KITWARE INC — Department of Defense SBIR: NEW DARPA SBIR II - MARINA: MARITIME ACOUSTIC RECOGNITION AND IDENTIFICATION WITH NOVEL AL
KITWARE INC — SBIR award from Department of Defense.
SBIR award competitive context
- Public SBIR obligation from Department of Defense to KITWARE INC. Use agency + tech-domain links below to map the broader competitive field.
- Obligated amount $1,500,000 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Tagged technology areas: Maritime & Undersea, Artificial Intelligence/ML, Sensors & Sensor Fusion. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
Summary
Kitware Inc. received nearly $1.5 million from the Army via a DARPA SBIR Phase II award to create advanced algorithms that recognize and identify sounds in maritime settings. The project, called MARINA, focuses on improving acoustic detection capabilities for defense applications.
- Amount
- $1,500,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Department of the Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR
- NAICS
- 541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
- Place of performance
- NY
- Period
- 2024-08-26 → 2026-09-25
Technology domains
Maritime & Undersea Artificial Intelligence/ML Sensors & Sensor Fusion
Description
NEW DARPA SBIR II - MARINA: MARITIME ACOUSTIC RECOGNITION AND IDENTIFICATION WITH NOVEL ALGORITHMS