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U.S. Army SBIR Program Equips Small Businesses To Be All They Can Be

Jan 09, 2023

Who Has Won an Army SBIR Award?

Success stories abound in the world of Army SBIR program awards. Coming from all corners of the country, dynamic small businesses received funding to power their research and development of various technology ecosystems under the Army. Here are some of their stories: 

Bevilacqua Research Corporation

When an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) runs into communication system jams while on a mission, does it turn around and go home? No, that is never an option. That’s why it was crucial for the Army to develop artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can make instantaneous decisions based on surveillance, firing, and combat scenarios. 

Enter Bevilacqua Research Corporation. The CORE (Cognitive Object Reasoning Engine)

toolset was born when the Army awarded Alabama-based Bevilacqua Research Corporation (BRC) an SBIR contract to add AI to a threat system being used in distributed simulation environments.

 

In addition to potentially saving DoD millions of dollars in development costs for its new intelligent systems, BRC’s CORE toolset is at the center of an emerging market that could be worth millions of dollars to the small company. 

“The SBIR program gave us the seed funding necessary to establish ourselves as the leader in AI/machine learning technology in the United States,” said Andy Bevilacqua, CEO of BRC.

Bevilacqua Research Corporation Awarded US Navy Contract

HUNTSVILLE, AL: Bevilacqua Research Corporation (BRC) announced that it has been awarded a follow-on contract to continue to provide support to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Test and Evaluation and Prototype Fabrication Division, located onboard Naval Support Activity, Panama City, FL under the USN’s Seaport-NxG contract vehicle. BRC and teammates Jacobs Technology Inc., Systems Lifecycle Group and Innovative Professional Services, Inc. will continue to provide engineering, programmatic and technical support for science and technology (S&T), research and development, test and evaluation (RDT&E), sustainment and other related programs and projects. Contract support is required to supplement Government support of programs executed for multiple organizations including NSWC PCD, other Navy, Department of Defense, Federal and industry organizations and academia. The five-year contract has a maximum value of $87.8 million.

BRC is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, headquartered in Huntsville, AL, with a satellite office in Panama City, FL. BRC has been in operation for over 30 years and is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company with approximately 150 employees located in 15 states. BRC is the recipient of the Department Of Labor’s HIRE Vets Platinum Medallion Award, the highest award from the only federal-level veterans’ employment program, recognizing BRC’s commitment to veteran hiring, retention and professional development for 2020 and 2021.

In addition to providing on-site and remote engineering and technical support to a variety of Government Defense and Aerospace agencies, BRC provides a cutting-edge technology development capability and has developed a number of innovative technologies products. BRC’s very mature Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) capability innovatively uses conceptual graphs to provide natural language processing for the AI/ML algorithm development. 

Another very unique technology is BRC’s Optically Stimulated Cognitive Load Reduction, which provides improved concentration, reduced distractions and deeper learning of complex schema in demanding educational and working environments.

Additional technologies include FogCutter®, which provides see-through-fog and cloud capabilities for low cost electro-optical sensors, as well as BRC’s Semiotic Digital Encoding, which provides an essentially error-free very low bandwidth capability for data communications. These technologies are available to deliver cutting-edge capabilities to our nation’s Warfighters through our numerous contract vehicles.

Bevilacqua Research Corporation Awarded US Navy Contract

HUNTSVILLE, AL: Bevilacqua Research Corporation (BRC) announced that it has been awarded a follow-on contract to continue to provide support for Diving, Biomedical, Information Technology (IT), Logistics and Program Management Support for the Navy Experimental Dive Unit (NEDU).  BRC and teammate DMR Consulting Inc. will continue the support of diving and biomedical research, test and evaluation of cutting edge and innovative diving, hyperbaric and life support equipment, hardware modification requirements, experimental diving and marine equipment development and implementation, continued training improvement, and failure investigation support. This five-year contract has a maximum value of $7.1 million.

BRC is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, headquartered in Huntsville, AL, with a satellite office in Panama City, FL. BRC has been in operation for over 30 years and is an ISO 9001:2015 certified company with approximately 150 employees located in 15 states. BRC is the recipient of the Department Of Labor’s HIRE Vets Platinum Medallion Award, the highest award from the only federal-level veterans’ employment program, recognizing BRC’s commitment to veteran hiring, retention and professional development for 2020 and 2021.

In addition to providing on-site and remote engineering and technical support to a variety of Government Defense and Aerospace agencies, BRC provides a cutting-edge technology development capability and has developed a number of innovative technologies products. BRC’s very mature Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) capability innovatively uses conceptual graphs to provide natural language processing for the AI/ML algorithm development. 

Another very unique technology is BRC’s Optically Stimulated Cognitive Load Reduction, which provides improved concentration, reduced distractions and deeper learning of complex schema in demanding educational and working environments.

Additional technologies include FogCutter®, which provides see-through-fog and cloud capabilities for low cost electro-optical sensors, as well as BRC’s Semiotic Digital Encoding, which provides an essentially error-free very low bandwidth capability for data communications. These technologies are available to deliver cutting-edge capabilities to our nation’s Warfighters through our numerous contract vehicles.