HOW THE PROCESS WORKS: APEX has anonymized the information below due to the competitive nature of the solicitations and proposal environment. If you find an interest, please contact Michael Bianco using the input form below. Include the APEX assigned number or list of numbers to which you want to be introduced. The table columns designate whether the organization seeking a partner is a company or a university and the kind of organization sought for a partnership. The table also includes a technology description of what the advertising organization brings to the table (technology brought) and what the advertising organization seeks in a partner (technology sought) as well as the technical competencies of the desired partner. Once you respond with the APEX assigned number(s) you are interested in meeting, we will review the request with the researcher seeking a partner and get their approval to release additional information to both parties and connect the two of you to explore a collaboration. Once we connect parties, we leave it up to you to discuss if interests, objectives, and capabilities are aligned.
| APEX assigned number | Organization type | Type of partner being sought | Technology and/or capabilities brought into the proposal Sort ascending | Technology and/or capabilities sought in a partner or subcontractor | Areas of technical competence requested in a partner or subcontractor | What component or agency are you interested in? |
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| 81 | Small Business | Research Institute Partner (University, College, FFRDC, etc.) | World-class robotics expertise and state of the art open source robotics frameworks. We offer flexible research, development, and support to ensure your project's success. Specialized in Robotic arm path planning. 8 PhD's and 15+ masters graduates with robotic related skill sets. | Robotics research groups looking to test applied research in STTR related RFPs. | Autonomy, Robotics | Air Force, Space Force, Army, Navy, DoD Other (DARPA, DLA, USSOCOM, etc.), Non-DoD (Dept. of Energy, NASA, NSF, etc.) |
| 90 | Research Institute | I am offering my expertise to those in need | With the inhouse expertise of a former DDTC licensing analyst, managing TAAs, MLAs, and DSP-5 licenses, along with a former senior researcher and program manager in the U.S. Air Force SBIR/STTR program office, we are experienced not only in the intricacies of government awards but SBIR/STTR, Aerospace & Defense, and ITAR compliance. | Small-to-medium enterprises in the area of aerospace and defense. | Cyber Security | Air Force, Army, Navy, DoD Other (DARPA, DLA, USSOCOM, etc.), Non-DoD (Dept. of Energy, NASA, NSF, etc.) |
| 49 | Research Institute | Small Business | Wind tunnel testing, test design and test management, performance analysis, mission modelling, structural testing | aerospace applications and vehicles, airships, aerostats, UAS programs | Control Systems, Flight Control, UAS, Aircraft, Aero design, Option Vehicle Design | Air Force, Space Force, Army, Navy, DoD Other (DARPA, DLA, USSOCOM, etc.), Non-DoD (Dept. of Energy, NASA, NSF, etc.) |
| 103 | Small Business | Both small business and/or research institute | We’ve developed a circuit generator that takes a NN model of any popular framework and converts it into a low powered parallel pipeline circuit. The circuit comes in the form of a bit stream ready to be instantiated on an FPGA. However, the resulting circuit is not an instruction processor. That is, it will not execute instructions (in the classic von Neumann sense). It does not use RAM and is not burdened by shared resources or overhead as processors are. Instead, every node, layer and weight has a dedicated set of gates in the circuit--it puts the whole algorithm (as is) in the circuit. As a result, we are seeing power reductions of 90% over a conventional GPU. As such the circuit is as computationally efficient as physics will allow. Regardless of the complexity of the model, the parallel pipeline circuit ingests data at the frame rate of the sensor. Research has shown capability of 480fps for HD video. | We are seeking companies and/or research institutions that develop AI/ML algorithms and desire to improve frame rate, lower power and reduce latency. We would like to team with organizations who have expertise in one or more of the following: EO/IR object detection and tracking, cognitive EW, neural network defined radios, and/or optics and sensing. | AI/ML, Control Systems, Data Analytics, Machine Design, Microelectronic design, Night Vision, Position/Navigation and Timing, Robotics, Sense and Avoid | Air Force, Space Force, Army, Navy, DoD Other (DARPA, DLA, USSOCOM, etc.), Non-DoD (Dept. of Energy, NASA, NSF, etc.) |
| 84 | Research Institute | Small Business | We specialize in space robotics focusing on contact dynamics, system dynamics, and GNC areas. We have developed the six state-of-the-art technologies for space robotic systems as follows: (1) contact dynamics modeling and simulation of complex robotic operations such as docking, capturing and ORU replacing; (2) simultaneous measurement of contact-dynamics model parameters (contact stiffness, damping, and friction) from ground-based hardware tests; (3) AI enhanced sensing or experimental data processing; (4) decentralized control for a distributed multi-spacecraft/robot team to achieve a team goal with physical and safety constraints; (5) optimal control of a robotic arm for safe and minimum-disturbance capture in orbit; (6) Reinforcement learning based adaptive control of robotic operation without the need of path planning. We have completed the theoretical development of these new methods and published the results in high-impact journals and conferences. Now we are seeking opportunities to raise TRL level of these methods by conducting lab-based experimental testing either at university or industry. We also seek opportunities to transit the technologies into space systems for possible flight testing and integrated into commercial space products. | We are looking for industrial partners who are experienced with developing spacecraft and/or robotic systems or solutions (hardware or software) and need any one of the above-mentioned six key technology areas to enable or enhance their products or future services. We already have our own lab facilities (e.g., planar and spherical air-bearing test rigs, indoor GPS, robotic arms and vehicles, etc.) but we are seeking industrial design/test/flight expertise to strengthen our experimental research and technology transition. | Advanced Communications, Autonomy, Flight Control, Metabolomics, Position/Navigation and Timing, Sense and Avoid, Software Development, UAS, Aircraft, Aero design | Air Force, Space Force, Army, Navy, DoD Other (DARPA, DLA, USSOCOM, etc.), Non-DoD (Dept. of Energy, NASA, NSF, etc.), Ohio Federal Research Network (only applicable for organizations located in Ohio) |
| 31 | Small Business | Both small business and/or research institute | We specialize in custom software and various artificial intelligence and machine learning applications. We have converted 100% of our Phase I DoD projects to Phase II. Our current Phase IIs include synthetic data generation, sense and avoid architectures for UAVs, image manipulation detection, and predictive maintenance. | Because our AI/ML applications are broad, we look for subject matter experts to inform specific use cases. We're always interested in partnering with researchers who have specific research interests and novel ideas they're looking to actualize. With capabilities explicitly in software, we're always looking for hardware partners. | Advanced Communications, Advanced Fuels, Advanced Materials, Advanced Power/Batteries, Advanced/Additive Manufacturing, AI/ML, Autonomy, Aviation Power Systems, Bio Sensors, Biotechnology, Chem/Bio Defense, Control Systems, Cyber Security, Directed Energy, Energy Storage, Flight Control, Human Performance, Hypersonics, Lasers, Machine Design, Medical Instrumentation, Metabolomics, Microelectronic design, Molecular Biology, Networking and Network Infrastructure, Neuroscience, Night Vision, Other, Photonics, Position/Navigation and Timing, Power Generation, Power management, Proteomics, Quantum Sciences, Robotics, Sense and Avoid, Trusted Electronics, UAS, Aircraft, Aero design, Option Vehicle Design | Air Force, Space Force, Army, Navy, DoD Other (DARPA, DLA, USSOCOM, etc.), Non-DoD (Dept. of Energy, NASA, NSF, etc.) |
| 99 | Small Business | I am offering my expertise to those in need | We provide the planning/scheduling services to plan, track, update, and provide reports for where your project stands and where it is going. We create the project/program schedule with or without resources so that you will see what the baseline is and what the estimate at complete will be. We track all aspects of the project (manpower, materials, dollars) to show you exactly how much you are spending and the estimate of what will be needed to finish the project. | We are seeking to help a partner with the management and status updates for the project. | Advanced Communications, Autonomy, Aviation Power Systems, Biotechnology, Chem/Bio Defense, Control Systems, Cyber Security, Data Analytics, Flight Control, Lasers, Networking and Network Infrastructure, Night Vision, Other, Power Generation, Power management, Quantum Sciences, Robotics, Software Development, UAS, Aircraft, Aero design, Option Vehicle Design | Air Force, Space Force, Army, Navy, DoD Other (DARPA, DLA, USSOCOM, etc.), Non-DoD (Dept. of Energy, NASA, NSF, etc.) |
| 82 | Small Business | I am offering my expertise to those in need | We provide Space Infrastructure as a Service - meaning we integrate partner/customer space instruments and payloads on our satellites using modular capabilities, procure launch services, and provide secure, lifecycle on-orbit operations and mission downlink services. We are mission-agnostic, payload-agnostic, and offer mission-enhancing services in a shared-service model. You won't be second-fiddle to some primary payload, won't pay for costly modifications to the bus, and won't have to modify your payload to meet our interfaces. We can support single payloads, multiple payloads on one spacecraft, or multiple copies of one or more payloads on multiple spacecraft. | We are looking for any partners - government space agencies, commercial instrument developers, universities, nonprofits - who need to get their instruments or other payloads to space quickly and inexpensively. We can lower your cost-to-orbit, speed your time-to-orbit, and/or lower your cost hurdle for ROI by allowing you to avoid the significant capital expenses to put a dedicated satellite to orbit and operate it for several years. | Advanced Communications, Advanced Power/Batteries, AI/ML, Autonomy, Cyber Security, Data Analytics, Lasers, Networking and Network Infrastructure, Position/Navigation and Timing, Quantum Sciences, Robotics, Sense and Avoid, Software Development, Trusted Electronics, Space payloads needing a host satellite | Air Force, Space Force, Army, Navy, DoD Other (DARPA, DLA, USSOCOM, etc.), Non-DoD (Dept. of Energy, NASA, NSF, etc.) |
| 71 | Small Business | Research Institute Partner (University, College, FFRDC, etc.) | We provide resilient hybrid data fabric for edge devices (satellites, drones, etc.) and the Cloud. Our distributed data management software securely collects, processes, stores, and shares data delivering a holistic solution extending application capabilities by supporting real-time peer-to-peer data exchange. This provides assured, resilient, low-latency data to users through client-side encryption and data movement while assuming all devices are hostile, and networks are unreliable. | We are looking for research partners who are interested in addressing the need to have resilient data fabric for space assets to facilitate mission success. Research areas of interest include: Dynamic data routing through asynchronous disruption tolerant networks. This requires switching between assorted orbital military/commercial networks, downlinking through diverse ground stations, interfacing with cloud architectures; Modular, low size, weight, and power (SWaP) software to allow rapid adoption across commercial and military networks and ease of integration for military internet-of-things applications; Leveraging multiple sources of intelligence data available to the U.S. Government now (and in the future), including a common set of tools for end-users to request data; Develop trust factors commensurate with risk or mission applications for both data sources & network paths. | Advanced Communications, AI/ML, Data Analytics, Position/Navigation and Timing | Air Force, Space Force, Army, Navy, DoD Other (DARPA, DLA, USSOCOM, etc.), Non-DoD (Dept. of Energy, NASA, NSF, etc.) |
| 46 | Small Business | Both small business and/or research institute | We provide direct field acoustic testing as well a reverberant chamber acoustic testing with a specialty in testing satellites and their components for survivability during launch and entering the atmosphere. Other applications include testing missiles, aircraft, vehicles etc. Many uses for our acoustic testing which utilizes new patent pending technology to provide the most detailed and accurate data available in environmental testing services. | We seek any company/ partner that can use our testing services or is seeking to better the technology around acoustic testing, perhaps for hypersonics or other technologies within the aerospace industry. | Hypersonics, Robotics, UAS, Aircraft, Aero design, Any in need of environmental acoustic testing services | Air Force, Space Force, Army, Navy, DoD Other (DARPA, DLA, USSOCOM, etc.), Non-DoD (Dept. of Energy, NASA, NSF, etc.) |
Let us know the APEX Assigned Number(s) of the organizations with which you would be interested in meeting. We will review the request with the researcher seeking a partner and get their approval to release additional information to both parties and connect the two of you to explore a collaboration. Once we connect parties, we leave it up to you to discuss if interests, objectives, and capabilities are aligned.