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Darkhive drone startup wins $5M Air Force contract for advanced drone autonomy

6Jul

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Darkhive drone startup wins $5M Air Force contract for advanced drone autonomy

San Antonio-based Darkhive is one step closer to scaling its autonomous uncrewed drone systems for military and public safety use. The startup has won a $5 million Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the U.S. Air Force AFWERX Autonomy Prime.AFWERX, the Air Force office in charge of finding new and innovative ways to use technology, has set up a new program called Autonomy Prime to learn about the autonomous technologies companies have under development — and how the military could adapt them for its missions.Defense industry executive and U.S. Special Operations veteran John Goodson launched Darkhive in Sept. 2021. Since then, he and chief technology officer Steven Turner have developed an effective, affordable alternative for military and law enforcem...

New Dominion Enterprises wins $2.2M in two Air Force SBIR awards for battery innovation

8Mar

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New Dominion Enterprises wins $2.2M in two Air Force SBIR awards for battery innovation

A San Antonio startup has received two Air Force funding awards for its proprietary battery additive that makes batteries safer and longer lasting.New Dominion Enterprises, Inc. (NDE), an energy technology company, won two direct-to-Phase Two Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts from the Air Force AFWERX program for its battery additive innovation in February. The Air Force’s program office that oversees commands using tactical radios has signed a memorandum of understanding with New Dominion. NDE was awarded $1.25 million over 21 months to develop improved wearable batteries and $962.5 million over 14 months for improved battery packs for tactical radios. New Dominion is commercializing inorganic electrolyte materials that stabilize organic lithium-ion...

SBIR Advisors lands $50M in military contracts for San Antonio businesses

1Feb

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SBIR Advisors lands $50M in military contracts for San Antonio businesses

The military contracting company forecasts roughly $200M in DoD contracts in 2023.SBIR Advisors helped five advanced technology companies in San Antonio — Braingu, Knight Aerospace, Elevate Systems, Renu Robotics, and Forward Edge — win almost $50 million in non-dilutive Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding in 2022.SBIR Advisors also worked to win an additional $4.6 million for a nonprofit group of research institutions that includes The University of Texas at San Antonio’s (UTSA) National Security Collaboration Center. The San Antonio-based military contract consulting company has been instrumental in connecting innovators to the Department of Defense since its launch in late 2020.“Our clients are on track to secure $200 million in Department of Defense contracts ...

New Dominion Enterprises Wins Air Force Phase 2 SBIR Funding for Energy Innovation

27Jul

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New Dominion Enterprises Wins Air Force Phase 2 SBIR Funding for Energy Innovation

A San Antonio startup producing additives to make batteries safer and longer-lasting has gotten Air Force funding to improve the performance of military tactical radios.New Dominion Enterprises, Inc. (NDE), an energy technology company, won an Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 2 $750,000 contract in July for its battery additive innovation. The company won a Phase 1 $50,000 award in February in a highly competitive submission process. The Air Force Special Warfare program office, which oversees commands that use tactical radios, has signed a memorandum of understanding with New Dominion. Some of the military’s most difficult missions are carried out by specialists who operate in remote, often hostile areas.Acting as a one-person attachment to other spec...

IMG Studio Wins Air Force Contract for Video Game Training

14Apr

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IMG Studio Wins Air Force Contract for Video Game Training

The U.S. military is leveraging video gaming to recruit young people, not just train them once they join military service. That need for engaging video content presented an opportunity for The IMG Studio. The San Antonio-based company won a U.S. Air Force Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to develop a flight simulation video game for the Air Force to train and recruit its personnel.Owned by Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Heather Chandler, the video and software development company proposed building a physics-based video game that goes beyond the simulated video game training environments often used to train military personnel. The San Antonio-based company specializes in software and video game development that frequently incorporate advanced virtual...

4 San Antonio Startups Win Air Force SBIR Contracts to Fund Innovation

16Mar

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4 San Antonio Startups Win Air Force SBIR Contracts to Fund Innovation

Four San Antonio technology companies have won an Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 contracts for $50,000. The businesses that received awards over the past several weeks are:Olifant Medical, a startup commercializing a new airway device, Hatchbed, a robotics research and development (R&D) engineering startup, Inflow, a cybersecurity startup focused on national security, and Elevate Systems, a product design and development company specializing in mechanical engineering services.The highly competitive U.S. government program awards non-dilutive funding for companies to develop advanced tech innovation for the market. The R&D must have the potential for commercialization and meet an Air Force need.San Antonio companies are starting to...

Geekdom Startup Allosense Wins Air Force Funding for Asset Trackers

15Jan

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Geekdom Startup Allosense Wins Air Force Funding for Asset Trackers

Winning an Air Force contract estimated at a potential total value of up to $5 million has been game-changing for one Geekdom startup company producing internet-of-things or IoT tracking devices. Allosense founder Roman Sandoval applied to the competitive awards-based Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and won a Phase 1 SBIR award for $50,000 in December 2019.Allosense provides an easy way for companies or organizations looking to integrate the use of smart sensors for tracking assets. The asset trackers are cellphone-sized devices that are always in communication, either on-demand or via a data stream.“We make always-connected sensors that can be used as asset trackers in logistics,” Sandoval said. “Our ‘Sensing-as-a-Service’ can be used in many different ...

7 Tips on How to Win Non-Diluting Federal SBIR, STTR Grants

7May

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7 Tips on How to Win Non-Diluting Federal SBIR, STTR Grants

Scientists are always looking for ways to fund their research. But what if you want to translate discoveries into a viable product or service for the marketplace? Read Part 1 on what you should know about non-diluting federal SBIR and STTR funding to learn about tapping into the Federal Government's "America's seed fund" of early-stage funding.If you are ready to prepare a winning proposal to win funding for your research, read the seven tips we collected from experts and successful researchers who have earned a Small Business Innovation Research Program, or SBIR grant, or an STTR or Small Business Technology Transfer grant. Design your R&D approach with commercialization in mind. StemBioSys senior researcher Travis Block has won two SBIR grants, one to fund work at StemBioSys, t...

What You Should Know about Non-Diluting Federal SBIR, STTR Funding

6May

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What You Should Know about Non-Diluting Federal SBIR, STTR Funding

Scientists are always looking for ways to fund their research. But what if you want to translate discoveries into a viable product or service for the marketplace? Successfully tapping into the Federal Government's "America's seed fund" of early-stage funding can make or break commercialization efforts, especially since you don't have to give up equity in exchange.Researchers should familiarize themselves with the $2.5 billion annual set aside for the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research Program, also known as SBIR, and the Small Business Technology Transfer program, or STTR. These two initiatives are the largest source of federally-funded early-stage, high-risk funding for startup companies. Designed to meet specific needs for federal government research and development (R&D), S...