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OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Autonomy; Advanced Materials OBJECTIVE: xTechSBIR Autonomy is seeking novel capabilities and technology solutions within the Autonomy space, that can assist in tackling the Army’s current and future needs, enabling new capabilities, improved performance, faster production, or cost savings for Army systems. Examples of technologies that address the issu ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Trusted AI and Autonomy; Advanced Computing and Software OBJECTIVE: Modern and future battlefields will see increasing use of automated platforms; however, single-use, leave-behind, or unattended U.S. military systems require sufficient protection against hardware and software components from being reverse engineered. Currently, there is not yet a cost-effe ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Integrated Network Systems-of-Systems The technology within this topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR), 22 CFR Parts 120-130, which controls the export and import of defense-related material and services, including export of sensitive technical data, or the Export Administration Regulation (EAR), 15 CFR Parts 730-774, ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Integrated Sensing and Cyber OBJECTIVE: The objective of Synthetic User Personas (SUP) is to generate labeled, synthetic cyber data suitable for enabling machine learning algorithms that support holistic cyber defenses. DESCRIPTION: Currently there is little to no labeled unified host and network data available to the cyber research community to facilitate ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Space Technology The technology within this topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR), 22 CFR Parts 120-130, which controls the export and import of defense-related material and services, including export of sensitive technical data, or the Export Administration Regulation (EAR), 15 CFR Parts 730-774, which controls dual ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Microelectronics OBJECTIVE: This topic seeks to develop a super-resolution thermal metrology tool to enable accurate characterization of semiconductor materials and devices, and wide bandgap and ultra-wide bandgap materials and devices, in particular, at nanometer length scale. DESCRIPTION: Radar and communication systems are ubiquitous in both military a ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Advanced Materials, Microelectronics OBJECTIVE: The objective of the Wearables at the Edge to Augment Readiness (WEAR) SBIR topic is to develop a secure and lightweight framework for real-time analysis of sensory data from wearables to monitor warfighter health and readiness at the edge. DESCRIPTION: Wearable technology is now fundamental to all areas of t ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Advanced Computing and Software OBJECTIVE: Extend the scientific Python programming ecosystem to incorporate a rich set of matrix and tensor operations supported by a compilation system capable of automatic efficient code generation for execution on a range of run-time hardware architectures, including hardware with features that optimize or accelerate oper ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Weapons, Information Systems OBJECTIVE: The goal of SaFE is to develop practical; low-cost; small size, weight, and power; non-isotopic sources for food irradiation and other applications requiring pathogen sterilization, supporting ubiquitous treatment at points of production and points of distribution, particularly in austere or compromised environments ( ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Integrated Sensing & Cyber, Trusted AI & Autonomy OBJECTIVE: To address supply chain shortages by providing a fast, reliable, and widely-available capability to identify, appraise, and extract valuable mechanical and electronic components from scrapped or damaged systems, for reuse in functioning systems [1-3]. DESCRIPTION: Mechanical parts recycling, and ...