Success Stories

Funded by the Department of War (DoW) Office for Small Business Innovation within the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering and facilitated by the Army’s Pathway for Innovation and Technology (PIT) with a $3.5M Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center (DEVCOM GVSC) co-investment, Army FUZE marks the inaugural award under Public Law 119-83, validating the transition pipeline and accelerating silent, frictionless magnetic gear systems for next-generation combat platforms. 

The Army FUZE Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Program invested in Black Cape to develop Personifi, a decision intelligence platform designed to modernize recruiting for the 75th Ranger Regiment.

Compound Eye, a small business based out of Redwood City, Calif., is leveraging $13 million in Army SBIR CATALYST funding to develop a cutting-edge positioning and navigation tool for U.S. Army Soldiers based off its Visual Inertial Distributed Aperture System (VIDAS).

The U.S. Army Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Program leveraged their relationship with Orbital Research’s state-of-the-art drone weaponization systems to enable the Army to deliver innovative solutions that boost Soldier performance and resolve critical mission challenges in utilizing aerodynamics and advanced control systems.

Mayflower Communications aims to enhance Global Positioning System capabilities for U.S. Army Soldiers in contested environments. With support from the  Army Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, the company develops advanced GPS technologies to ensure Soldiers have reliable position, navigation and timing data when GPS is unavailable.

Pratt Miller Defense’s Trackless Moving Targets program is revolutionizing Army range training with support from the U.S. Army Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Program. Army SBIR funding served as a catalyst for the technology’s development, creating a path for transition that will see the TMT training system implemented at Army and National Guard training centers beginning in summer 2025

LiquidPiston, supported by Army innovation programs, is poised to transform the U.S. Army’s capabilities as the company delivers compact, heavy-fuel-capable rotary engines and hybrid electric power systems to Soldiers, setting new standards for power density and performance in military applications.

Reliable position, navigation and timing is essential for U.S. Army Soldiers to safely and effectively maneuver and communicate. TRX Systems, winner of the Army xTech Program’s xTechSearch 3 competition, now fields its technology – the Dismounted PNT System Generation II, also known as DAPS GEN II – as a program of record  for the Army to provide Soldiers a continuous stream of PNT information, even when GPS is unavailable.

Kate Williams, right, LEAD director of strategic management, talked shop with Big Mac Enterprises, LLC, an awardee of the Army SBIR Shop Tools and Enablers Open Topic, at the DoD Maintenance Symposium in December 2024 (Credit: Letterkenny Army Depot).