PICOGRID, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: AF221-DCSO1
PICOGRID, INC. — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Defense funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $1,349,986 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code AF221-DCSO1 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $1,349,986
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- AF221-DCSO1
- Solicitation
- X22.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2022-07-05 → 2024-04-05
Description
The goal of this project is to design, produce, test and deliver Bomber Security in a Box (BSIB), a flyaway kit adaptation for securing the aircraft and its surroundings during ground operations in austere conditions (e.g., foreign partner-operated Forward Operating Locations, emergency diversions). BSIB will provide enhanced situational awareness and automated threat detection to the aircrew, giving them increased time and space to make a decision and remove the cognitive burden of continuous monitoring. Picogrid will deliver BSIB as an adaptation of the commercially-available Picogrid Platform through miniaturization for transportation in the physical space available in the aircraft, development of improved threat detection for ground-based objects and enabling global operational coverage. The mission impact of the project will be improved force protection effectiveness.