RAFT LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: AF203-CSO1
RAFT LLC — 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 $1,224,710 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code AF203-CSO1 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $1,224,710
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Special Operations Command
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- AF203-CSO1
- Solicitation
- X20.3
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- VA
- Period
- 2022-09-26 → 2023-09-30
Description
To access and exploit mission data to enhance operations and deliver information and decision superiority, USSOCOM requires a highly scalable data management system that is available and effective in all operational domains, contested and austere environments, and all at levels of Special Operations Forces (SOF) operations. Data lakes and other data management systems that rely on standardizing, normalizing, and centralizing data – including data lakes, data warehouses, and data lakehouses – are insufficient for SOCOM’s operational data requirements. Instead, Raft will architect and implement a data fabric – a decentralized system of automated and self-orchestrating applications that continuously connects disparate and heterogeneous data sources for integrated discoverability, accessibility, and governance of all mission data. Raft will create a roadmap for implementing a decentralized data fabric system architecture into relevant cloud environments, on premise bare metal servers, and edge devices. Additionally, Raft will develop, test, and deliver a TRL-7 minimum viable product (MVP) that enables SOF users to discover and access data across data sources, classification levels, and SOF use cases from the strategic to the tactical level – even with limited resources and in constrained environments.