Artificial intelligence & machine learning: open SBIR/STTR topics
25 open or upcoming topics mention artificial intelligence & machine learning, across 2 agencies. Matched by keywords in the topic title and description.
AI/ML for Next Generation of Missile Detection, Warning, Tracking, and Reporting
The purpose of this topic is to address a critical need within the U.S.
Agentic AI Based Cognitive Radar for GEOINT Mission
Agentic AI enables autonomous control of expert systems for desired information gathering or completing a task.
Agentic-AI, Schema-Driven Decision Management for Auditable Studies and Acquisition Decisions
This topic will prototype and demonstrate a schema-driven Decision Management (DM) foundation plus a governed agentic AI layer that turns messy decision requests into auditable, signer-ready Decision Packages.
Agentic-AI, Schema-Driven Decision Management for Auditable Studies and Acquisition Decisions
This topic will prototype and demonstrate a schema-driven Decision Management (DM) foundation plus a governed agentic AI layer that turns messy decision requests into auditable, signer-ready Decision Packages.
Artificial Intelligence Performance Evaluation Tool
The proposed research effort aims to address critical gaps in the evaluation and validation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems within the Air Force by developing an Artificial Intelligence Performance Evaluation Tool.
Automated Combat Assessment at the Edge
Combat assessment (physical and functional) provides tactically relevant information for re-strike and re-planning.
Counter Adversial GPS Jamming
Military and commercial missions rely heavily on the Global Positioning System (GPS), but GPS signals, due to their weak intensity and their need to travel considerable distances, are vulnerable to external interference such as jamming and spoofing.
Cyberspace Warfare for Space
The USSF’s defensive cyber operations mission is focused on the rapid integration of capabilities into the Defensive Cyber Warfare (DCW) pipeline to address unique and complex cybersecurity requirements for space systems.
Ground and Air Launched Drone Swarms Create a Self-Protecting Perimeter Using Autonomous AI
Mobility Air Forces aircraft serve as the logistical backbone of the Department of War and operate as high-value assets in modern contested environments that can be significantly augmented with enhanced organic self-protection and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to maintain operational overmatch.
Influence Benchmarks for AI Systems
This topic seeks to develop a simulated market as a test environment to characterize the latent behavioral preferences of AI systems.As warfighters increasingly engage with AI systems, particularly agents that rely on large-language models (LLMs), concern has arisen that the systems may encourage cognitive behavior in users that impart hidden biases, impair judgement, and ultimately degrade warfighting capacity.
Smart Manufacturing
The realistic near-to-mid-term serviceable addressable market for private 5G among U.S.
Vision Language Model (VLM) for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) target search and classification from Sensor Independent Complex Data (SICD)
Vision language models (VLMs) combine multimodal (Video, SAR and Infrared Imagery) data/imagery and generative AI models to understand and process video, image, and text.
AI-Enabled Computed Vision Air-to-Air Refueling Performance Assessment and Automated Pilot Debrief System
Air-to-air refueling (AAR) is a critical Department of the Air Force and Department of the Navy capability enabling global mobility, long-range strike, combat airpower projection, and sustained aviation operations.
Technical Data Package Modernization for Information Assurance and Secure Data Exchange
Background and Problem Statement: The modernization of Technical Data Packages (TDPs) is imperative to address the Air and Space Force’s operational challenges in securely managing large-scale, complex datasets associated with advanced platforms and their sustainment life cycles.
Artificial Intelligence
The Artificial Intelligence topic focuses on cutting-edge technologies in the field of deep learning-based AI systems and AI-based hardware.
Computer Vision Based AI Technologies
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Convergence of AI and Cloud/HPC
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Convergence with Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence
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Conversational AI Technologies
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Data Mining, Machine Learning (Non-deep learning-based), and Reinforcement Learning
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Ethical AI Frameworks for Advancing Education
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Language-Based AI Technologies
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Novel AI Hardware Technologies (e.g.: Neuromorphic Computing, High-performance Technologies for AI, Smart and Secure Edge Devices, etc.)
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Sustainable AI Technologies for Low Resource Environments
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Technologies for Trustworthy AI (safe, fair, transparent, privacy-preserving, explainable, and/or secure)
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Past SBIR/STTR awards in artificial intelligence & machine learning
Since 2021, SBIR.gov records 1,323 SBIR/STTR awards worth $713.2M here. Top agencies: Defense (836), Health and Human Services (140), National Science Foundation (134), Energy (81), NASA (55), Homeland Security (23). Most frequent awardees: PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. (11), CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC. (11), CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION (10), EPISYS SCIENCE INC (10), INTELLISENSE SYSTEMS INC (10), SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC (10).
- AI-DLCS: Artificial Intelligence for Data Labeling and Curation at Scale by AGILE DATA DECISIONS, INC. (Phase I, Homeland Security, 2024, $171,433)
- CLARIFIER - Data Labeling and Curation at Scale (DLCS) for Machine Learning Algorithms by AVAWATZ COMPANY (Phase I, Homeland Security, 2024, $174,477)
- Data Labeling and Curation at Scale (DLCS) for Machine Learning Algorithms by MICHIGAN ENGINEERING SERVICES LLC (Phase I, Homeland Security, 2024, $174,318)
- Detection of Synthetic Opioids using AI-Enhanced Difference Raman Spectroscopy by PENDAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Phase I, Homeland Security, 2024, $174,611)
- Anomaly Detection in Video Streams via Expert LLM Interrogator by PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. (Phase I, Homeland Security, 2024, $174,752)
- SBIR Phase I:Single-shot X-ray Phase-contrast Imaging Using Deep Learning Approaches by 3FATES-XRAY, INC. (Phase I, National Science Foundation, 2023, $274,996)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) based algorithms for predictive maintenance using NOAA data-sets for renewable energy assets by 60Hertz Incorporated (Phase II, Commerce, 2023, $649,950)
- Runtime Lightweight Hardware-Assisted Machine Learning-based Cyber Attack Detection by 9 CORNER SOLUTIONS LLC (Phase I, Homeland Security, 2023, $149,972)
- Reverse Engineering for DAF Obsolete Parts (Argus for Reverse Engineering) by ACCRETE AI GOVERNMENT LLC (Phase I, Defense, 2023, $74,649)
- Argonavis for Supply Chain Shortages (Argus for Supply Chain Logistics Resilience) by ACCRETE AI GOVERNMENT LLC (Phase I, Defense, 2023, $74,649)
Source: SBIR.gov public award dataset, matched by keywords. Not an official classification.
Related areas: Autonomy & robotics · Sensors & sensing · Data analytics & software · Modeling, simulation & digital engineering · Space systems
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