On December 12,
the U.S. Air Force posted the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) X20.1 commercial
solutions opening. Responses are due by 8:00 p.m. Eastern on February 12.
The objectives
of the AF SBIR Program include stimulating technological innovation,
strengthening the role of small business in meeting DoD research and
development needs, fostering and encouraging participation by minority and
disadvantaged persons in technological innovation, and increasing the
commercial application of DoD-supported research or research and development
results.
The
DoD 10 Technology Focus Areas of interest are (proposals are not required to
address topics in these 10 Technology Focus Areas of interests but these do
represent Air Force Strategic priorities):
1. Artificial Intelligence: Improve
algorithms, address data quality, optimize human-machine coordination and
disrupt adversaries’ efforts.
2. Autonomy: Address teaming of autonomous systems; machine perception,
reasoning and intelligence; human and autonomy systems trust and interaction.
3. Communications: Addressing high-performance, low
power embedded processing and developing algorithms for self-configuring,
self-healing and resource allocation.
4. Cyber: Address behavioral issues, develop self-securing networks and
develop methodologies to assess cyber effects and consequences.
5. Directed Energy: Address power scaling, jitter
reduction, laser size and weight, adaptive optics, beam propagation and target
tracking.
6. Hypersonics: Address high temperature
materials, hypersonic vehicle manufacturing, air breathing propulsion and
hypersonic guidance and control systems.
7. Microelectronics: Develop economically competitive
domestic manufacturing capabilities, improve radiation hardening and develop
radio frequency (RF) technologies for specialty applications with nuclear,
space and electronic warfare capabilities.
8. Quantum Sciences: Address quantum clocks and
sensors, quantum communications technologies and develop enabling technologies
for quantum computing in the areas of cryogenics and photon detection.
9. Space: Developing low earth orbit nano-satellites for missile
warning, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, navigation and
communications.
10. Biotechnology: applications related to disease prevention and mitigation, rapid emergency medical response and trauma management, environmental remediation, and advanced materials.
Full information is available here.
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