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The record

Fourteen federal programs, twelve years.

Major programs running with the Navy, the Air Force, DARPA, the Missile Defense Agency, Homeland Security and the Department of Energy, alongside Lockheed Martin and the national laboratories.

Programs
14
Fields
9
Sponsoring agencies
6
Years
12
Maturity
TRL 3 to 6
  1. Materials

    Electrochemical recovery and low-flammability composites · 3 programs
    NAVYSBIRMaterialsTRL 3
    Machine-learning discovery of high-entropy alloys

    An automated screening campaign that searches high-entropy alloy compositions for high-temperature strength and oxidation resistance together, narrowing a very large candidate space down to a shortlist worth making and testing.

    DOESTTR II-AMaterialsTRL 6
    Electrochemical recycling of electronic constituents of value

    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.

    Partners
    Idaho National Lab · Colt Refining
    NAVYSBIRMaterialsTRL 3
    ML database for low-flammability polymer matrix composites

    A curated database and learned models relating composite formulation to flammability, so candidate materials can be screened before they are manufactured and burned.

  2. Cybersecurity

    Real-time network defense and source-code vulnerability detection · 2 programs
    DOESBIR IICybersecurityTRL 4
    HPC-scale cyber-threat detection using neuromorphic processing

    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.

    Partners
    Pennsylvania State University
    NAVYSBIRCybersecurityTRL 4
    Source-code vulnerability detection

    Static and learned analysis of source repositories to surface exploitable defects before code ships, trained against mission-critical codebases. Commercialised as CNRT CodeLens.

    Partners
    Lockheed Martin · U. Wisconsin–Madison
  3. Imaging

    Hyperspectral detection of UAVs and concealed contraband · 2 programs
    NAVYSBIRImagingTRL 3–4
    Hyperspectral image detection of UAVs

    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.

    Partners
    Lockheed Martin · Bodkin Design
    DHSSBIRImagingTRL 3
    Contraband detection using hyperspectral imaging and neuromorphic processing

    Identifies concealed contraband by spectral signature at ports of entry, with on-sensor neuromorphic inference so screening runs at the speed of the queue.

    Partners
    Lockheed Martin · Bodkin Design
  4. MetaOptics

    Metamaterial surfaces for infrared beam control · 2 programs
    NAVYSBIRMetaOpticsTRL 3
    Metamaterial-enhanced micromirror surfaces for infrared beam control

    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.

    Partners
    Duke University
    NAVYSBIRMetaOpticsTRL 3
    Smart image-recognition sensor using metamaterial optics

    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.

    Partners
    Lockheed Martin
  5. Computer Vision

    Multi-sensor object detection and tracking · 1 program
    ARMYSBIRComputer VisionTRL 3
    Multi-sensor object detection and tracking

    Fuses several dissimilar sensors into a single track picture, holding identity across handoffs where any individual sensor loses the object.

  6. Hypersonics

    Ground-based detection on neuromorphic hardware · 1 program
    MDASTTRHypersonicsTRL 3
    Ground-based hypersonic threat detection using neuromorphic processing

    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.

    Partners
    Lockheed Martin · University of Florida
  7. Machine Learning

    Verification and validation of fielded models · 1 program
    DARPASBIRMachine LearningTRL 3
    AI/ML verification and validation

    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.

    Partners
    North Carolina State University
  8. Modeling

    Weapons separation evaluation toolsets · 1 program
    NAVYSBIRModelingTRL 3
    Next-generation toolsets for weapons separation evaluation

    Modelling tools for evaluating store separation from an aircraft, replacing part of a test campaign that is otherwise flown.

  9. SAR

    Radar and signal processing, real-time synthetic aperture radar simulation · 1 program
    NAVYSBIR IISARTRL 5
    Real-time synthetic aperture radar simulator

    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.

    Partners
    Lockheed Martin

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