PHASE III PHYSICS LLC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: LOCAL HPC CODE REFACTORING USING SECURE SMALL LANGUAGE MODELS (LOCUS-SLM)
PHASE III PHYSICS LLC — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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 $211,586. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Tagged technology areas: Artificial Intelligence/ML, Modeling & Simulation, Space & Satellite, Cybersecurity. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
Summary
Phase III Physics LLC received a NASA SBIR Phase I award to refactor high-performance computing code using secure small language models on local systems. This approach aims to enhance code performance securely for space-related applications without external dependencies.
- Amount
- $211,586
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- NAICS
- 541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2026-09-30 → 2027-03-30
Technology domains
Artificial Intelligence/ML Modeling & Simulation Space & Satellite Cybersecurity
Description
SBIR PHASE I LOCAL HPC CODE REFACTORING USING SECURE SMALL LANGUAGE MODELS (LOCUS-SLM)