SBIR / STTR Research & Validation
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) are highly competitive federal programs that fund cutting-edge technology development—winning these awards validates both technical innovation and team execution capability.
KAIS Platform™ development is aligned with U.S. Space Force STTR research programs. Our approach combines cutting-edge research with practical implementation, validated by an Independent Research Institute —delivering credibility through independent third-party verification.
Led by NASA SBIR Principal Investigator Dr. Donald Platt with numerous space-based flight experiments including numerous space-based flight experiments including ISS payload operations, our team has proven SBIR execution history.
Current Space Force STTR proposals focus on spacecraft autonomous operations, on-orbit anomaly detection, and radiation-tolerant edge computing for LEO through cislunar missions.
RESEARCH & VALIDATION:
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Space Force STTR proposals currently being produced
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Research Institute independent validation partnership
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NASA SBIR heritage: successful Phase I awards with proven execution
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TRL advancement roadmap: currently TRL 3-4, targeting TRL 9 operational systems
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Industry partnerships: Cloud, AI and Space Industry Primes
Research-to-Operations Pipeline: Federal agencies need more than academic papers—they need proven systems that transition from research to operational deployment. The KAIS Platform™ bridges this gap by combining cutting-edge research with systems engineering discipline honed through spacecraft missions where autonomous systems must work the first time, every time.