Communications & networking: open SBIR/STTR topics
31 open or upcoming topics mention communications & networking, across 2 agencies. Matched by keywords in the topic title and description.
5G Signature Tracking Mitigation via Cyber Deception
As military and government personnel increasingly rely on commercial mobile networks, the management of digital signatures has become a critical operational concern.
Casualty Operations & Resource Prediction Software (CORPS)
The challenges underlying crisis medical response in austere and contested environments are significantly different than those underlying long-range planning or response in established theaters.
Flightline Radio Network
Flight line operations at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) face increasing demands for more efficient, secure, and real-time communication systems to enhance aircraft maintenance, logistics, and operational performance.
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.
New World Screwworm Networked Detection, Identification, and Surveillance System
New World Screwworm (NWS or Cochliomyia hominivorax) larvae infest the living tissue of warm-blooded animals.
Quantum Memory for Secure Communication
The rapid advancement of quantum computing poses a significant challenge to traditional encryption methods, potentially compromising the security of digital communications.
Resilient Integrated Photonic Transport In Denied Environments (RIPTIDE)
Future autonomous operations will occur in contested electromagnetic environments where traditional positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) references cannot be assumed.
Smart Manufacturing
The realistic near-to-mid-term serviceable addressable market for private 5G among U.S.
Smart Venues and Stadiums
The realistic near-to-mid-term serviceable addressable market for private 5G/6G-ready platforms among U.S.
Agile Wire Harness Manipulation and Installation for Unmanned Aerial Systems
Context & BackgroundModern Department of Defense (DoD) manufacturing and depot sustainment environments increasingly depend on agile automation to scale up production and maintain rapid operational readiness.
Fusion of Cooperative Information Sharing for Uncrewed Air Systems (FOCISAUS)
Distributed air operations increasingly depend on timely awareness of objects, hazards, and activities beyond the field of view of any individual platform.
G-TEAD USAREUR-AF ACE 27-02: Spectrum Enabled Warfare Powered by xTech
The operational challenge on the Eastern Flank is the enablement of U.S.
Input-Output Unit (IOU) for Secure Processing and Routing of Hull, Mechanical, & Electrical (HM&E) and Navigation Signals
IOUs are used on all Navy DDG 51 class ships to transfer Steering Control, Machinery Control, and Damage Control signals, as well as Interior Communication Alarm and Indication, Synchro and Digital Navigation data.
Multiple Telemetry Site Signal Source Synchronization
Flight test missions that traverse multiple Test Ranges (e.g. hypersonic vehicles/weapons, cruise missiles, long-range weapon systems etc.) or that require different test support infrastructures (e.g.
Communication and Networking Technologies
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Communications, Information, and Data Storage
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Data and communication
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Distributed Ledger in Network Architecture and Management
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Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a rapidly evolving field that involves the interconnection and interaction of smart objects (objects or devices with embedded sensors, onboard data processing capability, and a means of communication) to provide automated services that would otherwise not be possible.
IoT Communications
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Network and Device Security
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Networked Sensors and Sensing
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Networking
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Other Wireless Technologies
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Photonics
The Photonics topic addresses the research and development of new materials, devices, components, and systems that have the potential for revolutionary change in the optics and photonics industries.
Quantum Communications
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Quantum Information Technologies
This topic focuses on innovations in information and communications technologies that rely fundamentally on quantum mechanical properties and interactions.
Secure Machine-to-Machine Communication
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Wireless Devices and Components
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Wireless Systems
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Wireless Technologies
The Wireless topic involves next-generation wireless communication technologies requiring systems with high data rates, low costs and that support a wide variety of applications and services while maintaining full mobility, minimum latency, and long battery life.
Past SBIR/STTR awards in communications & networking
Since 2021, SBIR.gov records 1,110 SBIR/STTR awards worth $640.7M here. Top agencies: Defense (770), Energy (80), NASA (73), National Science Foundation (68), Health and Human Services (67), Homeland Security (22). Most frequent awardees: PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. (19), INTELLISENSE SYSTEMS INC (17), MAXENTRIC TECHNOLOGIES LLC (14), Intelligent Automation, Inc. (14), INTELLIGENT FUSION TECHNOLOGY, INC. (12), TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION (11).
- Enhanced Dispatchable Location Detection and Management System for 911 by SECURELOGIX CORPORATION (Phase I, Homeland Security, 2024, $166,500)
- First Responder Cognitive Radio by SYNCOPATED ENGINEERING INC (Phase I, Homeland Security, 2024, $174,841)
- Software Defined Radio for Public Safety (SDR-PS) by TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION (Phase I, Homeland Security, 2024, $174,999)
- Asynchronous Geiger-mode photon counting arrays for deep space optical communications by 3D-SENSIR INC (Phase I, NASA, 2023, $149,229)
- Runtime Lightweight Hardware-Assisted Machine Learning-based Cyber Attack Detection by 9 CORNER SOLUTIONS LLC (Phase I, Homeland Security, 2023, $149,972)
- Analyzing Narrative Evolution Across Social Networks by ACCRETE AI GOVERNMENT LLC (Phase I, Defense, 2023, $209,226)
- Topological Anomaly Detection by ADVANCED ONION INC (Phase I, Defense, 2023, $149,867)
- VOLTA Maturation for AF/DoD Embedded Systems Analysis (V-MESA) by ADVENTIUM ENTERPRISES, LLC (Phase II, Defense, 2023, $1,249,949)
- ArEMGuard: Mobile Infrastructure Authentication in Expeditionary Regions via Unintended Electromagnetic Emission Monitoring by AETHER ARGUS INC (Phase II, Defense, 2023, $1,000,000)
- Radiation Hardened Programmable Deep Neural Processor in 22nm FDSOI CMOS process by ALPHACORE INC (Phase I, NASA, 2023, $156,458)
Source: SBIR.gov public award dataset, matched by keywords. Not an official classification.
Related areas: Autonomy & robotics · Sensors & sensing · Cybersecurity · Quantum technologies · Logistics & sustainment
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