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BAE Systems Technology Accelerator
Enabling Joint Technology Development with BAE Systems
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About the Program
BAE Systems has partnered with FedTech to develop and execute the first BAE Systems Technology Accelerator: a 3-month program that will pair deep tech startups with BAE Systems research teams via a cohort-based accelerator program. The program ultimately seeks to deliver game-changing breakthroughs at speed and scale to BAE Systems’ customers.
Program Overview
- Exposure to the experienced personnel of BAE Systems, specifically members of its technology scouting and FAST Labs leadership teams. The Accelerator provides a tightly framed avenue for meaningful conversations around working with BAE Systems.
- Access to FedTech’s national ecosystem of VCs and integration partners, as well as DOD customers, talent, and expert staff. In total, participants in FedTech's Accelerator programs have been awarded over $30M in contracts during programs and cumulatively raised $300M+ in private investment.
- Expert mentorship from specialized Subject Matter Experts in a variety of fields poised to help with business models, technology development, integration strategies, and more. The cohort will receive over $10k worth of mentorship and advisory services.
- Education on how to pursue the United States Department of Defense as a customer and harness a piece of the ~$700b annual defense budget. FedTech has coached over 200+ small businesses via its previous dual-use accelerators since 2019.
- Technology integration with a premier aerospace and defense company on major systems and/or platforms. The goal of this program is to identify companies to be potential suppliers of innovative technology for use with BAE Systems products or services, which may result in a subcontractor position to provide component-level technologies for use in major Government systems or platforms.
BAE Systems 2022 Technology Accelerator Informational Webinar
BAE Systems 2022 Technology Accelerator Informational Webinar - Product Line Roundtable
BAE Systems 2022 Technology Accelerator Informational Webinar - Product Line Roundtable
A Deeper Dive
The BAE Systems Technology Accelerator will accelerate joint technology development with BAE Systems’ FAST Labs research & development team.
Six small businesses will be selected to participate in the program consisting of interactive educational modules through hands-on curriculum, expert mentorship, access to FAST Labs personnel, and the opportunity to pitch live to BAE Systems leadership.
Check out the technologies of interest & learn more in the program one-pager below.
Technology Areas of Interest
Hypersonic and Autonomous Flight Systems
Innovations in autonomy, control systems, and hardware adapted to the extremes of hypersonic environments.
- Data-Driven Control: Plug-and-play, efficient, and scalable innovations in algorithm training for environments with limited data; data-driven simulations of complex systems
- Autonomous Flight Systems: Al modeling, data cleaning and processing at the edge, autonomy modeling for flight pathing, and long range LIDAR
- Hypersonics Innovation: Higher-speed, lower-power processing for data gathered from sensors
- Next-Gen Materials: Hardware systems and packaging innovations that can safeguard delicate electronics and sensors in extreme environments (temperature, accelerating forces, and electromagnetic interference)
- Real-Time Flight Planning: Advances in sensing and processing at the edge; trusted and validatable Al models, data consumption and management
Digital Twins
Visualizing the battlefield of things through accurate, digitized "twins" of physical objects, updated by real-time data from next-generation sensors, is invaluable to any field operation.
- Operational Analysis Integration: Integrating accurate digital twins with live sensor feedback into operational analysis
- Real-Time Decision Making: Higher-speed, lower-power processing ft data gathered from sensors
- Digital Twins: Digital twins for sensor data fusion with Al modeling, data cleaning and processing at the edge, autonomy modeling for simultaneous mission planning
- Secure Processing Architecture: Trusted software/hardware solutions to host sensitive data and algorithms in secure application containers
All-Domain Access
Securing and maintaining control of every front in the land, sea, air, and space domains demands an eagle-eye view of the battlefield to augment and enhance tactical decision-making.
- UV Laser Diodes: US-based suppliers of fiber-coupled laser diodes that emit in the UV spectral region
- LIDAR Sensors: Innovations in sensing electronically scanned arrays, sensing at the extremes, high-frequency communications, next-gen I visual sensing, low-cost and low power component builds
- Radio Frequency Sensors: Low-power, low-weight, low-cost and compact active aperture arrays
- Next-Gen Optics: Low-power, low-weight, and low-cost rugged cameras optimized to sense in multiple infrared bands
- Cyber-Physical Intelligence: Tools to rapidly identify, characterize, and understand systems of interest
- Long-Range LIDAR: Commercially-packaged, long-range LIDAR systems that can detect on the kilometer scale
Microelectronics
Universal compatibility and manufacturing innovations will launch the next generation of mass-produced, ruggedized microelectronics that could revolutionize countless application spaces.
- Advanced Packaging & Manufacturing Innovations: Advances in the manufacture and assembly of low volumes of reliable microelectronics packages that decrease cost and time by an order of magnitude
- High-Performance Materials: Tougher; smaller; cheaper - advanced materials that will enable and extend microelectronics performance in the most extreme environments
- Rapid Computing Implementation: Innovations in rapidly adapting computing architecture to different systems and devices
About BAE Systems Electronic Systems
BAE Systems Electronic Systems is a global leader in developing, implementing, and maintaining cutting-edge commercial, defense, and space electronics. At the heart of Electronic Systems is FAST Labs, the research & development team who invents, innovates, and adapts highly-advanced science, electronics, and engineering breakthroughs to deliver game-changing capabilities to our customers. Every day first-of-its-kind technology is realized in FAST Labs, to impact what matters most and live out the BAE Systems missions: ‘We Protect Those Who Protect Us’ ® and ‘We Innovate for Those Who Move the World.’ Learn More about BAE Systems Here >>
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