2023 Defense TechConnect Innovators and Finalists

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

• BotFactory, Inc., Long Island City, NY, US
  An Electronic Circuit Printer and Assembly Machine
• Sound Mathematics Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom
  Explainable AI for automatic generation of NDT inspection reports
• VRC Metal Systems, LLC, Box Elder, SD, US
  High-Pressure Cold Spray for In-Situ Repair and Retrofit of Metallic Parts, Structures, and Vehicles.

ADVANCED MATERIALS & NANOTECH

• Applied Nanotech Inc., Austin, TX, US
  Printed Indium for High-Density Interconnects
• CELADYNE TECHNOLOGIES, CHICAGO, IL, US
  Drop in membrane for compact efficient hydrogen devices
• Exum Instruments, Lakewood, CO, US
  Massbox
• Great Lakes Crystal Technologies, East Lansing, MI, US
  High-Performance Crystalline Diamond Materials for High-Technology Applications
• Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, US
  High carbon yielding bis-ortho-diynylarene (BODA)-derived resins (BDR).
• Nabors Energy Transition Solutions, Houston, TX, US
  Graphene additive for the enhancement of composites, lubricants, and fuels
• Nabors Energy Transition Solutions, Houston, TX, US
  Graphene additive for concrete strength increase & CO2 reduction

DATA, AI, CYBER, ANALYTICS

• Adam Aerospace, Milwaukee, WI, US
  Blockchain Based Data Verification and Instantaneous Audit
• AirMettle, Inc., Houston, TX, US
  Real-Time Smart Data Lake: Object Storage that Accelerates Analytics (logs/video) 100x
• BUNDLAR, LLC, Glencoe, IL, US
  Augmented Reality for Warfighter Readiness, Training, Learning, & Development
• Cignal LLC, Reedsville, PA, US
  Cignal Engine: An Interactive World for Security Screening and Inspection
• Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, US
  AN ANOMALY DETECTION FRAMEWORK TARGETING RANSOMWARE
• Cohere Solutions, LLC, Herndon, VA, US
  High Assurance Embedded Trusted Execution
• Covert Defenses LLC, West Lafayette, IN, US
  Covert Cognizance
• data.world, Inc, Austin, TX, US
  The Data Catalog Platform
• Deepkeep, Tel Aviv, Israel
  AI security and Trustworthiness
• Edge Technologies, Arlington, VA, US
  edgeCore - Data Mesh Solution Driving Accelerated Decision Making and AI/ML Adoption
• Innov8ai Inc., Los Gatos, CA, US
  Advanced AI for critical applications
• KeyCaliber, Arlington, VA, US
  Cyber Terrain & Internal Risk Management Platform
• Mobilize, Arvada, CO, US
  VISION: Joint Innovation System
• Polaris Aero LLC, SCOTTSDALE, AZ, US
  Polaris Aero’s VOCUS Aviation Safety Intelligence Platform
• Redshred, Catonsville, MD, US
  RedShred Platform
• Resolvïq, Silver Spring, MD, US
  Artificial Intelligence Facilitated Supply Chain Visibility, Analysis, and Planning for Distinct Global Supply Chain Risk Measurement, Mitigation, and Exploitation
• Sentar, Inc., Huntsville, AL, US
  MissionValor
• Silicon Mountain Technologies, Washington, DC, US
  Launch Service Provider (LSP) Analytics: AI/ML-Powered Risk Mitigation for Launch Vehicle Processing
• SoftInWay, Inc., Burlington, MA, US
  AxSTREAM® AI
• Totem Technologies, West Haven, UT, US
  Small Business DIB Cybersecurity Compliance Management SaaS
• Trusted It Group, Inc, Sarasota, FL, US
  AI based reporting utilizing Vector DB, GPT-4 code interpreter, and LangChain

ELECTRONICS, MICROTECH & C5ISR

• Advent Diamond, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ, US
  Next-generation Semiconductor Power Components
• Cleveland Electric Laboratories, Inc., Twinsburg, OH, US
  RF Energy Harvesting for No-Power Sensing
• Inertialwave, Inc, Torrance, CA, US
  Switched-Mode MEMS Gyroscopes for Precision Pointing and Navigation
• Nitride Global Inc., Wichita, KS, US
  Aluminum oxynitride (AlON) coating for advanced thermal management & electrical isolation
• University of Cambridge, London, United Kingdom
  Fast and Efficient Smart Sensors and Communications

ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURE, CLIMATE

• C-Power, Charlottesville, VA, US
  SeaRAY Autonomous Offshore Power System (AOPS)
• EarthEn, Phoenix, AZ, US
  CO2 -based thermo mechanical flexible energy storage
• InventWood Inc., College Park, MD, US
  Ultra-strong, low-cost, net carbon negative wood material as replacement for structural steel and endangered wood species.
• Map-Collective Inc, Washington DC, DC, US
  Map Collective is an AI driven data and analytics SaaS platform
• Modula S Inc / Enginuity, Sun Valley, ID, US
  NetZero Biophilic Modular Buildings, Facilities & Bases
• Nabors Energy Transition Solutions, Houston, TX, US
  Advanced Graphene Battery Solutions - HexBatt
• Natrion, Champaign, IL, US
  Natrion: Electric Vehicle Solid-State Batteries that Scale
• necoTECH, Delaware, OH, US
  Mobile Recycled Asphalt Plant for 100 Percent Recovery of Dilapidated Airfields
• PURPOSE BIO, INC., Beverly Hills, CA, US
  Engineered Enzyme Platform for Sustainability, Energy and Food Security
• River Otter Renewables, Inc, Stow, MA, US
  River Otter Reactor (ROR) - a waste and water solution system
• Services Informatiques Fornux, Montreal, Canada
  Antigravity, force fields, and energy teleportation
• ThermoVerse, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI, US
  Equitable Net-Zero Transition via Augmented Space Heating & Cooling
• University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, US
  FlexBATS
• Verne Inc., SAN FRANCISCO, CA, US
  A refueling and storage platform for high-density hydrogen powered vehicles

LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN

• trellyz, Palo Alto, CA, US
  Military Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

MEDICAL, BIOTECH & BIODEFENSE

• Augmntr, Inc., Berthoud, CO, US
  Medics Enhanced Digital Imaging Companion (MEDIC)
• AVENTUSOFT, Boca Raton, FL, US
  Non-invasive rapid biomarkers for structural heart health assessment
• Cambridge Heartwear Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  Cambridge Heartwear ECG Heart Monitor
• Cromtec Cyber Solutions, Houston, TX, US
  HealthMatrix.AI
• DIA, Newark, NJ, US
  Non-invasive, Real-time Biomarker Monitoring System
• Dynocardia, inc, Cambridge, MA, US
  New wearable technology for real-world blood pressure and hemodynamic monitoring
• ElectroSonix LLC, Tucson, AZ, US
  4D Acoustoelectric Mapping System for Rapid and Accurate Imaging of Cardiac and Brain Currents
• EVAX Inc., Lexington, KY, US
  Providing proven vaccine adjuvant formulations sustainably, robustly, and without limits
• ExesaLibero Pharma, Inc, MORGANTOWN, WV, US
  Small molecule drug to treat bone disease
• Ferrologix, Inc., Carlsbad, CA, US
  Digital Magnetic Sorting
• Lycotec Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom
  Point-of-care red-ox platform for express diagnostics of biological and chemical agents and their impact on the body
• Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, US
  Antidote for Organophosphate Anticholinesterase Poisoning
• Purpose Bio, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA, US
  SynBio Platform developing Best In Class Therapeutics for Cardiometabolic Disease
• SPOC Proteomics, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ, US
  Sensor-integrated proteome on chip (SPOC): highly multiplexed kinetic screen for Disease X 100-day vaccine immunogens
• ThermoCap Laboratories, Portland, OR, US
  High-throughput calorimeter for drug discovery and health status monitoring
• TYBR Health, Inc., Houston, TX, US
  TYBR-GEL
• UES Inc, Dayton, OH, US
  High Fidelity, Library Based THz Air Toxic Monitoring System
• University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, US
  Transformative Potential: AI-Enhanced Smart Undergarment Revolutionizing Health Monitoring

MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION

• Hypori, Inc., Reston, VA, US
  Hypori Halo
• Nabors Energy Transition Solutions, Houston, TX, US
  Use of On-board produced Hydrogen and Oxygen in the Internal Combustion Engines to improve efficiency and reduce emissions
• ravensafe, leominster, SC, US
  "Ultimate Power Portability: Empowering You Anytime, Anywhere!"
• SHzoom Technologies Inc, Pittsburgh, PA, US
  Uptime by SHzoom - A Patented Accident Management System for Government Fleets

OTHER

• Cyclonatix, Inc., Riverside, CA, US
  High Power-Density, Non-Rare Earth, Flux-Focused, Integrated Electric Traction Motor System
• Kusari, inc, Ridgefield, CT, US
  Graph for Understanding Artifact Composition ( GUAC )

SENSORS & SYSTEMS

• Canaery, Alachua, FL, US
  Canaery Nose-Computer Interface for Enhanced Animal Scent Detection
• IonicScale LLC, Atlanta, GA, US
  Miniaturized Mass Spectrometer
• Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, US
  Devices, reagents, accessories, and methodologies for kinetic fluorogenic quantification
• Obsidian Sensors, San Diego, CA, US
  Uncooled Microbolometers on Glass - Competitive Performance at a Fraction of the Cost
• Synthetik Applied Technologies, Austin, TX, US
  Subterranean Surveys using Geophone Arrays and State-of-the-art PINN-based Data Processing
• VPI Technology, Draper, UT, US
  EMP Detector and Triangulator

SPACE TECHNOLOGIES

• IDA Technology, El Paso, TX, US
  Small Satellite Embedded Electrospray Thruster propulsion system.
• Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, US
  Large Format Robotic Polymer Based Additive Manufacturing for Low Gravity Applications
• Space Cowboy ADR, Austin, TX, US
  Space Cowboy ADR
• TrustPoint, Inc., Herndon, VA, US
  Resilient GPS for the Automated and Augmented World

UAVS/DRONES & ROBOTICS

• Aivot Robotics, Inc, Seattle, WA, US
  A fast-learning and low-cost humanoid robot.
• Aivot Robotics, Inc, Seattle, WA, US
  A fast-learning and low-cost humanoid robot that acts as workforce multiplier
• Code Metal, Inc, Boston, MA, US
  Code Metal - Metal Logic
• FluxWorks LLC, College Station, TX, US
  Magnetic Gears
• Hover, Inc, Seattle, WA, US
  Ruggedised/ certified computer for manned/ unmanned military and commercial aircraft.
• Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, US
  ASSUREd Safe – First Responder Use of UAS in Disaster Response
• Skyline Nav AI, Inc., Cambridge, MA, US
  Robust Position and Navigation Platform to Complement GPS
• SubUAS LLC, Bridgewater, NJ, US
  Naviator, swims underwater and flies in the air for multimedium operations