SBIR-STTR Award

Enhancing Global Frontline Mission Capabilities with GPS-Denied Geolocation for Special Operators
Award last edited on: 3/22/2023

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$799,278
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
AF212-CSO1
Principal Investigator
Drew Arenth

Company Information

Macro-Eyes Inc

30002 Issaquah Fall City Road
Fall City, WA 98024
   (347) 296-7347
   N/A
   www.macro-eyes.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 08
County: King

Phase I

Contract Number: FA8649-22-P-0308
Start Date: 11/3/2021    Completed: 2/5/2022
Phase I year
2022
Phase I Amount
$49,608
macro-eyes builds predictive, resilient supply chains with AI-enabled spatio-temporal graph neural networks where other models have failed. macro-eyes’ CORE technology uses supervised and unsupervised machine learning to track and derive signal across mul

Phase II

Contract Number: FA8649-22-P-1134
Start Date: 8/17/2022    Completed: 11/16/2023
Phase II year
2022
Phase II Amount
$749,670
Under this Phase II effort, Macro-Eyes will expand and build upon its STRIATA technology in a military setting to allow for on-device Alternative Position, Navigation, and Timing (Alt-PNT) technology (A-PNT) technology in the absence of GPS. Proprietary STRIATA AI /ML technology harnesses the ability for AI to live and learn on-device (no connectivity required) and to learn from phone sensors in concert with satellite imagery– this translates into an understanding of health system readiness. This key ability is essential for the Defense operating environment and for the GP- denied solution, and was the original capability that first brought Macro-Eyes to the attention of the USAF Rapid Capabilities Office. Macro-Eyes leveraged this capability to build a beta version of its AIMLOC technology with AFSOC and AFRL taking the same capability for AI to live and learn on-device (no connectivity) and learn from phone sensors and satellite imagery but translating now translating that into an A-PNT solution for GPS-denied geolocation. Further development and testing is necessary to bring AIMLOC to scale and to ensure a resilient solution for the warfighter.