On May 26th, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program announced that it would be making 29 Phase I awards totaling $4.2 million to 25 American small businesses. Each project will receive up to $150,000 to conduct proof of concept research over a five-month period. DHS SBIR program director, Dusty Lang, was quoted, “Innovative small businesses are vital contributors to the DHS mission…This is a great opportunity for the awardees of these Phase I SBIR contracts to explore the concept feasibility of the ideas they proposed.”
The topics for the FY21 DHS SBIR Solicitation were developed by S&T to address needs of DHS as well as homeland security end users. The 29 contracts awarded were in the following topics:
Non-Invasive Breathalyzer Detection System to Screen for Presence of Viral Respiratory Infections
- N5 Sensors (Rockville, MD)
- Lynntech, Inc (College Station, TX)
- Triton Systems (Chelmsford, MA)
5G and Wifi 6/6E Coexistence for Secure Federal Networks
- Palindrome Technologies (Hazlet, NJ)
- Intellisense Systems Inc. (Torrance CA)
- ANDRO Computational Solutions (Rome, NY)
Improved Curved Transparent Ceramic Structural Components
- Optipro Systems LLC (Ontario, NY)
- Surmet, Corp (Burlington, MA)
- Optimax Systems, Inc (Ontario, NY)
Vehicle Infectious Diseases Protection
- Karagozian & Case (Glendale, CA)
- MagPlasma Inc (Troy, MI)
- Progressive Engineering Services LLC (Bulverde, TX)
Amphibious Extreme Terrain Vehicle (XTV) for Ice Rescue
- Newton Innovations (Marion, IL)
- Triton Systems, Inc (Chelmsford, MA)
Artificial Intelligence to Augment the 911 Telecommunicator Function
- Sage Analysis Group (Cambridge, MA)
- SecureLogix (San Antonio, TX)
- Intellisense Systems, Inc (Torrance CA)
- Spectronn (Homdel, NJ)
Software Supply Chain Identification for Compiled Binary Executables
- Cybernet Systems Corporations (Ann Arbor, MI)
- ObjectSecurity LLC (San Diego, CA)
- Oceanit Laboratories, Inc (Honolulu, HI)
- Orang Labs (Columbia, MD)
Intelligent Document Design: Combating Industry Trends Incentivizing Weak Security
- Intelligent Payload Solutions, Inc (Colorado Springs, CO)
High Throughput Non-Ionizing Screening Capability for Identifying Contraband
- Spectrohm Inc (Tysons Corner, VA)
- Quantum Ventura (San Jose, CA)
- Spectrum Photonics, Inc (Honolulu, HI)
Screening Sensor Technology as Part of Passenger Checked Luggage
- N5 Sensors (Rockville, MD)
- Triton Systems, Inc (Chelmsford, MA)
- LytEn (San Jose, CA)
Congratulations to all of the SBIR Phase I award recipients.
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To read the original press release from DHS S&T, please visit this link.