Defense Tech Base$140KNov 4, 2025
SBIR / Phase I / Air Force
Comprehensive Risk Analysis of Open Source Software Defense Unicorns
DEFENSE UNICORNS, INC. / Topic AF254-0810
Small business innovation funding
SBIR/STTR tracker
Awards matched to defense technology companies in the directory.
- Awards
- 189
- Companies
- 29
- Reported value
- $296.4M
- Latest award
- Nov 4, 2025
Read the SBIR Phase III transition guide · Largest tracked SBIR/STTR recipients
Matched innovation awards
189 results
Updated Sep 19, 2026
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$60.0MSep 30, 2025
→$1000KSep 25, 2025
SBIR / Phase II / Office of the Secretary of Defense
Battle-Damage via Electro-Optical Automated Recognition (BEAR)
BLACKSKY GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS, LLC / Topic OSD252-001
$1.9MSep 12, 2025
SBIR / Phase II / Air Force
Main Injector Development for Reusable Methane Rocket Engine
Ursa Major Technologies, Inc. / Topic AF192-001
$75KSep 8, 2025
SBIR / Phase I / Office of the Secretary of Defense
Bubble - Deployable Edge Compute for Generative AI
DEFENSE UNICORNS, INC. / Topic OSD254-P001
$1.2MAug 27, 2025
SBIR / Phase II / Air Force
Edge-Ready Identity Powered by UDS
DEFENSE UNICORNS, INC. / Topic AFX255-DPCSO3
$2.0MAug 26, 2025
SBIR / Phase II / Army
Voice-Commanded Autonomy for Robotic Ground Vehicles
Overland AI INC / Topic A254-008
$1.2MAug 26, 2025
SBIR / Phase II / Air Force
Laser Metrology System for Large Space Optics
BLACKSKY GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS, LLC / Topic AFX255-DPCSO4
$1.2MAug 11, 2025
SBIR / Phase II / Air Force
AFX255-DPCSO1 - Direct-to-Phase-II Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need
HERMEUS CORP / Topic AFX255-DPCSO1
$1.2MMay 29, 2025
SBIR / Phase II / Navy
Expedited Commercial Imagery Delivery through Reduced Ground Processing Time
UMBRA LAB, INC / Topic N232-101
$1.5MMay 16, 2025
→$1.3MApr 16, 2025
SBIR / Phase II / Navy
Umbra's Optical Inter-satellite Terminal Compatible with 100kg ESPA Class Satellites and the SDA Transport Layer
UMBRA LAB, INC / Topic N232-D08
$1.3MMar 26, 2025
→$250KJan 29, 2025
→$1.8MJan 15, 2025
SBIR / Phase II / Air Force
BlackSky's Secure Laser Inter-Satellite Communication Evolution (SLICE)
BLACKSKY GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS, LLC / Topic SF242-D028
$1.8MJan 15, 2025
SBIR / Phase II / Air Force
Evaluating High-Mach Aircraft Connectivity to the SDA Transport Layer
HERMEUS CORP / Topic SF242-D028
$4.3MDec 31, 2024
SBIR / Phase II / Air Force
NASIC GXK STRATFI Proposal - OCR enabled intelligence
VANNEVAR LABS INC / Topic AF203-DCSO1
$1.2MDec 17, 2024
→$4.9MDec 16, 2024
→$18.0MOct 17, 2024
→$1.8MSep 18, 2024
SBIR / Phase II / Navy
BlackSky Space-borne Intersatellite Links (ISL) for Maritime Operations
BLACKSKY GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS, LLC / Topic N232-D08
$1.2MSep 18, 2024
SBIR / Phase II / Air Force
Multi-Function Software Defined Phased Array Satellite Payload
K2 SPACE CORPORATION / Topic AFX246-DPCSO2
$2.0MSep 6, 2024
SBIR / Phase II / Space Development Agency
Integration of Umbra's Optical Intersatellite Terminal with the SDA Transport Layer
UMBRA LAB, INC / Topic SDA24-P001
$1.2MAug 13, 2024
SBIR / Phase II / Space Development Agency
Accelerating Testing of Space Based Sensors with Reusable High-Speed Effectors
HERMEUS CORP / Topic SDA24-P001
$10.0MJul 29, 2024
SBIR / Phase II / Air Force
Synthetic Aperture Radar for Government Operations (SARGO)
CAPELLA SPACE CORP / Topic AF192-001
$1.2MJul 29, 2024
SBIR / Phase II / Air Force
Hydrogen-fueled Force Sustainment: Clean Water and Electric Power
MACH INDUSTRIES INC / Topic AFX244-DPCSO1
$150KJul 26, 2024
SBIR / Phase I
Advancing Lunar Communication Infrastructure Using Flexible Software Defined Radio
ASTRANIS SPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP / Topic H9
$1.2MJun 25, 2024
SBIR / Phase II / Air Force
SPACE ORDER OF BATTLE / SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS VIA COMMERCIAL, LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) RF-INTELLIGENCE SATELLITES
HawkEye 360, Inc. / Topic AFX235-CSO1
$3.3MJun 14, 2024
SBIR / Phase II / Air Force
Proliferated Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) Satellite Communications (SATCOM)
ASTRANIS SPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP / Topic AF20R-DCSO1
$3.8MJun 6, 2024
SBIR / Phase II / Air Force
High Performance TacRS Constellation Satellite Platform
K2 SPACE CORPORATION / Topic AFX234-DCSO2
Understanding SBIR/STTR awards
What does this tracker cover?
It includes awards matched to companies in this directory. It is a subset of the federal dataset, and the absence of a company or award does not establish that it received no funding.
Are SBIR awards private investment?
No. These records describe federal research awards. They are shown separately from equity investment and federal contract totals to avoid suggesting that overlapping records are additional funding.