THE GREEN EDGE


SOLUTIONS THAT WIN


Matt Willis, Ph.D., director of Army Prize Competitions and the Army Applied SBIR Program, left, congratulates Alexis Carpenter, chief innovation officer, and Doug Speigth, CEO, of AxNano, a climate and clean tech winner from the xTechPrime competition, for their mobile supercritical water oxidation solution. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army xTech Program)


CLEAN TECH INITIATIVES With enterprise-wide efforts to minimize environmental impacts, the Army SBIR|STTR program collaborates with small busi- nesses and Army stakeholders to develop climate and clean technology solutions, including clean energy generation, clean industry technology, clean micro-grid solutions, electric trans- portation and energy storage. Tese solutions fall within the Army SBIR program’s climate and clean tech portfolio, which prioritizes maximizing equipment efficiency while minimizing emissions across operations.


Trough the Army’s Climate Strategy, the Army seeks to reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions by 50% within the next 10 years. Te Army also aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 by exploring and implementing renewable energy sources and equipment in combat environments. Tese goals drove the climate and clean tech portfolio’s $76.65 million investment in calendar year 2023, which remained focused on improving the Army’s capabilities, reducing its traditional fuel demand, and cutting greenhouse gas emissions by bringing


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new technologies—such as the electric vehicle battery total life cycle system for improved electric vehicle battery management, carbon-free Soldier power generator and the sustainable building materials open topic—to Army programs and systems.


“Te Army SBIR program’s climate and clean tech portfolio executes its mission of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by buying down risk for larger Army R&D [research and develop- ment] and acquisition programs,” said Blaise Zandoli, the Army Applied SBIR program’s portfolio manager for climate and clean tech, and artificial intelligence and machine learning. “Tis encourages the best and brightest firms within the American small business community to propose their clean technologies for SBIR funding, while enabling Army organizations to bene- fit from critical, next-generation energy solutions.”


INVESTMENTS IN ACTION As a part of the Army SBIR|STTR program’s climate and clean technology investments, the program coordinates with Army customers who are addressing the impacts of climate change.


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