| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.07.2025 | PureCipher Awarded Air Force Direct-to-Phase II SBIR Contract to Deliver Secure Aerial Combat Communications | Artificial Immune System for AI Security
Breakthrough Security Platform to Strengthen U.S. Air Dominance BOCA RATON, FL, UNITED STATES, July 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- PureCipher™ has been awarded a prestigious Direct-to-Phase II SBIR co... |
| 14.04.2025 | HTX Labs Selected by AFWERX for a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) Opportunity ($5.8M) for the U.S. Air Force | HTX Labs has been selected by AFWERX for a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) opportunity ($5.8 million) to Advance AI-Enabled Immersive Training for the U.S. Air Force
HTX Labs has been selected by AFWERX for a strategic funding increase... |
| 13.03.2025 | Picogrid and MIT MIx win $1.75M program to help first responders put an eye on wildfires | Picogrid and MIT program monitors wildfires during space launch operations at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Picogrid and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mission Innovation X won a $1.75M program to help government teams monitor w... |
| 07.02.2025 | DAF announces Spark Tank 2025 finalists | ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) --
The Spark Tank 2025 semifinals were held Jan. 28 in the Pentagon. The Spark Tank production team presented the top 15 ideas, identified by 1,925 Airmen and Guardians casting nearly 35,000 pairwise votes and subject ... |
| 30.01.2025 | BeONE Sports & United States Air Force Set for Take Off | Fighter Pilots Bring Cutting-Edge AI Technology in Cockpit
We are extremely excited to embark on this effort with the US Air Force. We’ve built an amazing team for this project, and it is a great example of BeONE's versatility and forward t... |
| 14.01.2025 | Donald Trump Jr’s VC Leads New $60M Firehawk Aerospace Investment | Dallas-based aerospace startup Firehawk Aerospace has received $60 million in a series C investment round led by 1789 Capital, which recently named Donald Trump Jr as a Partner.
Based in Palm Beach, Florida, the roughly $150 million venture... |
| 13.12.2024 | Navigating the Future: Career Strategies and Innovations in Aerospace Technology | In a world where change is the only constant, the landscape of careers and technology is evolving at breakneck speed. The digital age has ushered in an era of unprecedented opportunities and challenges. Dr. Madeleine F. Wallace, a beacon in... |
| 12.12.2024 | 3D Printing for Aerospace, Space and Defense with Raven Space Systems’ MAD Technology | Kansas City-based startup Raven Space Systems addresses demanding aerospace, space and defense applications with its proprietary Microwave Assisted Deposition (MAD) 3D Printing technology. The company states that its patented process enable... |
| 05.12.2024 | Altair and Auburn University to Collaborate on $1.25 Million AFWERX Contract to Advance Vortex Rocket Engines | Altair® FlightStream™ to improve engine performance in a fraction of the time compared to traditional methods
TROY, Mich., Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), a global leader in computational intelligence, will work together... |
| 05.11.2024 | Meet the startup that just won the Pentagon’s first AI defense contract | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
The Department of Defense has awarded its first generative AI defense contract to Jericho Security, marking a str... |
| 17.10.2024 | Redactable awarded $1.9 million dollar U.S. Air Force contract for its AI-powered redaction software | Redacted document
A year after its $1.25 million award, Redactable is awarded a $1.9 million contract increase with additional customers.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Redactable announces it has been selected by AFWERX for ... |
| 08.10.2024 | Vectara Awarded a TACFI Contract to Enable U.S. Air Force to Use Its Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Platform | Vectara logo
Vectara Will Integrate Its Platform Into a Secure Government Environment, GovCloud
We are honored that the U.S. Air Force selected Vectara to integrate our RAG platform into GovCloud for their use, and we are proud to improve t... |
| 01.10.2024 | Vita Inclinata Awarded Sole Source Fleet-Wide Air Force Contract for Game-Changing Helicopter Rescue System | Vita Inclinata Technologies logo
Vita Rescue System successfully completed AFWERX's innovation program to move forward with deployment
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Vita Inclinata Technologies, a leading provider of ... |
| 11.09.2024 | Matregenix Awarded Three Phase II SBIR and STTR Contracts from the Department of the Air Force | Matregenix Awarded Three Phase II SBIR and STTR Contracts from the Department of the Air Force
Totaling Over $4.2M for Advancing Soft Tissue Repair Nanofiber Technologies
MISSION VIEJO, Calif., Sept. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Matregeni... |
| 06.09.2024 | Tetrate and the Future of Secure Communications in the USAF | In the realm of modern warfare, communication is the lifeblood of operations. It must be secure, reliable, and resilient. Tetrate, a leader in application networking and security, is stepping up to the plate. With contracts exceeding $3 mil... |
| 05.09.2024 | Tetrate Brings Enterprise-Ready Ambient Mode to USAF, Securing Wartime Communications | The World's Leading Application Networking and Security Platform
Tetrate inks USAF contracts exceeding $3M for Istio-based resilient communications and DevSecOps security enhancements.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tetr... |
| 05.09.2024 | Tampa-based Certus Core Awarded $1.25M Contract to deliver its Semantic Knowledge Graph Software to Air Force | Certus Core
Veteran-founded startup aims to address data structure and generative AI challenges across national security with their best in class software solution TAMPA, FL, UNITED STATES, September 4, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Certus Cor... |
| 22.08.2024 | Genesis Systems Awarded Contract by U.S. Air Force to Safeguard Water Supplies from Hazardous Materials Contamination | Pioneers in renewable water tech will use $1.25 million to create CBRN filtration systems that protect the armed forces' potable water supply from contamination TAMPA, FL, UNITED STATES, August 22, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Genesis Systems... |
| 20.08.2024 | Auriga Space Awarded $1.25 Million Direct to Phase II SBIR | Company to conduct technical study of its lab-scale hypersonic testbed
This marks the beginning of Auriga’s partnership with AFRL and the Department of Defense”
— Winnie Lai, CEOGARDEN GROVE, CALIFORNIA, USA, August 20, 2024 /EINPresswire.c... |
| 30.07.2024 | Amalgamated Vision Secures Back-to-Back Phase II SBIR Awards to Build Revolutionary Wearable Optical Device | Amalgamated Vision has been awarded Phase II SBIR funding from both AFWERX and NASA for its novel virtual retinal display laser micro-projector technology.
We're honored to receive Phase II SBIR contracts from AFWERX and NASA to accelerate ... |
| 18.07.2024 | PteroDynamics Wins $1.9 Million Tactical Funding Increase to Expand Work on Existing U.S. Air Force SBIR Contract | COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, UNITED STATES, July 18, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- PteroDynamics Inc., an innovator in autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft systems, today announced that it has secured a $1.9M matching Tactica... |
| 28.05.2024 | Solstar Space Awarded U.S. Space Force AFWERX/AFVENTURES Phase I SBIR Contract to Research Radiation Hardened WiFi for Spacecraft | Solstar Space WiFi
Solstar will develop purpose-built, space-ready WiFi solutions engineered to address requirements for spacecraft connectivity for telemetry, remote flight control, and scientific research.
SANTA FE, N.M., May 28, 2024 /PR... |
| 17.05.2024 | DOMA Technologies wins AFWERX SBIR R&D contract with GenAI led concept | GenAI approach for Air Force unstructured data challenges
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., May 17, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- DOMA Technologies announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase 1 contract focused on DX Engage – AI Powered Intel... |
| 14.05.2024 | Haiku, Inc. Wins U.S. Air Force Contract to Integrate AI Into Game-Based Cybersecurity Training Platform | Haiku Inc
Haiku Platform Displaying Real Time Ransomware Threat
This award follows another award by the U.S. Air Force to develop training in Haiku's game-based training platform.
This award is both a recognition by our military of the need... |
| 03.04.2024 | Solstar Space Awarded $1.25 Million U.S. Space Force AFWERX/AFVENTURES Phase II SBIR Contract for the Slayton Wideband Space Communicator | U.S. Space Force AFWERX/AFVENTURES Awards Phase II SBIR to Solstar Space for Slayton Space Communicator product development
Contract supports product development for continuous spacecraft communications solution engineered to eliminate comm... |
| 13.03.2024 | Genesis Systems Awarded Air Force Research Laboratory and United States Air Force Contract | $1.2 million contract to create design for portable water generation system for use in disaster environments - carried by two people - powered by small vehicle TAMPA, FLA., UNITED STATES, March 13, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Genesis Systems... |
| 10.08.2023 | SCOUT Wins $1.5M Phase II STTR from US Space Force to Improve Characterization and Estimation of In-space Objects | In collaboration with the Stanford University Space Rendezvous Laboratory (SLAB) RESTON, VA, UNITED STATES, August 10, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- SCOUT Space Inc., a space technology company dedicated to enabling a new era of space safety an... |
| 21.06.2023 | Mobius Logic Awarded U.S. Air Force SBIR Phase 2 Contract | TYSONS, Va. (PRWEB) June 21, 2023
Mobius Logic, Inc. announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase 2 in the amount of $1.25 Million USD focused on prototyping AI and Reinforcement Learning tools to cater to an asymmetric autonom... |
| 05.05.2023 | What To Look For At The Biggest Drone Event Of 2023 | The drone industry has grown tremendously over the past 5 years – Chinese manufacturer DJI has seen its 85% market ownership decline significantly in the US, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has published guidance for me... |
| 09.02.2023 | U.S. Air Force and SimX Expand Their VR Medical Training Partnership to $12 Million in R&D Funding | SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SimX and the U. S. Air Force are announcing a $1.7M expansion of its ongoing effort to advance the future of medical simulation training using virtual reality (VR) technology. This effort, housed ... |
| 03.12.2022 | Department of the Air Force announces Spark Tank 2023 semifinalists | ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) --
The sixth annual Spark Tank 2023, or ST23, quarterfinals were held Nov. 9, at the Basic Research Innovation and Collaboration Center in Arlington, with the top 15 ideas selected to advance to semifinals. The Spark T... |
| 06.09.2022 | Polaris Aero LLC Awarded U.S. Air Force SBIR Phase II Contract | AFWERX selects Polaris Aero for a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract to adapt its VOCUS Safety Intelligence Platform for Dept. of Air Force. SCOTTSDALE, AZ, UNITED STATES, September 6, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Polaris Ae... |
| 23.03.2022 | X-Bow exits stealth mode with its 3D printed rocket engines | X-Bow Launch Systems, a space technology 3D printing company, has exited stealth mode this week.
Originally founded in 2016, the New Mexico-headquartered startup specializes in the development of 3D printed solid fuels and rocket motors and... |
| 15.03.2022 | Inside The US Military And Defense Sectors: The VC-Backed Companies Getting Jobs And The Big Contractors Funding Startups | 26 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
At over $770 billion for this fiscal year, the U.S. defense budget is nothing if not enormous. And considering a majority goes to private contractors, there’s no shortage of companies vying for a pi... |
| 15.03.2022 | Inside The US Military And Defense Sectors: The VC-Backed Companies Getting Jobs And The Big Contractors Funding Startups | 11 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
At over $770 billion for this fiscal year, the U.S. defense budget is nothing if not enormous. And considering a majority goes to private contractors, there’s no shortage of companies vying for a pi... |
| 14.01.2022 | US Air Force invests $60M in the R&D of the ‘world’s fastest supersonic airliner’ | Aerospace firm Boom Supersonic has gained a contract worth up to $60 million from the US Air Force (USAF) to accelerate the R&D of its upcoming ‘Overture’ supersonic flight-capable aircraft.
Awarded via the USAF’s AFWERX innovation arm,... |
| 21.12.2020 | The US wants startups to get a piece of the $16 billion spent on space tech | The U.S. government is one of the biggest spenders in the nascent space industry, and the man who handles the money for the Air Force’s $16 billion checkbook wants startups to know that his door is open for them.
In all, Will Roper, the Ass... |
