SBIR

Hadron's Small Business Innovation Research-backed technologies, and how to acquire them.

Photon/ACES

Photon is a collaboration and situational awareness platform that turns all of an enterprise's electronic displays, video walls, desktop monitors, and handheld devices into a single, unified workspace. An IR&D-funded extension of research originally conducted under two Phase I SBIR contracts, Photon later became the technical foundation of the United States Air Force's Advanced Collaboration Enterprise Services (ACES) program via a Phase III contract with AFRL.

Contract History

Phase IHM0177-12-C-0001, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; FA8650-13-M-6388, Air Force Research Laboratory
Phase IIFA8649-24-P-0417
Phase IIIFA6643-18-P-0008

Carthage

Carthage is Hadron's infrastructure management platform. Originally built to manage cyberdefense ranges, it has become a DevOps platform for managing live infrastructure. Carthage quickly deploys fully populated and configured enterprises, including databases, firewalls, and PKI, with 100% consistency across countless deployments. Carthage was originally developed independently by Hadron, and has been further developed with the support of SBIR funds.

Contract History

Phase IFA3002-19-P-A042, 338 SCONS
Phase IIFA8751-19-C-A068, AFRL

Immersive Gaming of C5ISR Training and Testing

Hadron's C5ISR training platform allows soldiers to develop hands on experience with the training and testing of C5ISR tactical radios in a VR/AR environment. SBIR funding aided with the initial development of the product, as well as iterations based on user feedback.

Contract History

Phase IW15P7T-22-C-0003
Phase IIW51701-23-C-0045
Phase IIW51701-25-C-A182

Acquisition via Direct Award

Any technology that extends, completes, or derives from a SBIR investment may be procured by the Federal Government via a direct award action. This is because the original SBIR award (and the vendor's completion of the contract) satisfies the competition requirements. Per the USAF SBIR Program Office, an agency that wishes to acquire a technology that has been previously developed with Phase I or II funds "is not required to conduct another competition in order to satisfy" the requirements of Armed Services Procurement Act, the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act and the Competition in Contracting Act. More information on the SBIR program and acquisition guidance is available from Defense Acquisition University.