Sae Government Technologies

Sae Government Technologies, doing business as Defense Automotive Technologies Consortium, is a non-profit corporate entity registered to receive federal awards since August 2016. The organization specializes in strengthening domestic critical element production capabilities for the defense industrial base, with a particular focus on advanced manufacturing, battery technology, and automotive applications. Through its various federal contracting and grant mechanisms, Sae Government Technologies works to enhance domestic manufacturing capabilities and industrial base resilience while accelerating commercialization of critical defense technologies.

Regarding federal contract awards, Sae Government Technologies has served as a prime contractor on a single significant award: a $2.69 million Other Transaction Agreement from the U.S. Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command, awarded on September 24, 2025, for the Cornerstone Other Transaction Authority initiative. This contract focuses on the Strengthening America's Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base Battery Connect Prototype project, with performance through September 24, 2028, and will be executed in Troy, Michigan. The contract carries no set-aside designation. Additionally, Sae Government Technologies has received multiple sub-contract awards from HII Mission Technologies Corp, including space rental agreements and industrial office space leasing for the Advanced Manufacturing and Commercialization Center (AMCC), along with facilities operations support. These sub-contracts, awarded between December 2022 and April 2025, demonstrate the organization's role in managing and operating advanced manufacturing infrastructure as part of its broader defense industrial base mission.

Through federal grant mechanisms, Sae Government Technologies received a substantial $6.3 million Project Grant from the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment under the Community Investment federal grant program (CFDA 12.600). Awarded on September 1, 2022, with performance through August 31, 2025, this grant specifically funded a commercialization accelerator for domestic critical element production to strengthen the defense industrial base. As the prime grantee, Sae Government Technologies leveraged sub-grant partnerships with the Regents of the University of Michigan and the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Inc. The University of Michigan sub-award, granted in November 2023, supported the development of battery standards training and implementation curriculum along with workforce certification programs within the consortium. The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences received sub-grant funding in January 2022 to support optimization of facilities ensuring reliability and maintainability of large metal 3D printers. Through these grant awards and partnerships, Sae Government Technologies has positioned itself as a key facilitator of advanced manufacturing capability development and critical element production acceleration for the national defense industrial base.