PRAESES, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: AF162-D004
PRAESES, 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 $1,499,405 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code AF162-D004 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $1,499,405
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- AF162-D004
- Solicitation
- N/A
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- LA
- Period
- 2018-12-18 → 2020-12-18
Description
On behalf of the U.S. Air Force, AFRL’s Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI) sought a Command and Control (C2) capability to bridge the information gap and unify the many disparate data sources required for Situational Awareness (SA) and Decision Support in the maintenance and security operations of US ICBM missile fields. Watchtower is a data fusion and visualization environment that automatically ingests data from across the mission space, fuses the data, and provides a Common Operating Picture (COP) that can be configured to the various missions in this domain. These capabilities were originally developed by the Praeses Team via Contract FA8650-17-C-9209, “Modern Command Center for Missile Field Operations.� This proposal is for the deployment and evolution of that system – Operational Watchtower. Via a follow-on contract, the Praeses Team will deliver a prototype of Operational Watchtower to missile field operators at the 341st Missile Wing, Malmstrom AFB, Montana, for extended user evaluation. Operational Watchtower will securely ingest, fuse, validate, and present data from numerous and disparate commercial and USAF Authoritative Data Sources (ADSs) across networks to support C2 with a focus on Situational Awareness.