DOE
Electrochemical recycling of electronic constituents of value
STTR II-A
TRL 6
Recovers gold, copper and other constituents of value from electronic waste electrochemically and at room temperature. 25% higher recovery, 75% less chemical reagent, 30% lower water and electrical cost, and no toxic emissions. Commercialised as E-RECOV.
Idaho National Lab · Colt Refining
NAVY
Real-time synthetic aperture radar simulator
SBIR II
TRL 5
A simulator that generates synthetic aperture radar imagery in real time, so detection and classification models can be trained and evaluated against scenarios that are impractical or too expensive to fly.
Lockheed Martin · Dr. Andrew Willis
DOE
HPC-scale cyber-threat detection using neuromorphic processing
SBIR II
TRL 4
The programme CyberNeuro-RT came out of. A hybrid supervised and unsupervised deep learning ensemble for network intrusion detection, ported to neuromorphic silicon so inference runs at a fraction of the power a GPU needs.
Pennsylvania State University
NAVY
Source-code vulnerability detection
SBIR
TRL 4
Static and learned analysis of source repositories to surface exploitable defects before code ships, trained against mission-critical codebases. Commercialised as CNRT CodeLens.
Lockheed Martin · U. Wisconsin–Madison
NAVY
Hyperspectral image detection of UAVs
SBIR
TRL 3–4
Detects and classifies small uncrewed aircraft from hyperspectral imagery, using spectral signature rather than shape, so targets that defeat conventional optical tracking are still resolved.
Lockheed Martin · Bodkin Design
DARPA
AI/ML verification and validation
SBIR
TRL 3
Methods for establishing that a trained model behaves within specification before it is fielded, addressing the assurance gap that keeps machine learning out of safety-critical defence systems.
North Carolina State University
MDA
Ground-based hypersonic threat detection using neuromorphic processing
STTR
TRL 3
Detection and tracking of hypersonic threats from ground-based sensors, with inference on neuromorphic hardware to hold the latency budget that the closing speeds demand.
Lockheed Martin · University of Florida
DHS
Contraband detection using hyperspectral imaging and neuromorphic processing
SBIR
TRL 3
Identifies concealed contraband by spectral signature at ports of entry, with on-sensor neuromorphic inference so screening runs at the speed of the queue.
Lockheed Martin · Bodkin Design
NAVY
Metamaterial-enhanced micromirror surfaces for infrared beam control
SBIR
TRL 3
Engineered metamaterial surfaces on micromirror arrays that steer and shape infrared beams without moving bulk optics, reducing the size, weight and power of the assembly.
Duke University
NAVY
Smart image-recognition sensor using metamaterial optics
SBIR
TRL 3
A sensor that performs part of the recognition task in the optics themselves, using metamaterial elements, so less computation is required downstream of the focal plane.
Lockheed Martin
ARMY
Multi-sensor object detection and tracking
SBIR
TRL 3
Fuses several dissimilar sensors into a single track picture, holding identity across handoffs where any individual sensor loses the object.
Dr. Raktim Bhattacharya
NAVY
Next-generation toolsets for weapons separation evaluation
SBIR
TRL 3
Modelling tools for evaluating store separation from an aircraft, replacing part of a test campaign that is otherwise flown.
Dr. Raktim Bhattacharya
NAVY
ML database for low-flammability polymer matrix composites
SBIR
TRL 3
A curated database and learned models relating composite formulation to flammability, so candidate materials can be screened before they are manufactured and burned.
Richard E. Lyon