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Global CBRNE Defense Market Report (2022 to 2027) - Featuring Argon Electronics, Avon Rubber, Battelle Memorial Institute and Leidos Holdings Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022
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With growing threats from terrorists and a rise in political tensions, CBRNE weapons have emerged as a potential threat for several countries.

Key Points: 
  • With growing threats from terrorists and a rise in political tensions, CBRNE weapons have emerged as a potential threat for several countries.
  • Governments and defense departments of several nations are developing robust and effective countermeasures in order to protect the public and military personnel from CBRNE weapons.
  • Governments, along with many militaries, are developing the necessary framework for tackling the threats caused by CBRNE incidents.
  • The investments in development and procurement plans of countries in North America are expected to propel the demand for advanced CBRNE defense equipment during the forecast period.

Reliable Robotics Awarded Phase III U.S. Air Force Contract to Optimize Aircraft Autonomy and Conduct Flight Test Campaigns

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022
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Reliable Robotics , a leader in autonomous aircraft systems, today announced a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to further demonstrate the performance and safety of remotely piloted aircraft in more operating environments.

Key Points: 
  • Reliable Robotics , a leader in autonomous aircraft systems, today announced a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to further demonstrate the performance and safety of remotely piloted aircraft in more operating environments.
  • Reliable has now won sequential Phase I, Phase II and Phase III SBIR contracts from the government to advance autonomous capabilities for existing aircraft.
  • With this most recent award, Reliable will build on its set of autonomy solutions to optimize aircraft control under a broad range of contingencies, and then test them in a series of flight test campaigns.
  • We look forward to collaborating again and building on the progress our team made during the successful Phase II SBIR contract.

RS21 secures SBIR Phase III contract with the U.S. Space Force for Satellite Fault Prediction

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- RS21, a data science company using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning for secure, autonomous technology solutions for space infrastructure, has been awarded a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. Space Force. The two-year contract provides immediate funding to accelerate the maturation of Space Prognostic AI Custodian Ecosystem (SPAICE), the company's patented AI-powered monitoring system that performs fault detection and prediction to safeguard satellites and the important functions they perform.

Key Points: 
  • SPAICE uses real-time satellite telemetry data and anomaly messages to predict a lead time before satellites fail.
  • "Getting a Phase III contract is a great accomplishment for our team," said Trisha Miller, director of research and development, National Laboratory and Government Support Services at RS21.
  • Immediate Phase III SBIR efforts will be focused on RS21's partnership with the DOD Space Test Program (STP) to deploy SPAICE to the STP watch floor at the Johnson Space Center.
  • Prior to this funding, RS21 was awarded a Phase II SBIR contract from the U.S. Air Force in 2021 and won the Hyperspace Challenge in 2020 for its early-stage technology development.

U.S. Air Force (USAF) Awards Phase II Contract to Social Mobile to Build Next Generation 5G Mobile Solution

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022
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MIAMI, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Social Mobile announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase II contract focused on a 5G mobile solution to investigate its potential to fill capability gaps in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). Through the contract, Social Mobile will collaborate with the DAF to design and deliver a handheld and chest-mountable device that leverages Android Enterprise and is built to military-grade specifications.

Key Points: 
  • MIAMI, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Social Mobile announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase II contract focused on a 5G mobile solution to investigate its potential to fill capability gaps in the Department of the Air Force (DAF).
  • Through the contract, Social Mobile will collaborate with the DAF to design and deliver a handheld and chest-mountable device that leverages Android Enterprise and is built to military-grade specifications.
  • The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is the primary scientific research and development center for the Department of the Air Force.
  • AFWERX, a program office at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), connects innovators across government, industry and academia.

New Report Puts Statewide Biohealth Industry Economic Impact at $32B

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022
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MADISON, Wis.,  Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- BioForward Wisconsin, the collective voice of Wisconsin's robust and comprehensive biohealth cluster representing more than 220 member organizations, shared results of the Wisconsin Biohealth: Industry Landscape and Economic Impact Reporthttps://www.bioforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/TEConomy-Wisconsin... which highlights the statewide biohealth industry as a leading economic growth and innovation driver for Wisconsin.

Key Points: 
  • BioForward Wisconsin shared results of the Wisconsin Biohealth: Industry Landscape and Economic Impact Report which highlights the statewide biohealth industry as a leading economic growth and innovation driver for Wisconsin.
  • MADISON, Wis., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- BioForward Wisconsin , the collective voice of Wisconsin's robust and comprehensive biohealth cluster representing more than 220 member organizations, shared results of the Wisconsin Biohealth: Industry Landscape and Economic Impact Report https://www.bioforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/TEConomy-Wisconsin... which highlights the statewide biohealth industry as a leading economic growth and innovation driver for Wisconsin.
  • Among the highlights from the third-party report are:
    Economic Impact: The total state economic impact contribution by the biohealth industry is $32 billion in direct, indirect, and induced sources, as well as $1.2 billion in state and local taxes.
  • COVID-19 Impact: The report specifically emphasizes the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on the state's biohealth industry stating, "During the core pandemic years in 2020 and 2021, most of Wisconsin's biohealth industry continued to grow.

Leonid Capital Management to Present at the LD Micro Main Event XV

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022
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Presentation on October 27 at 10:30 AM PT

Key Points: 
  • The Main Event is about learning, connecting, and enjoying each other, and it is a hell of a lot more fun than sitting next to your computer."
  • "We have a unique recipe, an incredible team, and are extremely fortunate to be able to share with the LD Micro investment community."
  • The 2022 LD Micro Main Event XV will be held at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel in Los Angeles from October 25th to the 27th.
  • As an official Department of Defense Trusted Capital Provider, LEONID offers advance financing on all government contracts, including SBIR and STTRs, up to $25MM.

Illumio Awarded DoD ESI Purchase Agreement to Accelerate Risk Reduction with Zero Trust Segmentation

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Illumio Inc. , the Zero Trust Segmentation company, today announced it has been awarded an Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) Purchase Agreement by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

Key Points: 
  • SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Illumio Inc. , the Zero Trust Segmentation company, today announced it has been awarded an Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) Purchase Agreement by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
  • An essential pillar of Zero Trust is Zero Trust Segmentation (aka microsegmentation), a modern security approach that contains and minimizes the impact of breaches.
  • Purpose build for the Zero Trust security model, Illumio was also named a leader the Forrester Wave Zero Trust eXtended (ZTX) Ecosystem Platform Providers, Q3 2020 .
  • Illumio announced the appointment of Gary Barlet as Federal Field Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to help government agencies, contractors and the broader ecosystem accelerate Zero Trust journeys and drive resilience outcomes with Zero Trust Segmentation.

DEFCON AI Awarded $1.2 Million Phase II SBIR Contract from the U.S. Department of the Air Force for a Mobility and Logistics Operational-Level Training and Rehearsal Tool

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Friday, October 21, 2022
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The platform is being built to aid in managing complex supply chains and mobility network disruptions caused by natural disasters or manipulation by capable adversaries.

Key Points: 
  • The platform is being built to aid in managing complex supply chains and mobility network disruptions caused by natural disasters or manipulation by capable adversaries.
  • The DEFCON AI software is being designed to enable AMC operational-level planners to see the downstream effects of decisions within a simulated mobility network.
  • What we asked DEFCON AI to build is a vastly different approach to training and provides operational capability as well.
  • The DEFCON AI team is honored to be working with Air Mobility Command in our aligned missions of integrating technological capabilities and tools into mobility training and decision-making processes.

The National Science Foundation Awards REI Systems' a SBIR Phase III Contract for Enterprise Rollout of REI's GovReview Solution

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Monday, October 17, 2022
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STERLING, Va., Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- REI Systems has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract to modernizethe Proposal Evaluation System (PES) for the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Key Points: 
  • STERLING, Va., Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- REI Systems has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract to modernizethe Proposal Evaluation System (PES) for the National Science Foundation (NSF).
  • NSF advances research, infrastructure, and people across all science and technology disciplines, supporting over 25% of all federally funded research at academic institutions.
  • REI began working with NSF in 2020 to pilot its peer review solution, originally developed through SBIR funding with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to validate the feasibility of replacing NSF's legacy system.
  • Since the initial pilot, building on our 'Innovation as a Habit' culture, REI invested in creating the next generation of the peer review solution, called GovReview .

Sonara Health Awarded NIH Funding to Fight the Opioid Crisis

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Friday, October 14, 2022
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DALLAS, Oct. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonara Health was awarded an SBIR Phase I grant in the amount of $267,861 administered by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and co-funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), both part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to further develop and validate its web application for expanding access to take-home methadone medication for patients in opioid treatment programs. This project was designed to expand access to treatment to combat the opioid epidemic and save lives. CDC reported more than 100,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2021 and two-thirds of those deaths involved fentanyl or another synthetic opioid. Sonara was designed to improve patient-provider trust and promote increased access to take-home methadone for opioid treatment programs and their patients.

Key Points: 
  • This project was designed to expand access to treatment to combat the opioid epidemic and save lives.
  • The project is entitled Remotely Observed Methadone Evaluation (ROME), awarded to Sonara Health (formerly Elpidatec) under NIH award number 1R43DA056259-01 .Subaward collaborators include Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and Adapt, Inc., in Roseburg, Oregon, a not-for-profit opioid treatment program as the research site.
  • We are grateful for the support from NIH for our vision for tech-enabled methadone treatment, bringing new parity to this effective treatment for fentanyl addiction."
  • Sonara early adopters include the following opioid treatment programs: