD AND SAFE-T TECHNICAL DIRECTOR. INTEGRATE RADAR SYSTEMS WITH OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE AND AERONAUTICS (ODAA) AND SKYWAY RANGE. IMPLEMENT NEW TESTING TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS. FORMALLY LAUNCH SAFE-T. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: FIRST CLIENT USE OF SAFE-T BY THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE SECOND YEAR OF THE GRANT PROGRAM. GENERATE $500,000 IN REVENUE BY THE END OF THE THIRD YEAR OF THE PROGRAM. ENGAGE FIVE PAYING CLIENTS BY THE END OF YEAR FIVE OF THE PROGRAM. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES OF THIS GRANT ARE AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS COMPANIES, RESEARCHERS, AND REGULATORS WHO WILL UTILIZE THE ADVANCED TESTING AND SIMULATION CAPABILITIES PROVIDED BY SAFE-T/SKYWAY RANGE, INC. ADDITIONALLY, CORPORATIONS, STARTUPS, AND PRIVATE COMPANIES ACROSS THE NATION SEEKING TO ENHANCE THEIR CYBER THREAT MITIGATION STRATEGIES WILL BENEFIT FROM SAFE-T'S CYBER RED-TEAMING CAPABILITIES. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: DEVELOP AND INTEGRATE RADAR SYSTEM SPECIFICATION. PROCURE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, SUCH AS UNMANNED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (UTM), DETECT AND AVOID (DAA), COMMAND AND CONTROL (C2), AND LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR). IMPLEMENT TESTING SYSTEMS AND CONTINUE REFINEMENTS THROUGH CLIENT FEEDBACK. FORMALIZE WORKING TEAM, GENERATE TECHNOLOGY SPECIFICATIONS. BUILD AND VALIDATE MINIMUM VIABLE PRODUCT (MVP) WHILE DEFINING INITIAL SYSTEMS. INTEGRATE SYSTEM WITH SKYWAY RANGE. SOLICIT CLIENTS IN PREPARATION FOR SAFE-T LAUNCH GROW CLIENT USAGE OF SAFE-T OFFERINGS AND SCALE OPERATIONAL CAPACITY IN PACE WITH CLIENT ACQUISITION