Tag Archives: Small Business Innovation Research

A Cubic (NYSE: CUB) subsidiary has secured a five-year, $172M contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command to produce inflatable satellite ground terminals designed to receive and transmit data and voice communications.

NASA has awarded $104M in contracts to 124 companies that will further develop and demonstrate technologies for the second phase of a program aimed at advancing the agency's prioritt missions such as the Artemis deep-space exploration initiative.

Gary Mayes, who previously held various leadership positions at U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command, has been named senior director of research and development at Huntsville, Ala.-based cybersecurity company Sentar.

Monkton has received a potential $500M contract from the U.S. Space Force to support the commercialization of a mobile strategy. The company will provide technology and support services to help the Department of Defense design, build and field mission-enabling platforms to service members, civil servants and reservists operating at the tactical edge, DoD said Wednesday.

Govini analyzed the Department of Defense’s use of other transaction authorities and Small Business Innovation Research contracts between fiscal year 2015 and FY 2019 and found that the two contracting methods accounted for 10 percent, or $9.6B, of DoD’s spending on research, development, test and evaluation operations in 2019, Defense News reported Wednesday.

Los Angeles-based space systems technology firm LinQuest has closed its acquisition of data analytics provider The Perduco Group in a push to advance its strategic growth plan and expand the delivery of artificial intelligence, mission planning, decision analytics and machine learning capabilities to intelligence community and military clients.

The Department of Energy plans to award $121M worth of research and development grants to 103 small businesses from across 29 U.S. states. DOE said Monday the money will support R&D efforts under the second phase of its Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs.

NASA has awarded $106M in total contract funds to 129 small businesses to further develop technology platforms that may help sustain human presence on the moon and Mars. The companies submitted 142 innovation proposals to develop, demonstrate and deliver space-based systems for planetary missions under the second phase of NASA’s …

Scientific Applications Research Associates has won a potential $100M contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory develop munition and integrated weapon systems. SARA will provide research, development, testing and demonstration support for the AFRL-led Golden Horde Science and Technology program under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 11, 2018 — Amazon Web Services is set to jointly host a “hackathon” with Eastern Foundry as part of a Small Business Administration project to address disaster response issues and increase access to research grants in support of small businesses, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 26. Fedscoop reported …