Phase I – Page 6 – Army SBIR|STTR Program

Reverse Engineering Equipment Open Topic

As equipment ages and global events interrupt critical supply chains quickly, creating solutions for components that integrate well without impacting system performance is necessary. This topic aims to source and develop robust, versatile, and cyber-secure technologies that can be utilized for this task. The objective is to leverage innovations that ensure operational readiness and effectiveness in diverse and resource-constrained settings. Such technological advancements will fortify military readiness and potentially influence civilian sectors where infrastructure is limited.

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Mobile Sustainment Tools Open Topic

This solicitation aims to equip our forces with technology that enhances their operational capabilities and logistical support, allowing them to maintain a strategic advantage even in the most resource-scarce locations. Proposals should address the ease of deployment, energy efficiency, and the ability to perform under extreme conditions.

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Advanced Pyrometallurgical Feedstock Processing to Produce Germanium

Current methods vaporize Ge from the feedstock (Zn ores) to produce a fume (condensed vapors) followed by leaching and precipitation that yields a 1 to 15% Ge. This topic seeks processes which can yield > 60% Ge concentrates, which in turn can be purified and zone melted to produce ingot forms.

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Additive Manufacturing for High-Density Materials

This topic accepts Phase I proposals submissions for a cost up to $250,000 for a 6-month period of performance.

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Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning (AI/ML) Focused Open Topic

A244-P037 Phase I and Direct to Phase II

This open topic accepts both Phase I and Direct to Phase II submissions. Phase I proposals are accepted for a cost up to $250,000 for a 6-month period of performance and Direct to Phase II proposals are accepted for a cost up to $2,000,000 for a 24-month period of performance. All submissions most address the following 6 AI sub-fields: Synthetic data generation in a format applicable to a given situation that is not obtained by direct measurement. This includes visual, textual, video, geospatial, and sensor data.

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Hybrid Electric Powertrain, Power and Propulsion Systems (HEPPS) Open Topic

A244-P038 Phase I and Direct to Phase II

This open topic accepts both Phase I and Direct to Phase 2 submissions. All submissions most address the following 6 sub-fields

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Automated and Modular Forward Deployed Biomanufacturing Unit for Warfighter Field

Point of need (PON) food production may sustain units deployed in contested logistics (CL) environments and reduce class I logistics burden. Research initiated by DARPA and the DoD Manufacturing Innovation Institutes has identified novel methods to utilize PON resource processing that can maintain military dominance in a contested or denied logistics environment.

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Dynamic Synthetic Tissues for Medical Simulation and Training

Human patient simulators leverage unreliable mechanical air bladders, anatomically inaccurate synthetic tissues (Hannay et. all, 2022; Lee et. all, 2021; Norfleet et. all, 2015), and often do not accurately show a patient progression or regression during treatment.

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Development of an Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Passive Detection, Tracking, And, Identification System for Ground Vehicles.

The goal of this Army Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) topic is the detection, tracking, and identification of airborne drones from their radio frequency transmissions, visual or acoustic signatures using passive sensors.

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Portable Diamond NV-Based Quantum Magnetometer for Enhanced Detection of Person-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (PBIEDs)

Quantum magnetometers, especially those utilizing Diamond Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) technology, offer a significant advancement in sensitivity and precision beyond conventional explosive detection methods [1]. Utilizing quantum mechanical principles, such as electron and atomic nucleus spin states, these devices can detect minor fluctuations in magnetic fields.

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