MORE THAN A COMPETITION


Meanwhile, xTechSearch 4.0 is ongoing. Te 12 small businesses selected to move on to Phase IV of xTechSearch 3.0 are:


• Anti-Rotational Technologies Inc. • Cayuga Biotech Inc. • ElectroNucleics Inc. • GhostWave Inc. • Knight Technical Solutions LLC • LiquidPiston • Merciless Motors • SIGINT Systems LLC • Syncopated Engineering • TexPower Inc. • TRX Systems • XO-NANO Smartfoam


Tese small businesses are preparing for the final phase of xTechSearch 3.0 and will present their proofs of concept during the AUSA Global Force event.


GETTING THE WORD OUT


Employees of Great Lakes Sound and Vibration Inc. demonstrate their technology concept to service members at AUSA in October. The company was a finalist in xTechSearch 2.0, which provides small businesses with a platform to showcase their technologies to Army experts and now offers an accelerator program, increased collaboration opportunities and opportunities for small businesses to engage on social media.


a contractual agreement with the Army to further develop and transition their tech- nologies, the ultimate goal for many of the small businesses entering the xTechSearch competition. Te xTechSearch SBIR appli- cation is shorter than typical Army SBIR topics, streamlining the process for small businesses and reducing the barrier to conduct business with the Army.


CONCLUSION The xTechSearch program works to provide small businesses with the oppor- tunity to become integrated into the Army’s ecosystem. As the Army contin- ues to promote long-lasting engagement with traditional and nontraditional defense partners through xTechSearch,


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the Army is recognizing similar programs and outlets that allow new and innovative technology solutions to be seen and heard.


Since the beginning of xTechSearch 2.0, competitions have overlapped. Te Army announced the winner of xTechSearch 1.0 in March 2019, and 2.0 during AUSA in October 2019. It also announced the Phase IV proof-of-concept demonstra- tion competitors at that event. In March, during the AUSA Global Force Sympo- sium and Exposition in Huntsville, Alabama, those Phase IV companies will demonstrate their proofs of concept at the event’s Innovators’ Corner. Additionally, xTechSearch 5.0 will be launched.


Te grand prize winner of xTechSearch 2.0 was Lumineye Inc., which demonstrated its man-portable wall-penetrating radar. After participating in xTechSearch 1.0 but only progressing to the second phase of the competition, Lumineye came back to compete again, having made improve- ments to its technology using the feedback it had received from xTechSearch 1.0.


For more information about xTechSearch and to see the various opportunities avail- able, go to www.xTechSearch.army.mil or follow them on Facebook and Twitter @xTechSearch.


JESS STILLMAN is a senior consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton providing contract support to xTechSearch at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory. She has a B.S. in health science from South University.


Army AL&T Magazine Winter 2020


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