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Below is a sampling of Navy SBIR/STTR success stories. Some of these highlight Phase III Success while others Spotlight * an outstanding Transition / Commercialization success utilizing the Navy's popular SBIR/STTR Transitions Program (STP).
To date, the Department of the Navy has funded over $10.6 billion to commercialize SBIR/STTR technologies. |
| Company | State | Topic | Description | SYSCOM | SBIR/STTR Investment | Phase III Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) | PA | ACT Transitions Cooling Technology during SBIR Phase II | STP Spotlight | 2022 | |||
| * ASSETT | VA | ASSETT: A Modern Success Story, Built on SBIR | STP Spotlight | 2022 | |||
| * Barron Associates Inc. | VA | Turbulence Recognition Helps UAV Pilots | STP Spotlight | 2022 | |||
| Bascom Hunter Technologies, Inc. | LA | N112-170 | Wideband Radio Local Interference Optimization Techniques | NAVWAR | $1,851,196 | $3,854,071 | 2022 |
| * Beacon Interactive Systems | MA | Digitally Transforming Shipboard Operations for the Navy | STP Spotlight | 2022 | |||
| * Continuous Solutions | OR | Advances Navy Technology with BIRD Foundation Award | STP Spotlight | 2022 | |||
| Frontier Technology Inc. | OH | N07-010 | Operational Energy Monitoring and Management to Improve Mission Readiness | NAVSEA | $1,249,998 | $17,387,239 | 2022 |
| Innovative Defense Technologies LLC | VA | N161-043 | Automated Verification and Validation for Distributed Testing | ONR | $1,613,517 | $13,001,964 | 2022 |
| * Learn to Win | CA | Learn to Win Expands its Technology and Customer Base through SBIR | STP Spotlight | 2022 | |||
| * Lynntech | TX | Lynntech/ODS Team Delivers Flight Breathing Awareness Trainers to the Navy | STP Spotlight | 2022 | |||
| Materials Sciences LLC | PA | N05-054 | Development of a Structural Damage Assessment System | NAVSEA | $849,857 | $12,628,259 | 2022 |
| Oceanit Laboratories, Inc. | HI | N103-205 | Innovative Imagery Processing Architecture | NAVAIR | $1,338,667 | $33,435,921 | 2022 |
| * Rock West Composites | CA | Rock West Builds Ceramic Nose Radomes for the Navy SSST | STP Spotlight | 2022 | |||
| * Vision Products | CA | From SBIR to $275M Acquisition Deal: SA Photonics Achieves Exemplary Success | STP Spotlight | 2022 | |||
| 3 Phoenix, Inc. (Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems) | VA | N04-138 | Real-time Data Fusion and Visualization Interface for Environmental Research Data | NAVSEA | $3,582,336 | $146,189,993 | 2021 |
| 3E Technologies International, Inc. (Ultra Electronics) | MD | N02-042 | Low-Cost Wireless Shipboard Local Area Network | NAVSEA | $810,400 | $48,557,438 | 2021 |
| Areté Associates | FL | N96-150 | Electro-Optical (EO) Wave Imaging System | NAVSEA | $3,723,861 | $168,683,035 | 2021 |
| * ATA Engineering | CA | Modernizing Navy High-Speed Flight Systems | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| ATA Engineering, Inc. | CA | N141-082 | Non-Linear Behavior Models for Design of Carbon-Carbon Composite Components | SSP | $1,149,284 | $2,998,211 | 2021 |
| Azure Summit Technology, Inc. | VA | N141-065 | Large Time Band Width Product Signal Acquisition Processors | ONR | $889,813 | $48,971,407 | 2021 |
| * BH Techology LLC | NY | Small Sensor has Big Impact | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Charles River Analytics | MA | Moving Leading Edge Tech from Military to Mainstream | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Corrdesa LLC | GA | Corrdesa Repair Technology Deployed with F-35s | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Creare, Inc. | NH | From Spin-offs to Phase IIIs: Creare is the Quintessential Navy SBIR Success Story | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Daniel H. Wagner Associates | PA | Daniel H. Wagner Associates: Over 40 Years of SBIR Success | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Dynamic Dimension Technologies LLC | MD | From Surf to Autonomous corridor, DDT’s Virtual Twins Allow Smart Simulation, Integration | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Engi-Mat | KY | Composite Powders Enhance Cathode Performance for Essential Devices | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Hydronalix | AZ | Hydronalix Technology Tested in the Baltic Sea | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Intelligent Automation | MD | SBIR Company, Intelligent Automation, Acquired by BlueHalo | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| L3Harris - Adaptive Methods | FL | N03-146 | Surface Ship Undersea Warfare (USW) Sonar Data Fusion | NAVSEA | $3,732,342 | $110,702,016 | 2021 |
| * Makai Ocean Engineering | HI | Leveraging the Power of the Ocean and SBIR to Achieve Phase III Success | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| Marine Acoustics, Inc. | RI | N151-055 | Multi-ship Sonar Bistatic Automatic Active Localization | NAVSEA | $1,635,452 | $2,971,686 | 2021 |
| * NAVSEA | DC | NAVSEA Receives DoD SBIR Vanguard Award | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Optimax Systems, Inc. | NY | Optimax Lenses Help Mars Rover Look for Signs of Life | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Orbit Logic Incorporated | MD | Orbit Logic’s APS Enables Autonomous Operations on Earth and in Space | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Pacific Engineering, Inc. | NE | From Torpedoes to Health Care Workers: PEI Protects What’s Important | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Physical Optics Corporation | A Mercury Company | CA | Mercury, Physical Optics are a Natural Fit: We’re Better Together | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Roccor, LLC | CO | Roccor Acquisition Highlights Abundance of Opportunities Through SBIR | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Skayl LLC | MD | Navy’s SBIR Investment in SoS Integration Expands to Benefit the Army, Air Force, NATO and Commercial Sector | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Spatial Integrated Systems | VA | HII Acquires Navy STP Participant SIS’s Autonomy Business | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * TDA Research, Inc. | CO | TDA Research Leverages SBIR Funding to Solve Suppressor Need for Marines | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Virtuvia, LLC (dba CoachMePlus) | NY | CoachMePlus: Helping the Navy Optimize, Prioritize Sailors’ Health & Wellness | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| * Vivonics | MA | Vivonics’ Technology Can Improve Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury | STP Spotlight | 2021 | |||
| W5 Technologies, Inc. | AZ | N122-148 | Deployable Multi-Band Radio Base Station | NAVWAR | $2,094,769 | $3,232,294 | 2021 |
| 3 Phoenix, Inc. (Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems) | MA | N07-070 | Distributed Sensor System Innovations | ONR | $2,537,146 | $130,584,541 | 2020 |
| * Advanced Ceramics Research (ACR) | AZ | EMILY leads the way for getting relief supplies to storm-damaged Bahamas | STP Spotlight | 2020 | |||
| Areté Associates | FL | N06-013 | COBRA Automatic Obstacle Detection (AOD) | NAVSEA | $1,899,253 | $51,273,155 | 2020 |
| Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation | VA | N10A-T039 | Integration of PALACE and Touchdown Planning Methods for Landing CUAS at Unprepared Sites | ONR | $99,884 | $485,044,462 | 2020 |
| * Charles River Analytics | MA | Charles River Analytics Awarded Epic MegaGrant to bring Virtual and Augmented Reality Development Platform to Unreal Engine | STP Spotlight | 2020 | |||
| Creare LLC | NH | N06-T023 | A Compact Swaging Machine for Aircraft Carrier Purchase Cable A Compact Swaging Machine for Aircraft Carrier Purchase Cable Terminals | NAVAIR | $1,523,497 | $10,322,469 | 2020 |
| Innovative Defense Technologies | VA | N05-163 | Tools for Rapid Insertion or Adaptation of Combat System Capabilities | NAVSEA | $1,272,125 | $89,455,293 | 2020 |
| L3Harris - Chesapeake Sciences Corporation | MD | N05-125 | Compact Towed Array (CTA) | NAVSEA | $1,224,179 | $199,388,898 | 2020 |
| Progeny Systems Corporation | VA | N151-036 | Next Generation Electronic Warfare Human Machine Interface (HMI) for Submarines | NAVSEA | $1,278,015 | $22,726,544 | 2020 |
| Propel LLC | RI | N122-134 | Seam Engineering: Stitchless Seam Technology and human centered design process | NAVSEA | $648,870 | $495,697 | 2020 |
| * Propel LLC | RI | Propel’s Smart Integrated Shirt Receives IFF Innovation Award | STP Spotlight | 2020 | |||
| * Response Technologies LLC | RI | Navy STP Participant Response Technologies Acquired by Bell | STP Spotlight | 2020 | |||
| Sedna Digital Solutions, LLC | VA | N05-059 | High Fidelity Front End Simulation for Complex Physics-Based Processing Systems | NAVSEA | $2,946,125 | $83,123,197 | 2020 |
| Seemann Composites (Materials Sciences Corporation) | PA | N112-142 | Advanced Structural Development for Naval Hovercraft Ramps | NAVSEA | $1,649,934 | $31,356,185 | 2020 |
| Beacon Interactive Systems | MA | N05-160 | eTagOut: Enhancing Shipboard Safety for Maintenance Activities through Advanced Software Technology | NAVSEA | $2,921,175 | $930,000 | 2019 |
| ES3 - Engineering & Software System Solutions, Inc. | GA | AF131-190 | Cold Spray Technology | NAVAIR | $2,769,931 | $0 | 2019 |
| Etegent Technologies, Ltd. | OH | N07-116 | Nlign Damage Mapping System | NAVAIR | $3,256,644 | $39,988 | 2019 |
| Innovative Technology, Inc. | CA | N07-122 | Kinetic Metallization (KM) | NAVAIR | $3,381,831 | $525,000 | 2019 |
| Lynntech Inc. | TX | N132-093 | On-Demand Hypoxia Trainer | NAVAIR | $4,335,304 | $1,858,434 | 2019 |
| Metamagnetics Inc. | MA | N111-080 | Frequency Selective Limiters | ONR | $2,095,483 | $9,000,000 | 2019 |
| Progeny Systems Corporation | MD | N121-045 | Maritime, Airborne, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Integration | NAVAIR | $79,514 | $46,344,372 | 2019 |
| Soar Technology Inc. | FL | N161-007 | SkyFall: Immersive Parachute Descent Procedure, Malfunction, & Decision-Making Training System | NAVAIR | $900,620 | $575,000 | 2019 |
| Stottler Henke Assoc., Inc. | CA | N96-232 | The Operator Machine Interface Assistant (OMIA) | NAVAIR | $1,074,998 | $20,205,603 | 2019 |
| Structural Composites, Inc. | FL | N091-049 | Composite Hull for 7-meter Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RIB) Combatant Craft | NAVSEA | $1,099,330| | $10,403,116 | 2019 |
| Toyon Research Corp. | CA | N111-016 | Simulation of the Locations and Attack of Mobile Enemy Missiles (SLAMEM) | NAVAIR | $2,749,527 | $5,270,254 | 2019 |
| Bihrle Applied Research | VA | N08-005 | Math Model Upgrade Solution for Flight Simulators | NAVAIR | $2,162,593 | $315,780 | 2018 |
| C3I, Inc. | NH | N04-081 | Aviation Lighting System Control Panel Set (ALS-CPS) and the Advanced Communication and Control System (ACCS®) | NAVAIR | $2,400,000 | $23,000,000 | 2018 |
| Dragonfly Pictures, Inc. (DPI UAV Systems) | PA | N131-039 | Unmanned Multi-Rotor Aerial Relay (UMAR) | NAVSEA | $2,650,000 | $4,230,000 | 2018 |
| Mercury Defense Systems Fka KOR Electronics Defense & Intelligence Electronics | CA | N06-036 | Advance Techniques for Digital Radio Frequency Memory (DRFM) | NAVAIR | $2,399,715 | $78,726,195 | 2018 |
| METSS Corporation | OH | N04-160 | Synthetic Lubricating & Hydraulic Oil | NAVSEA | $1,830,205 | Est. DON Savings $100M | 2018 |
| Technical Data Analysis, Inc. | VA | N08-006 | Aircraft Component Tracking System (ACTS) | NAVAIR | $2,728,110 | $8,342,666 | 2018 |
| Thermal Wave Imaging, Inc. | MI | N092-097 | Large-Standoff, Large-Area Thermography (LASLAT) for Rotor Blade Inspections (LASLAT) for Rotor Blade Inspections | NAVAIR | $2,674,267 | $810,945 | 2018 |
| Hydronalix | AZ | N102-182 | Maritime Critical Infrastructure Protection and Security Unmanned Surface Vessel | NAVAIR | $1,245,896 | $5,100,000 | 2017 |
| InfraScan Inc. | PA | OSD 04-DH4 | Infrascanner Portable Medical Diagnostic Device | MCSC | $843,113 | $7,000,000 | 2017 |
| Midé Technology Corporation | MA | N04-073 | HydroActive Shaft Sealing Technology | NAVSEA | $2,683,029 | $41,739,778 | 2017 |
| Mikros Systems, Inc. | PA | N02-039 | Adaptive Diagnostic Electronic Portable Testset (ADEPT) | NAVSEA | $2,091,331 | >$100M | 2017 |
| Progeny Systems Corporation | VA | N96-278 | MK 54 MOD 1 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT) | NAVSEA | $744,737 | $396,780,534 | 2017 |
| TICOM Geomatics/CACI | TX | N07-187 | SHIFTER Processor for Radio Frequency (RF) Signal Location and Mapping | NAVWAR | $1,100,000 | $2,800,000 | 2017 |
| Adaptive Methods Inc. | VA | N08-057 | Full-Spectrum USW/SUW Data Fusion | NAVSEA | $147,600 | $312,500 | 2016 |
| Kent Optronics Inc. | NY | N08-161 | Wide Field-of-View Foveal-Night Vision Goggle Retrofit | NAVSEA | $849,972 | $2,029,356 | 2016 |
| Midé Technology Corporation | MA | N01-023 | Wireless Vibration Recorder (WVR) | NAVAIR | $749,057 | $800,000+ | 2016 |
| KCF Technologies, Inc. | PA | N093-190 | Opportunistic Energy Harvesting for Submarine Wireless Sensors | NAVSEA | $545,321 | $20,000,000 | 2015 |
| Lynntech Inc. | TX | N092-132 | Advanced Hybrid Energy System for Wet and Dry Submersibles | NAVSEA | $1,795,321 | >$20,000,000 | 2015 |
| Optical Physics Company | CA | N08-073 | Optical Celestial Navigation System for High Speed, High Altitude Operation | ONR | $1,031,620 | $3,000,000 | 2014 |
| Out of the Fog Research LLC | CA | N07-149 | Extended Frequency Range Wide Band RF Distribution System for Shipboard Systems | NAVWAR | $1,700,000 | $10,300,000 | 2014 |
| Princeton Power Systems, Inc. | NJ | N07-130 | Reduced Power Electronics Subassembly Size, Weight, and Footprint Using Silicon Carbide and AC-link Technology | NAVSEA | $1,277,515 | $25,000,000 | 2014 |
| Techno-Sciences, Inc. | MD | SOCOM 02-006 | Integrated Maritime Surveillance System | NAVWAR | $1,349,658 | $71,045,656 | 2014 |
| Trex Enterprises Corporation | CA | N02-104 | Daytime Electronic Stellar Imaging | NAVWAR | $3,318,965 | $16,276,142 | 2014 |
| Vehicle Control Technologies, Inc. | VA | N06-186 | Compact, Lightweight Sensor Handling System for Unmanned Vehicles | NAVSEA | $864,896 | $9,100,000 | 2014 |
| 3 Phoenix Inc. | VA | N04-138 | iPON Based Real Time Synchronization and Fusion Technology | ONR | $3,582,336 | $97,518,368 | 2013 |
| Aptima, Inc. | MA | N07-089 | CoVE - Collaborative Visualization Environment | ONR | $836,382 | $2,261,922 | 2013 |
| Areté Associates | FL | N96-150 | Development of an EO Wave Imaging System on the Pelican Aircraft | ONR | $3,723,861 | $34,788,682 | 2013 |
| Basic Commerce and Industries Inc. | NJ | N06-072 | Modular Software Architecture for Advanced Weather Radars | ONR | $571,723 | $6,645,851 | 2013 |
| C3I, Inc. | NH | N04-081 | Advanced Lighting System (ALS®)/Advanced Communication and Control System (ACCS®) | NAVSEA | $797,931 | $8,115,000 | 2013 |
| Creare Inc. | NH | N06-T023 | A Compact Swaging Machine for Aircraft Carrier Purchase Cable Terminals | NAVAIR | $1,523,497 | $3,208,959 | 2013 |
| Cybernet Systems Corporation | MI | N01-093 | Advanced Personal Communicator (APC) and the Shipboard Wireless Maintenance Assistant (SWMA) | NAVSEA | $696,923 | $6,749,414 | 2013 |
| Daniel H. Wagner Associates, Inc. | PA | N05-046 | Multi-Sensor Data Fusion System (MSDFS) | NAVSEA | $1,852,092 | $3,767,527 | 2013 |
| Daniel H. Wagner Associates, Inc. | PA | N08-057 | Network Centric Data Fusion (NCDF) | NAVSEA | $1,599,403 | $3,333,643 | 2013 |
| Impact Technologies | PA | N03-105 | Machinery Health Monitoring for Shipyard Productivity | ONR | $829,918 | $2,877,899 | 2013 |
| Innovative Defense Technologies | VA | N05-163 | Tools for Rapid Insertion or Adaptation of Combat System Capabilities | ONR | $2,338,947 | $26,795,765 | 2013 |
| KCF Technologies, Inc. | PA | N07-076 | Ultra-Compact Power Harvesting for Self-Powered Aircraft Sensors | ONR | $815,641 | $3,350,000 | 2013 |
| L3Harris - Chesapeake Sciences Corporation | MD | N05-125 | Compact Towed Array | NAVSEA | $1,224,178 | $10,137,501 | 2013 |
| Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. | HI | N99-171 | Near Real-Time Installation Modeling of Cables and Sensor Arrays Deployed from a Towed Body | NAVWAR | $850,000 | $15,150,000 | 2013 |
| Metron, Inc. | VA | N89-017 | Development of a Multiple Warfare Architectural Assessment Model | NAVWAR | $573,800 | $78,576,500 | 2013 |
| Midé Technology Corporation | MA | N04-073 | HydroActive Bulkhead Shaft Seal | NAVSEA | $2,683,029 | $11,406,857 | 2013 |
| MIKEL, Inc. | MA | N05-149 | Combat Systems of the Future | NAVSEA | $1,098,001 | $3,122,334 | 2013 |
| Mikros | PA | N02-039 | Multiple Function Distributed Test and Analysis Tool (MFDAT) | NAVSEA | $1,100,636 | $9,016,185 | 2013 |
| Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. | NJ | N00-116 | Efficiency Improvements in Modular Ocean Wave Powered Generators | ONR | $1,054,730 | $54,941,230 | 2013 |
| Pathfinder Systems | CO | N03-190 | Marine Common Aircrew Trainer Prototype | NAVAIR | $3,347,441 | $23,797,980 | 2013 |
| Plasan US (formerly KaZaK Composites) | MA | N04-213 | Hybrid Stanchions and Stanchion Accessories for CLF Ships | NAVSEA | $850,000 | $53,446,717 | 2013 |
| Promia, Inc. | CA | N99-167 | Intelligent Agent Security Module (IASM) | NAVWAR | $2,900,000 | $34,950,390 | 2013 |
| Real-Time Innovations | CA | N05-139 | Data Distribution Service (DDS) Performance, Portability, and Security | NAVAIR | $898,506 | $19,401,035 | 2013 |
| Scientific Solutions, Inc. | NH | N02-207/1 | Swimmer Detection Sonar Network: Transportable System and Cost-Saving Enhancements | ONR | $3,826,903 | $11,127,499 | 2013 |
| Sierra Lobo, Inc. | OH | N01-T005 | Cryo-Force Power-Cell™ (Cryogenic Power System for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles) | ONR | $513,306 | $5,097,000 | 2013 |
| Syntonics LLC | MD | N07-149 | RF-over-Fiber Links for the Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) | NAVWAR | $1,309,826 | $23,979,764 | 2013 |
| Thermal Wave Imaging, Inc. | MI | N06-T011 | Comprehensive Inspection of Turbine Hot Section Blades and Vanes Using Active Thermography | NAVAIR | $474,977 | $3,600,000 | 2013 |
| Trident Systems | VA | N01-136 | Digital Cellular-Phone Transceiver-based Foliage Penetration Interferometric SAR for EO/IR Sensor Fusion ATR | ONR | $834,318 | $18,503,010 | 2013 |
| Aerodyne Research, Inc. | MA | N03-227 | Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) for Sampling of Aerosol Particles in Real-time | ONR | $849,000 | $7,500,000 | 2011 |
| Diversified Technologies, Inc. | MA | N98-003 | Advanced Solid State High Repetition Rate Modulator | ONR | $1,200,000 | $42,000,000 | 2011 |
| Triton Systems, Inc. | MA | N02-207/2 | Fire Retardant Blast Mitigation for Sea Vessels | ONR | $524,000 | $21,000,000 | 2011 |
