SBIR-STTR Award

Accountability is the foundation that supports effective execution of any operational process - training, planning, decision support, etc. - as all processes rely on the effective orchestration of people, information, equipment and activities. Most organizations, certainly in the corporate world, long ago solved for this accountability problem. As digital tools evolved, ways to execute this core process accountability changed too. This shift accelerated with COVID-19 and remote work. However, underpinning this shift is the assumption that, for those leaders and employees, the core work of the organization is done while sitting at a desk and looking at a computer screen. It is in this way that the US Air Force and Air National Guard, just as broader DoD, have been left out of the shift to digital for accountability. Adyton’s Platform COTS product and associated mustering and scheduling configurations can be adapted as the Mobile Enterprise Readiness and Accountability System (MERAS). This adaptation will provide USAF users with a proven secure accountability information flow, leveraged to deliver a dynamic skill-based scheduling capability unmatched among software products commonly used in traditional work environments (e.g. Outlook, Google Calendar, Humanity, Deputy). This aligns with USAF Strategic Priority and topic number TA-007. The essential use and purpose of the Adyton Platform is to enable mobile applications to drive productivity in non-traditional & field work environments, especially those where information security is paramount. Accordingly, this adaptation, MERAS, as tailored for ANG and USAF, is a logical extension of the platform and the mustering and planning / scheduling use cases already built out and in use by early adopter organizations. No change to the essential use and purpose of the product is required, and there are no differences in the engineering process for government vs. non-government customers. Rather, adaptation to MERAS is about fitting this tool appropriately into ANG and USAF workflows, supportive of other systems, in an intuitive and impactful way. Proposed Phase I work includes Design of Aircrew currency query & view workflow integrated onto mobile device - Aircrew & staff are able to view currency information, and expiring tasks from the convenience of their mobile device, replacing paper processes and repetitive data calls to SARMS personnel Schedule dissemination & update integration designed - Aircrew are able to access schedule information from a mobile device, staff/schedulers are able to integrate scheduling information using web client Business process validated design for flight requests - Aircrew are able to initiate requests for flight events / respond to scheduler requests via mobile device Supporting workflow process design tested by AF end users - AF end users validate essential core and non-core workflows for application usage

Adyton Public Benefit Corporation is a veteran-owned and operated, venture-backed technology company dedicated to bringing first class secure mobile technology to workers where the mission is critical, security is essential, connectivity is a challenge, and compliance is required. This proposed SBIR Phase II work will adapt Adyton’s core commercial off the shelf product - the Adyton Solution Platform (ASP) and, built upon it, Mustr (a secure web and mobile software system) - to a prototype Mobile Enterprise Readiness and Accountability System (MERAS). This work will be a collaboration amongst empowered and committed end users from Nevada Air National Guard (152nd Airlift Wing), USAF 6th Air Refueling Squadron (both MoU signers) along with Arkansas ANG (189th Maint. Group), Minnesota ANG (133rd Ops Group), Missouri ANG (139th Ops Group), and New York ANG (139th Airlift Squadron) - all Letter of Support signers. 152nd AW, taking the lead in coordinating end user and customer support, has committed $150K in unit funds to this effort. NV ANG has committed as a Phase II customer, and committed innovation funds were approved by National Guard Bureau, indicating several leads for Phase III transition. The multiple state ANG organizations and NGB can act individually or combine to ensure sustainability of this solution beyond SBIR. The ASP solution enables mobile and web software security and functionality to meet defense (and similar commercial) use case needs. Adyton developed ASP from the ground up to meet the most stringent compliance and security standards and to deliver impact to those operating in distributed environments and with intermittent connectivity. As such, ASP is built on a secure cloud backend, HIPAA / PII compliance ready, able to provide FIPS140-2 data encryption at rest and in transit, supportive of CAC authentication, remote access control, and designed to prevent data lock-in. Adyton launched Mustr - a mobile and web accountability software system built on ASP - in 2020 to serve markets with highly sensitive, fluid and / or high-risk workflows, highly regulated data (HIPAA, PII, government classified, etc), and mobile field-based workforces. Mustr automates daily operations processes, provides live, automatically-updating information tracking, and structures information for easy aggregation and data export. Scheduling is a natural extension of this, and MERAS configurations will provide: Real-time mobile visibility on readiness and availability for given missions and activities Real-time visibility on current / proposed plan / schedule, for aircrew/planner proactivity Data visibility for decision support - optimizing the matching of ready and available resources to missions and activities Low-friction structured ingest to / export from enterprise systems Data visualizations consistent with relevant ANG/USAF scheduling boards and planning tools Software UX to support current ANG/USAF dot sheets and go/no-go processes