[FUNDING ALERT] Upcoming United States Department of Defense federal grants for startups and small businesses

1. Lightweight, Robust, Ruggedized North Finding Technology — to demonstrate a rugged, lightweight, compact north-finding technology that can provide a precise measurement of heading relative to true north in GPS-denied environments and in the presence of interference, such as magnetic fields or overcast skies.

2. Development of polarimetric SWIR camera system with AI/ML capabilities to counter swarming UAVs — Develop polarimetric SWIR camera system with incorporated artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI&ML) capability for enhanced target detection/identification, and tracking of swarming UAVs.

3. Electromagnetic Skins and Smart RF Radomes for Spectrum Camouflage — Design and build an electrically thin electromagnetic (EM) skin to absorb, scatter, and change the polarization of undesirable radio frequency (RF) radiation providing spectrum camouflage for Army antennae and radar systems.

4. UAS Continuous Time Spectrum Situational Awareness — to apply the advantages of continuous-time signal processing over traditional DSP for advanced Spectrum Situational Awareness.

5. Open Source, High Assurance Hardware and Software Co-Designcreating — creating high assurance computing. Currently, seL 4 microkernel uses blocks of assembly language instructions for security primitives.

6. Multi-Modal Synthetic Data Corpus to Support Machine Intelligence Development — Synthetically creates a multi-modal data corpus that can be used to train Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) Algorithms to support multi-Intelligence (multi-INT) data fusion and machine intelligence.

7. Real-Time Analytics for Engineer Reconnaissance — To develop a software solution to translate ground-based full-motion video (FMV) data collected by Engineer reconnaissance assets into a digital product that can be manipulated and analyzed to answer intelligence requirements and inform command decisions.

8. Casualty Care Training- Mixed Reality Manikin Solution for Female Soldier Survivability — Develop, demonstrate, and deliver solutions for enhanced female combat trauma mixed reality (MR) training manikin that incorporates open architecture utilizing high-fidelity simulations for combat-trauma-related scenarios.

If you’re an early or growth-stage company looking for SBIR funding, schedule a call with an iFund Lab advisor today to learn more about available grants and eligibility criteria. Send a call request at funding@ifundlab.com