AFWERX and SpaceWERXannounced the 2024 Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) awards on March 8 at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
STRATFI is an effort to help SBIR/STTR projects move over the valley of death from development to full production. The multi-year award is intended to help SMBs extend their operational timeline while searching for investors and continuing R&D.
The 2024 AFWERX STRATFI selections were:
- 3D Scanning and Visualization using AI and XR,GridRaster Inc.
- Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality System,RED SIX AEROSPACE INC
- Bedrock Secure Processor ASIC,Idaho Scientific
- BESPIN CloudOps with Trek10,Trek10, Inc.
- Bombers Robotics,Wilder Systems Robots
- Control Systems for Coordinated Operations (CoSyCO),Coherent Technical Services, Inc.
- Core VR Environment, HAVIK Solutions, LLC
- Farsight: Actionable Intelligence at the Tactical Edge,Reveal Technology
- Model One, Istari Federal LLC
- Service Design Accelerator, Skylight Inc.
- Tactical AI, EpiSci, Inc.
The 2024 SpaceWERX STRATFI selections were:
- GEO Satellite Servicing Vehicle, Starfish Space, Inc.
- Hybrid Space Optical SATCOM, Skyloom Global Corp
- Integrated Digital Platform, Defense Unicorns, Inc.
- Mobile Autonomous Robotic Swarms, Lunar Outpost, Inc.
- Proliferated GEO SATCOM, Astranis Space Technologies Corp