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Aptima Inc: SBIR & STTR awards
509 awards worth $209.63M to 1 companies since 1997 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Aptima Inc's federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 7 | $9.93M |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 | $10.73M |
| 2023 | 10 | 6 | $10.15M |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 | $7.36M |
| 2021 | 5 | 10 | $14.70M |
| 2020 | 11 | 6 | $7.54M |
| 2019 | 14 | 7 | $8.86M |
| 2018 | 9 | 2 | $3.44M |
| 2017 | 10 | 5 | $6.69M |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 | $3.19M |
| 2015 | 5 | 3 | $4.00M |
| 2014 | 4 | 5 | $6.13M |
The latest year fills in over months: agencies report awards to SBIR.gov with a lag.
Latest matching awards
| Award | Company | Agency | Phase | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROACTIVE · topic OSD254-P001 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Office of the Secretary of Defense | SBIR Phase I | $149.9K | 2025-08-28 |
| Virtual Ordnance Readiness Training for Explosive (VORTEX) ? ? · topic A244-069 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase I | $250.0K | 2025-07-29 |
| GOTCHA II – Graph-based Object-oriented Transformers using Contextual Hierarchical Attention · topic AF233-0015 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $1.78M | 2025-07-23 |
| Sidekick™ Mobile for Digital Sidekick for Submarine Watchstander Augmentation (DSSWA), Phase II · topic N23A-T027 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase II | $991.8K | 2025-07-08 |
| TaskFlow AI · topic N25A-T026 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase I | $140.0K | 2025-07-07 |
| GODDESS II · topic A23-007 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase II | $1.10M | 2025-05-23 |
| STRIDE Phase II: Sophisticated Temporal Robots for Inference-guided Decision Exploration · topic A23B-T010 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Army | STTR Phase II | $1.31M | 2025-04-09 |
| TRACERS: Telemetric Reporting of Atmospheric Conditions for Efficient Repair Schedules · topic N244-P02 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $75.0K | 2025-03-20 |
| CrewCare-HHS: Helmet Health System II · topic DHA233-003 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Defense Health Agency | SBIR Phase II | $1.30M | 2025-02-11 |
| STAR: Strategies and Toolkit for Adversarial Robustness · topic N242-078 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $140.0K | 2024-12-05 |
| TACTIC-D II.2 Techniques to Adjust Computational Trends Involving Changing Data · topic N17B-T032 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $1.50M | 2024-11-27 |
| MASTER II.2 · topic N172-117 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $1.19M | 2024-11-21 |
| fNIRS Operational Readiness Estimation (fORE) Sequential Phase II · topic DHA19B-001 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Defense Health Agency | STTR Phase II | $1.30M | 2024-09-17 |
| PALADIN II · topic AF222-0022 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $1.25M | 2024-08-29 |
| PLURITAS: Precision Learning Using Responsive Interactive Teaching and Agent Simulation · topic OSD234-P003 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Office of the Secretary of Defense | SBIR Phase I | $280.0K | 2024-07-31 |
| SANDMAN II.2: Synthesizing Activities and Narrative Descriptions from MOVINT and culturAl data via Networks · topic NGA203-001 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | SBIR Phase II | $1.70M | 2024-07-09 |
| Measures Integration Toolkit for Heat Risk Intervention ?MITHRIL Phase II · topic N231-057 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $1000.0K | 2024-06-21 |
| ARTIFICER: Augmented Reasoner Tool Intelligence For Improved Coordination, Efficiency, and Remediation · topic AFX24D-PTCSO1 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase I | $109.6K | 2024-05-10 |
| AERO-PI: Advanced EXOJUMP to Reduce Occurrences of Parachute Injuries II · topic A22-015 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase II | $1.10M | 2024-05-01 |
| ??GOTCHA: Graph-based Object-oriented Transformers using Contextual Hierarchical Attention · topic AF233-0015 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $180.0K | 2024-04-25 |
| OPSHIELD: Operation Protection System that Holistically Extracts Intelligence for Logistics Data · topic AF233-0021 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $180.0K | 2024-04-10 |
| CrewCare Helmet Health System (CrewCare-HHS): a helmet-integrated health and performance monitoring system · topic DHA233-003 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Defense Health Agency | SBIR Phase I | $250.0K | 2024-02-02 |
| GRIPMASTER · topic DHA23C-003 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Defense Health Agency | STTR Phase I | $250.0K | 2024-01-30 |
| GODDESS: Generating Operational Datasets Designed with Exploitable Synthetic Scenarios · topic A23-007 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase I | $111.4K | 2024-01-25 |
| DR WATSON II: Document Recommender With Adaptively Tailored Sensing of Needs · topic MDA22-T002 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency | SBIR Phase II | $1.50M | 2024-01-12 |
| STRIDE: Sophisticated Temporal Robots for Inference-guided Decision Exploration · topic A23B-T010 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Army | STTR Phase I | $197.0K | 2023-12-01 |
| Analyzing Narrative Evolution Across Social Networks · topic SOCOM234-001 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Special Operations Command | SBIR Phase II | $1.33M | 2023-11-30 |
| Laser Dazzle Effects (LDE) Toolkit · topic AF224-D002 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $1.25M | 2023-09-26 |
| (SPIDERSENSE) II - Situationally Pertinent Information Detection and Relevance Sensing Engine · topic HR001121S0007-19 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | SBIR Phase II | $1.80M | 2023-08-09 |
| ADAPT II.2 – Adaptive Distributed Allocation of Probabilistic Tasks · topic A18B-T007 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | STTR Phase II | $1.80M | 2023-08-09 |
| LEFT-T: Learning Enablers for Female Trauma Training · topic A234-009 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase I | $200.0K | 2023-07-31 |
| SRFACE: Systematic Reconciliation Framework Automated Classification Enrichment · topic AF222-D018 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $1.25M | 2023-07-25 |
| Sidekick Mobile -DSSWA · topic N23A-T027 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase I | $240.0K | 2023-07-17 |
| MITHRIL: Measures Integration Toolkit for Heat Risk Intervention Logic · topic N231-057 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $239.9K | 2023-07-17 |
| ARTIST: Adaptive and Robust Temporal Inference for Self-Supervised Tactics · topic N231-067 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $140.0K | 2023-07-17 |
| Project Consolidate II · topic OSD21C-006 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Office of the Secretary of Defense | STTR Phase II | $849.9K | 2023-06-01 |
| Analyzing Narrative Evolution Across Social Networks · topic SOCOM234-001 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Special Operations Command | SBIR Phase I | $210.0K | 2023-04-28 |
| PRISM: Physiological Ruggedized Integrated Sensor-based Monitoring · topic A234-004 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2023-04-03 |
| PALADIN: Probabilistic Activity, multi-Level, and Abstractly Distributed Inference kNowledge graph · topic AF222-0022 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $149.9K | 2023-03-16 |
| AEROPI: Advanced EXOJUMP to Reduce Occurrences of Parachute Injuries · topic A22-015 | Aptima Inc · Massachusetts | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase I | $111.4K | 2023-01-12 |
Source: SBIR.gov award data (SBA) ↗, awards through 2026-08-28. Amounts are as agencies report them to SBA. SBIR/STTR contracts also appear in USAspending as ordinary awards; grants (NIH, NSF, DOE) appear as assistance. Open topics are posted by each agency; see Opportunities for contract notices.