Systems & Technology Research LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: A20-100
Systems & Technology Research LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from Department of Defense in a technical approach.
- Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
- Obligated amount $111,040. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Topic code A20-100 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $111,040
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- A20-100
- Solicitation
- 20.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MA
- Period
- 2020-06-26 → 2021-03-16
Description
This proposal uses Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and System-on-a-Chip (SoC) to mitigate obsolescence issues in deployed processing systems. By abstracting input/output communications protocols from the processing system through use of programmable logic devices (PLDs), component upgrades and replacements can be performed that require simple firmware updates rather than hardware re-qualification. Further incorporation of cryptographic algorithms provides flexibility for future upgrades and/or interfaces with new components. This enables a reconfigurable real-time processing architecture that mitigates obsolescence risks. This effort involves establishing a design and subsequent implementation of the above concepts. Metrics are defined to evaluate the capabilities of this implementation.