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$63,029,021

General Services Administration·Federal Acquisition Service

to DEFENSE UNICORNS, INC.

defenseactive
ACTION DATE2026-03-24·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_47QFCA22F0052_4732_47QFCA22D0503_4732
Award description

AIR GAP SOFTWARE DELIVERY SBIR III TO 1 SBIR PHASE III DERIVED FROM WORK COMPLETED UNDER COMPETITIVELY AWARDED SBIR/STTR PHASE I CONTRACT FA8649-21-P-1315 FROM TOPIC AF21A-TCSO1.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Development of air-gap software delivery system under SBIR Phase III contract derived from Air Force competitive Phase I award.

Sub-sectors
sbir-phase-iiiair-gap-softwaredod-contracts
Why this matters

SBIR Phase III represents commercialization of dual-use technology with potential military applications in secure, disconnected computing environments.

Supply-chain signal

Signals demand for specialized software development firms capable of delivering secure, isolated systems; likely to drive subcontracting to cybersecurity and embedded systems vendors.

U.S.–China competition angle

Air-gap software is critical for protecting military systems from network-based cyber threats, a key vulnerability in U.S.-China technological competition.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002304.

Period of performance
Start
2022-09-16
End
2027-01-15
Status
activein 245 days
Sources

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