2022 Defense TechConnect Innovators and Finalists for Six Challenge Programs

• 4Front Robotics / University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
  Highly Maneuverable e-VTOL for Helicopter Impenetrable
• Aerial Vehicle Automation (AVA), San Antonio, TX, US
  Model T of Aerial Vehicles AVA X8 and Winged X8
• Aliptera Inc., Stoney Creek, Canada
  The Lip Wing - Augmenting Hover Lift, Increasing V/STOL Aircraft Cruise and Hover Performance
• Coolbuck, Inc., SAN JOSE, CA, US
  Electric Flying Vehicle with VTOL
• Design, Analysis and Research Corporation, Lawrence, KS, US
  Quiet and Efficient UAM Propulsion Technology
• Elphel, Inc., West Valley City, UT, US
  Long-Range Thermal 3D Perception for Air Vehicles
• InceptEV, Pittsburgh, PA, US
  An Electric Vehicle Performance Analysis, Simulation and Optimization Software
• Information Systems Laboratories, Inc., Beavercreek Township, OH, US
  Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Radar for Detection, Classification, and Sense & Avoid
• IoTAI, Inc, Fremont, CA, US
  PicoUAS
• KRyanCreative, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC, US
  electric Tip Drive Rotor System
• Lectratek, LLC, Miamisburg, OH, US
  Power and propulsion solutions for electric aviation
• LeVanta Tech LLC, Monett, MO, US
  Economical, clean regional transport
• LuftCar LLC, Orlando, FL, US
  Hydrogen and battery hybrid, autonomous AIR and ROAD eVTOL vehicle (true flying car)
• Luna Labs USA, LLC, Charlottesville, VA, US
  Rotary Aircrew Posture Support (RAPS) System
• NEOEx Systems, Inc., Amherst, OH, US
  EXTEND(TM) Energy and Power System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• PhasorLab Inc, Nashua, NH, US
  Hyper Sync Net for UAV Fleet Navigation
• Reliable Autonomy LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ, US
  Guarantee of collision avoidance with high computational efficiency and non-conservative navigation for non-collaborative autonomous agents
• SpyDar, Fairfax, VA, US
  M-Star eVTOL Medical Transport
• Valqari, Lombard, IL, US
  Fully Autonomous Point-to-Point Drone Delivery Between Landing Stations
• Volexion, Chicago, IL, US
  Multi-functional Graphene Encapsulation for High Performance Li-ion batteries

AI, DATA, CYBER, SOFTWARE

• 1Huddle, Inc., Newark, NJ, US
  1Huddle, Inc.
• Advanced Biomimetic Sensors, Inc, Bethesda, MD, US
  Moonlighting Quantum Sensing of Energy Landscape in Protein and Protein Network Prosthetic Chaperones
• AI Squared, Washington, DC, US
  AI Integration Platform
• AInnovation Labs, Boston, MA, US
  Edge AI-Powered Multi-Cue Video Surveillance
• AirMettle, Inc., Houston, TX, US
  Real-Time Smart Data Lake: Object Storage that Accelerates Analytics (logs/video) 100x
• Allvision IO, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, US
  AIGIS: AI for GIS
• American Data Solutions, LLC, Smyrna, GA, US
  Multipurpose Digital Data Viewer (MDDV™)
• Another Reality Studio, St. Louis, MO, US
  High Fidelity VR Streaming
• Applied Design Technologies Inc., Pullman, MI, US
  WorksIII Respirator
• AtomICs, Providence, RI, US
  Molecular Data Storage
• BG Networks, Inc., Weston, MA, US
  Automation tools for IoT cybersecurity
• BUNDLAR, Chicago, IL, US
  BUNDLAR Augmented Reality Content Management System (AR CMS)
• Candelytics, Inc, Cambridge, MA, US
  Fully integrated web and mobile 3D data management platform
• Canfield Consulting Group LLC d/b/a Canfield CyberDefense Group, Olney, MD, US
  Phen.ai
• CERICT, Fisciano, Italy
  Blockchain-empowered decentralised andself-sovereign identity management
• CHN Analytics, Columbus, OH, US
  Predicting Future Critical Mineral Needs based on Demand Generated by Emerging Technologies: An AI-enhanced Approach
• CHN Analytics, Columbus, OH, US
  Ranking Companies by Emerging Technology Scores
• Circle Optics, Rochester, NY, US
  A Novel Stitch-Free 360-Degree Camera
• Cognata Advanced Solutions Ltd., Rehovot, Israel
  Cognata Simulation Platform
• CommiSur Lab, Montreal, Canada
  Petit VR - Pediatric Trauma Innovative Training
• Computational Modelling Cambridge Ltd. (CMCL), Cambridge, United Kingdom
  The World Avatar
• Cybermonic LLC, McLean, VA, US
  Cyber Analyst-Assist Graph Intelligence Technology
• DataSecTech, Richardson, TX, US
  SecureCompute
• Deloitte & Touche, Arlington, VA, US
  Issuing Authority Trust Portal for Digital IDs
• DigiByte Alliance, Cheyenne, WY, US
  Digi-ID
• Domenix, Chantilly, VA, US
  Universal Protocol Adapter Support System (UPASS) for Multi-Sensor Data Delivery
• Duality Technologies, Hoboken, NJ, US
  Duality SecurePlus Platform
• Dynamic Dimension Technologies, Westminster, MD, US
  VxSIM
• Edge Technologies, Arlington, VA, US
  edgeCore, A unique solution to address data sharing requirements of JADC2
• Edge Technologies, Arlington, VA, US
  edgeCore, A unique solution to address data sharing requirements of JADC2
• Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
  Virtual Mind (ViMi) Labs – The Data Platform for Autonomous R&D
• Geminus.ai, Palo Alto, CA, US
  Platform for making simulation faster, more accurate, and easier to deploy
• geoConvergence LLC, Odon, IN, US
  Multi-INT & Multi-Domain Data Convergence & Threat Detection
• Grabba Technologies, Tingalpa, Australia
  Grabba ID
• Grayscale AI LTD, London, United Kingdom
  Virtual simulation platform for AI training for low-SWaP platforms using neuromorphic computing
• HyperTunnel, Jersey City, NJ, US
  HyperTunnel - Teleporting experts anytime, anywhere
• Identy Inc, Dover, DE, US
  Capture Fingerprints using mobile phone camera
• Ingalls Information Security, LLC, Woodworth, LA, US
  Viewpoint, a Cybersecurity Data Visualization tool
• Innovative Emergency Management, Inc. (dba IEM), Bel Air, MD, US
  GPU parallel processing acceleration of simulations
• Internet of Everything Corporation, San Francisco, CA, US
  Eden - operating fabric/infrastructure for IoT deployments
• IoTAI, Inc, Fremont, CA, US
  Pico Threat Kits
• iQ3Connect, Woburn, MA, US
  Novel rendering for scaling industrial VR/AR collaboration and training in enterprise environments
• Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, US
  Using Mixed Reality to Make Surgery Safer
• Kinnami Software Corporation, Braintree, MA, US
  Reslient Hybrid Data Fabric for the Computing Edge
• Knexus Research Corp., National Harbor, MD, US
  Knexthetic, Industrial Strength Big Data Synthesizer & Analysis Utility Evaluator
• LCT, Inc., Florham Park, NJ, US
  3D Soundstage Audio
• Mississippi State, Mississippi State, MS, US
  Bravo Castle Bravo
• Nakamir, Palo Alto, CA, US
  NARA – Nakamir Augmented Reality Assistant for Training, Rehearsal and Guidance
• Neuro Rehab VR, Fort Worth, TX, US
  XR Therapy System - Immersive Virtual Reality for Rehabilitation
• NUTS Technologies Inc., Glencoe, IL, US
  NutManager Data Management platform
• OmniSync Incorporated, San Diego, CA, US
  A DoD-Wide Living Interconnected Map of Active Projects, Contractors, Stakeholders, and Innovators
• Opendatasoft, Cambridge, MA, US
  Opendatasoft
• PHELPS2020, INC., Knoxville, TN, US
  Camera agnostic AI Edge Processor for Threat Identification in Imagery
• Pinnacle Solutions, Inc. | An Employee-Owned Company, Huntsville, AL, US
  Virtual Training Using State-Based Scripting
• Ridgetop Group Inc., Tucson, AZ, US
  CellSage - A Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Software Tool for Diagnostic and Predictive Evaluations of Battery Life and Mission Readiness
• Ridgetop Group Inc., Tucson, AZ, US
  Predictive Fault Management (PFM) Tool Suite
• RSET, Inc, Lexington, KY, US
  Rapid Synthetic Environment Tool
• RTSync Corp., Chandler, AZ, US
  Collaborative Architecture for Model Level Integration (CAMLI) to support Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) and Digital Engineering
• SAIC, Huntsville, AL, US
  Human Performance Virtual Reality Lab
• SecureEDEN Corporation, Wayland, MA, US
  Trusted Networks
• SeeTrue INC, NY, NY, US
  SeeTrue AI
• SensiPass Inc., Arlington, VA, US
  An Interactive Human Authentication Method for Securing User Access to Private Digital Assets
• Sentinel Devices LLC, Knoxville, TN, US
  Distributed Monitoring & Analytics Platform for Industrial Control Systems (DMAP-ICS)
• SimWerx, Denver, CO, US
  Multi-Casualty Medical Simulation Powered Predictive Physiology & Machine Learning Analytics
• Spry Squared Inc, Englewood, CO, US
  Who's Watching Your Firmware? Malicious Firmware Detection Tool for IT, IoT and OT Devices
• Spry Squared Inc, Englewood, CO, US
  Who's Watching Your Firmware? A Critical Gap in Cybersecurity Programs
• State of Place, Natick, MA, US
  State of Place (SoP): AI-driven SimCity to foster more just, livable, & resilient places
• Sylabs Inc, Reno, NV, US
  Armored Container Format
• Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, US
  DataTwin: A Proactive Data Management Solution
• Texas Tech University Office of Research Commercialization, Lubbock, TX, US
  High-Efficiency Quantum Computational Chemistry Algorithms
• The UNeTech Institute, Omaha, NE, US
  Adeptus Interactive
• Ubicquia, Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
  UbiVu Cloud-Based Dashboard
• University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, US
  Novel host-targeted therapeutic approach
• University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, US
  Assessing Cognitive Load Using Explainable AI
• Virginia Tech National Security Institute, Blacksburg, VA, US
  Use & Abuse of Personal Information Dashboard
• VR Media Company LLC, Galveston, TX, US
  The ultimate Virtual Reality Interface
• Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, US
  Development of a Virtual Reality Platform for Increasing Awareness of Implicit Bias in Child Welfare and Mitigation Strategies to Address Biases
• Yet Analytics, Inc., Baltimore, MD, US
  DATASIM - The Data and Training Analytics Simulated Input Modeler

AUTONOMY, MOBILITY, SPACE, DEFENSE

• Centurion Consulting, Macomb, MI, US
  Safe Ride- Sensor Based Security and Safety Workflow for Ride Hailing
• LeVanta Tech LLC, Monett, MO, US
  High-Speed, Long-Range Resupply
• Rutgers University, Basking Ridge, NJ, US
  Affordable and Reliable Autonomous Wheelchair
• Sarcomere Dynamics Inc., St Albert, Canada
  An agnostic robotic hand that replicates the human hand in all respects
• Spooky Action, Nashville, TN, US
  Telelift and Watchtower
• TFWireless Inc, Minneapolis, MN, US
  Physical Layer Rateless Codec Technology for Proximity Space Links
• trellyz inc., Palo Alto, CA, US
  trellyz Logistics Hub
• University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, US
  A Cognitive Workload Training Application
• VerdeGo Aero, Daytona Beach, FL, US
  Hybrid-Electric Aviation Powerplants for Drones and Aircraft

ELECTRONICS, SENSORS, C5ISR

• Arctura, Inc., South Kingstown, RI, US
  Surface Coating for Enhanced Lightning Protection of Aircraft and Other Composite Structures
• Crosstalk LLC, Leawood, KS, US
  m-IPU: a next-gen reconfigurable hardware accelarator
• DZpcbdesign, Columbia, MD, US
  Cycle time reduction for development of hardware
• Intelligent Fusion Technology, Inc., Germantown, MD, US
  Cooperative IR and RF based Automatic Target Detector
• IoTAI, Inc, Fremont, CA, US
  Pico Personal Communicator and PicoBadge
• Nano OPS, Inc., Burlington, ME, US
  Nanoscale Additive Manufacturing Technology for Electronics Manufacturing
• Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, NJ, US
  Powered toothbrush with evacuation
• Texas Tech University Office of Research Commercialization, Lubbock, TX, US
  Utilization of Microwave Architecture (Wifi) for Passive Indoor Sensing Applications
• University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, US
  Sensitive yet tough radiation detectors for homeland security and space science

ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURE, RESILIENCE

• Advanced Biomimetic Sensors, Inc, Bethesda, MD, US
  Room-temperature Flexible Josephson Toroidal Junction (FJTJ) Superconductive Systems for Energy Storage
• C-Power, Charlottesville, VA, US
  SeaRAY Autonomous Offshore Power System (AOPS)
• DayLyte, Inc. (DayLyte Batteries), Knoxville, TN, US
  Thin Film Nasicon Solid Electrolyte Membrane for 3D Aqueous Na-Air Battery
• Disaster Tech, Alexandria, VA, US
  Using Predictive Technology to Optimize Demand Response and Managing Solar Energy Intermittency on Micro-Grids
• EINO, Inc., Brooklyn, NY, US
  AI for Next Generation Networks
• ElectraMet, Lexington, KY, US
  Recovery of DOD Critical Metals from Waste Streams
• EnKoat, Phoenix, AZ, US
  Thermal Regulating Coatings for Climate Resilient Infrastructure
• FuseRing Inc., London, Canada
  Flawless Weld. No Heat Affected Zone
• GridMatrix, Cupertino, CA, US
  GridMatrix Insights Dashboard
• GTA, Inc., Atlanta, GA, US
  Resilient Subsea Green Hydrogen and Oxygen Production for Maritime Fueling, Decarbonized Manufacturing, Grid-Balancing, and Mariculture
• Heat Inverse, Ithaca, NY, US
  CoolFilm
• Magnet Energy LLC, Euclid, OH, US
  Rare Earth Free MnBi Permanent Magnet
• Minerva Lithium, Greensboro, NC, US
  Nano Mosaic SPE Flow Technology for Lithium
• MODULA S INC, Sun Valley, ID, US
  Community Distributed Power
• necoTECH, Delaware, OH, US
  Recycled Polymer Modified Asphalt for superior performance and sustainability
• necoTECH, Delaware, OH, US
  Robotic Maintenance Vehicle
• Nivid Technologies Inc, Sterling, VA, US
  N-View, Innovative mobile application for Network Intelligence
• Parasanti Inc, Dallas, TX, US
  Tactical Processing for Analytics at the Edge
• Phoenix Tailings, Woburn, MA, US
  Innovative, Sustainable Re-mining Technology
• Phoenix Tailings, Woburn, MA, US
  Novel Technique for Domestic Rare Earth Oxide Separation and Rare Earth Metal Reduction
• PowerHouse, Danvers, MA, US
  Retractable Plug-and-Play Mobile Solar Microgrid
• Precient Technologies LLC, Mesa, AZ, US
  Membrane Biofilm Reactor (MBfR)
• Sesame Solar Inc., Jackson, MI, US
  Mobile Nanogrid for Disaster Response Powered by Solar + Green Hydrogen
• Silicon Harlem, New York, NY, US
  Tech-Enabled Dashboard (TED)
• SitePro, Inc., Lubbock, TX, US
  SitePro: A dual-layer, no-code IOT and Control platform (SCADA reimagined)
• Skuld LLC, London, OH, US
  New Material - COEDI
• Stealth Power, Austin, TX, US
  Stealth Power’s Clean Generator for Resilient Power
• Terydon, Inc., Navarre, OH, US
  Enhancing Condenser Tube Cleaning with Pressurized Water and Automated Robotics
• TRAXyL, Inc., Gainesville, VA, US
  FiberTRAX - a "paint-on-pavement" fiber installation capability
• trellyz inc., Palo Alto, CA, US
  Resilience through a coordinated and collaborative supply chain
• Windlift, Inc, Durham, NC, US
  Deployable Airborne Power Generators

HEALTHCARE AND MEDICAL DEVICES

• Celero Systems, Inc., Lincoln, MA, US
  Physiological Monitoring and Drug Delivery through an Ingestible Device (Rescue-Rx)
• CellChorus, Houston, TX, US
  Dynamic single-cell analysis
• Darwin Biosciences, Inc., Boulder, CO, US
  SickStick: a portable, saliva-based diagnostic for the pre-symptomatic detection of infection
• Eclipxe, san francisco, CA, US
  Innovative muisc creation and delivery process
• ExesaLibero Pharma, Inc, Morgantown, WV, US
  Small molecule drug to treat bone disease
• Exiom, Inc, MONTICELLO, FL, US
  Point Of Care Rapid 3D Printed Casting and Splint
• GreenLight Bionics, Vermillion, SD, US
  MyoLink
• H2O Insights, LLC, Phoenix, AZ, US
  Germicidal optical fiber for biofilm control
• HealthTech Connex, Reading, MA, US
  NeuroCatch® Platform
• Ionica Sciences, Ithaca, NY, US
  The IonID diagnostic platform for infectious diseases and medical conditions
• Kowa Inc, Houston, TX, US
  Convection Based heating/cooling system
• Kowa Inc, Houston, TX, US
  Convection based heating/coolig system with computer learning for progression analysis
• Lab11 Therapeutics Inc., Brooklyn, NY, US
  Lab11 Mist, broad-spectrum antiviral therapeutic
• Limax Biosciences, Inc, Somerville, MA, US
  An innovative adhesive hydrogel for advanced bleeding
• Livivos Inc, San Diego, CA, US
  Point of Care NMR
• Luna Labs USA, LLC, Charlottesville, VA, US
  Nanofiber-Reinforced Hydrogel Dressings
• Matregenix, IRVINE, CA, US
  MatriNova: A new platform technology for soft-tissue repair
• McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
  MedSafer
• MicroFree Bio Technology, LLC, Sioux Falls, SD, US
  Biocidal Polymer for Long-term Surface Protection
• Nakamir Inc, Palo Alto, CA, US
  NARA – Nakamir Augmented Reality Assistant for Training, Rehearsal and Guidance
• Neuronoff, Inc., Valencia, CA, US
  Injectrode for autononic control: Systemic pain suppression, awake for 72 hrs, sleep under streefull conditions.
• Novaurum Biosciences Inc., Somerville, MA, US
  Novel nanotech coating for implantable medical devices
• Nytricx, Inc., Melbourne, FL, US
  Combatting Infection and Thrombosis with Nitric Oxide Gas-Emitting Biomaterials
• Pockit diagnostics LTD, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  Point-of-care for stroke triage in the ambulance
• PyrAmes Inc., Cupertino, CA, US
  A wearable blood pressure monitor for home medical management
• Rhaeos, Inc., Evanston, IL, US
  FlowSense™
• Ridgeline Therapeutics, Houston, TX, US
  Recover faster, age stronger, live healthier
• Rivanna Medical, Inc., Charlottesville, VA, US
  Accuro automated pain therapy guidance solution
• Rubitection, Pittsburgh, PA, US
  Rubitect Assessment Tool - Skin Health Risk Assessment System & Care Management Platform
• SafeBeat Rx, Chico, CA, US
  Home-Based Antiarrhythmic Drug Initiation Kit
• Sana Health Inc, SANDY, UT, US
  FDA breakthrough designated device. Applications across pain and mental health.
• Sense Neuro Diagnostics, Cincinnati, OH, US
  NeuroHawk and NeuStat
• Sonofii, Santa Rosa, CA, US
  Ultrasonic antibiotic dispersion therapy
• Sonogen Medical, Inc., Chevy Chase, MD, US
  Ultrasonic Bone Fracture Healing Device
• Sorrento Therapeutic Inc, San Diego, CA, US
  An innovative wide spectrum antiviral and anti bacterial drug
• StataDX, Boston, MA, US
  StataDX: Fingerstick, Point-of-Care Diagnostic for Traumatic Brain Injury
• Symphony Biosciences, Los Angeles, CA, US
  SymphNode is an innovative biomaterials that orchestrates the immune response against solid cancers
• Tao Treasures LLC DBA Nanobiofab, Frederick, MD, US
  RAPID-iNose: Real-time Agnostic Patch for Infection Detection using Intelligent Nose
• Teledyne FLIR Detection, Pittsburgh, PA, US
  Portable, Rapid Mass Spectrometer for Breath-Based Infection Diagnosis
• Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, US
  Modular Respiratory Sensor Integration Block System
• Texas Tech University Office of Research Commercialization, Lubbock, TX, US
  Compact Device for Non-invasive Fingertip Assessment of Adipose Tissue and Metabolic Health
• Texas Tech University Office of Research Commercialization, Lubbock, TX, US
  Surgical Training Device with Mechanical Feedback
• The Research Foundation for SUNY, Albany, NY, US
  Identification of Body Fluids Using Raman Spectroscopy
• University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, US
  Brain Password: Securing digital data with brain signals
• University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, US
  An Artistic Neurotechnology to Improve Mental Health
• UNSW Sydney, UNSW Sydney, Australia
  EPIWATCH – Artificial Intelligence Early-warning System for Epidemics
• Visi Health Technologies, Bronxville, NY, US
  A innovative wearable eye-imaging device for remote diagnosis
• Wearable Artificial Organs Inc., Beverly Hills, CA, US
  Portable Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) for critically injured casualties in the battlefield
• XSurgical, Inc., Topsfield, MA, US
  Open Platform and Multi Quadrant Surgical Robot

MATERIALS & MANUFACTURING

• Arctic Biotech Oath Inc., Anchorage, AK, US
  Sustainable Extraction of Rare Earth Elements
• Hexalayer LLC, Louisville, KY, US
  HIgh energy density rechargeable batteries
• Makabi Agritech, Zagreb, Croatia
  Antimicrobial biopolymer microparticles with a unique two-in-one function
• Powdermet Inc., Euclid, OH, US
  Rare Earth Free MnBi Permanent Magnet
• Texas Research Institute Austin, Inc., Austin, TX, US
  Improving Build Quality of Additively Manufactured Components through Ultrasonic Excitations
• US Electron, Inc., Irving, TX, US
  High Pressure Electron Gun For Electron Beam Welding And Additive Manufacturing