DEFENSE TECHCONNECT INNOVATION AWARDS
TechConnect is proud to announce the 2017 Defense TechConnect Innovation Awards. TechConnect recognizes the top 15% of submitted technologies as ranked by the Program Committee. Rankings are based on the potential positive impact the submitted technology will have for the warfighter and national security.
Learn more about the awardees here.
| Organization | Technology |
| 3DFortify | Additive Manufacturing of Composites using Magnetically Aligned Carbon Fiber |
| Aces Health, Inc. | Aces Clinical Trial Automation System |
| Adranos, Inc. | High-Performance, Environmentally Clean Solid Rocket Propellant |
| Air Cleaning Blowers, LLC | Air-Cleaning Blowers to Ventilate and Filter Health Threats from Desert Air Even During Sand Storms |
| Alabama A&M University | Application of Phase Change Material to Increase Solar Panel Efficiency |
| Alakai Defense Systems | Portable Raman Improvised Explosive Detection (PRIED) system |
| ALLVIA Inc. | TSVs, TGVs, TQVs and Wafer Bonding Capabilities for 2.5D and 3D IC and Heterogeneous Innovations |
| Ampex Data Systems | Embedded Endpoint Protection |
| Ampex Data Systems | Threat Analysis, Situational Awareness, Rapid Response (TASAR2) for Industrial Control Systems (ICS) |
| AMPEX Intelligent Systems | “Sustained Lightning” – Using GNSS to transmit malicious code into a closed network. |
| Atlas Energy Systems, LLC | Radioisotope Batteries and Portable Nuclear Power Supplies for Space, Military, and Remote Applications |
| AyuVis Research | Triple action antibiotics to treat intra-abdominal infection and septicemia. |
| BCL Technologies | Graphical Speech Recognition Tool |
| Benchmark Space Systems, Inc | Small Satellite Chemical Propulsion System |
| Biomax Informatics AG | NeuroXM™ A knowledge management suite for neurological data |
| Bitfusion | Bitfusion Flex – Elastic GPU Infrastructure and Application Lifecycle Management for Deep learning and AI |
| Cuberg, Inc. | Lightweight And Energy-Dense Batteries With An Unmatched Safety Profile |
| Cyber Reconnaissance, Inc. (CYR3CON(TM)) | CYR3CON(TM) Vulnerability Update(TM) |
| CyNET, LLC | Moving Target Defense based Security for Cloud Network |
| D-Tech, LLC | Artemis™, a cybersecurity risk analytics tool |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | Deloitte-Siemens Digital Thread for Additive Manufacturing (DTAM) |
| DPRA | Harvest® |
| Faridat Advanced Information Security | F1 – The Most Secure Network in the World |
| FastCAP Systems Inc. | Harsh Environment Ultracapacitors |
| Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | FASPAX |
| Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | Ghost Train Generator |
| Fluid-Screen, Inc. | Bacterial Detection in 30 Minutes: Fast Information You Can Trust |
| FreeFall Aerospace LLC | The Next Generation in Space Telecom and Remote Sensing Systems |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | Noise suppression scheme based on phase locked loop for non-contact vital sign detection |
| Giner, Inc. | Antimicrobial Textile Coatings |
| GrammaTech, Inc | Cyber Hardening Tools |
| Griffith University | Personal bio-warfare real time detection device |
| H-Nano | Dissolvable Metal Supports for 3D Printed Metals |
| Hanyang University | Optimal Path Planning for UAVs under Dynamic Obstacles |
| Hexalayer, LLC | High Capacity Li-ion battery anode |
| HyperBorean, LLC | Waste Heat Powered Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration |
| IHI Corporation | Man-portable Gas Turbine Generator |
| InfinityGates | An inherently flexible, reprogrammable hardware for data protection and AI |
| iNovar Corporation | Tespack Virtus ultra-fast charging |
| Inventram A.S. | A Non-Invasive Device that Decreases Internal Bleeding |
| Ironhawk Technologies, Inc. | SmartSync® Data Replication, Compression, and Distribution Software |
| Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab | Laser Communications |
| Kansas City National Security Campus | Diamond Thermal Vias embedded in Gallium Nitride Substrates |
| Kansas City National Security Campus | Unique Chip Identification Using the Material Properties of Semiconductor Substrates |
| KAPALYA Inc. | Advanced authenticated encryption for data stored on mobile endpoints and cloud storage |
| LaserMotive, Inc | Long Range Wireless Power Delivery |
| LiquidPiston | Autonomous UAV for delivery of supplies with a low probability of detection |
| Lithium Innovations Co., LLC | Lithium-6 sensitized thin-film neutron detector |
| Luciad Inc. | Application development software for mission critical situational awareness |
| Majigear Inc. | PowerHiker |
| MEI Micro, Inc. | “3DS” MEMS Platform- The First Tactical/Navigation Grade MEMS inertial sensor system |
| Mesodyne, LLC | Mesodyne Thermophotovotaic Portable Generator |
| Military Wraps, Inc. | Vinyl wrap systems to enhance training and CCD (Camouflage, Concealment and Deception) |
| Modula S Inc | Rapidly Deployable Emergency Treatment Unit |
| Monterey Technologies, Inc. | ViPER (Visualization, Planning, Execution & Review) mission planning tool |
| MSAB Inc. | Drone Forensics Capture and Analysis |
| Neurala, Inc. | The Neurala Brain for Bots and Artificial Intelligence |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | Point-of-Care Micro Biochip for Cancer Diagnostics |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | Innovative Standalone In-Situ Nano Biochip for Instantaneous Disease Diagnostics |
| Nix. Inc. | Nix Hydration Biosensor |
| Northeast Ohio Medical University | Novel Therapy for Bone Regeneration |
| Nuvotronics, Inc | Rapid, reconfigurable Additive Manufacturing for Defense and Space applications. |
| NuvOx Pharma | NVX-428, an intravenous oxygen carrier |
| Ocella LLC | High-Performance, Safe, Conformal Battery |
| One Eye Industries Inc | Industrial Filtration Technology |
| OVERNEST, Inc. | Secure Messaging/Collaboration for Teams using Searchable Encryption/Blockchain |
| Paratus Diagnostics | The PreparedNow System: A Low-Cost, Simple-to-Use Point-of-Care Device to Diagnose Gastroenteritis |
| Percipient.ai | Mirage/ Computer Vision for Full Motion Video Exploitation |
| PFP Cybersecurity | Forensic Malware Detection through AI and Power Analysis |
| Photonic Dimensions Inc | Invisibility and Radar tunable nano materials and substrates |
| Pison Technology | World’s First Ultra-Sensitive and Wearable Biopotential Sensor |
| PlantForm Corporation | A Nerve Regeneration Drug for Acute Trauma Patients |
| Precision Polyolefins, LLC | nPAO Based Synthetic Lubricants |
| SelectTech GeoSpatial Advanced Manufacturing Facility | Footprint – Sentry Eagle |
| SensorHound, Inc. | Hound: Monitoring IoT devices for operational health and malicious intrusions |
| Sharp Vision Software LLC | VR/AR Maintenance/Repair/Training Tool |
| Silent Falcon UAS Technologies | Unmanned Aircraft Systems – Silent Falcon UAS |
| Sintact Medical Systems | Non-Resorbable Film Which Prevents Post-Operative Internal Scarring |
| Skymind Inc. | Open-Source, Distributed, Deep Learning Library for the JVM |
| SmartPrint3D LLC | Flammable/Explosive 3D Printing Filament |
| Solid State Ceramics, Inc. | Ceramic Transformers |
| Surrey NanoSystems Ltd | Vantablack – Superblack absorber coatings |
| Texas Tech University, Office of Research Commercialization | A Simulated Radiation Detector using RFID Tags |
| Texas Tech University, Office of Research Commercialization | A No Suture Chest Tube |
| Topspin Technologies Ltd. | TopSpin360 |
| Torch Research | Proactive Threat Hunting |
| TriboTEX | Smart restorative coating from two-sided flat nanoparticles |
| Tsunami AR/VR | Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications and Solutions |
| Twin Ocean Power, LLC | The Wave energy system that cappture ocean power to create renewable electricity |
| UbiQD | Quantum Dot Luminescent Solar Concentrator |
| UltraTech International, Inc. | Portable Backpack Welder makes certified welds and weighs only 26 lbs. |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Conductive Concrete Mix for Building Construction for Electromagnetic Pulse Shielding |
| University of Pittsburgh, Innovation Institute | ARUGA: A Technology Platform for Antifouling Solutions |
| University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez | Novel Fillers Reinforced with Nanoparticles for Aluminum TIG Welding |
| University of South Florida | Coauthentication: Fast and Secure Authentication Using Multiple Devices |
| University of South Florida | Laser Remote Detection of TATP Explosives |
| Verodin | Security Instrumentation Platform |
| Visual Awareness Technologies and Consulting Inc. | EPIC Ready |
| Vlabs | Cyber Security Data Analytics & AI |
| Washington State University | Electrochemical Scaffold for Advanced Wound Management |
| Washington State University | Counter Bias Training Simulation (CBTsim) |
| Westinghouse Electric Company LLC | Westinghouse Micro Reactor |
| WWPass | WWPass Authentication & Secure Distributed Data Storage |
| XENDEE Inc. | Microgrid Planning and Analysis Platform |