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Arete Associates: SBIR & STTR awards
422 awards worth $221.61M to 1 companies since 1994 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Arete Associates's federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 12 | $16.49M |
| 2024 | 17 | 10 | $29.93M |
| 2023 | 8 | 5 | $8.55M |
| 2022 | 13 | 11 | $17.01M |
| 2021 | 11 | 5 | $9.19M |
| 2020 | 14 | 11 | $15.36M |
| 2019 | 12 | 11 | $13.22M |
| 2018 | 9 | 6 | $8.19M |
| 2017 | 15 | 16 | $20.26M |
| 2016 | 12 | 4 | $6.00M |
| 2015 | 9 | 4 | $5.20M |
| 2014 | 10 | 4 | $6.98M |
The latest year fills in over months: agencies report awards to SBIR.gov with a lag.
By agency
- Department of Defense 386 awards · $208.06M
- Department of Energy 11 awards · $6.82M
- Department of Health and Human Services 7 awards · $3.14M
- Department of Commerce 14 awards · $2.82M
- National Science Foundation 2 awards · $600.0K
- Department of Homeland Security 1 awards · $100.0K
- Environmental Protection Agency 1 awards · $70.0K
Latest matching awards
| Award | Company | Agency | Phase | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acoustic Training Data · topic N241-030 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $1.39M | 2025-09-17 |
| Next Generation Mine Architecture Reachback · topic N19A-T017 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase II | $699.4K | 2025-09-09 |
| UUV Data Transformation Tool · topic N23A-T013 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase II | $1.39M | 2025-08-28 |
| NSAM Multi-Sensor Fusion · topic N232-092 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $696.8K | 2025-08-18 |
| Passive Sensing for Distributed Radars · topic MDA241-014 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency | SBIR Phase II | $2.02M | 2025-08-14 |
| Dual-Purpose Laser Range Finder and Lidar Sensor · topic AF233-0010 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $1.80M | 2025-08-04 |
| CoA Evaluation with Neuromorphic Tasking Using Resilient and Informed Operational Networks (CENTURION) · topic A254-005 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase I | $249.3K | 2025-07-31 |
| Lateral Shear and Strain Sensor for the Ocean Environment · topic N25A-T015 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase I | $146.5K | 2025-07-07 |
| Generation of Infrared Synthetic Data for System Training and Testing · topic N25A-T020 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase I | $146.4K | 2025-07-07 |
| In-situ Seabed Physical Properties Probe (ISPPP) · topic N25A-T024 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase I | $140.0K | 2025-07-07 |
| Compact Underwater Electromagnetic Sensor with Internal Data Logging · topic N251-050 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $146.5K | 2025-06-23 |
| L'AMOUR Phase II · topic N234-P06 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $696.8K | 2025-05-12 |
| All-Sky Tracker of RSO Orbits · topic SF243-D002 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $1.80M | 2025-04-24 |
| THIEF -Temporally Hybridized Imaging through Event-based Fusion · topic SF243-0001 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $180.0K | 2025-04-15 |
| Arete Neuromorphic Star Tracker · topic AF222-0010 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $1.25M | 2025-03-04 |
| Integrated Optical Imaging of the Environment on Underwater Autonomous Vehicles · topic N23A-T023 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase II | $1000.0K | 2025-02-05 |
| ACE Update · topic N131-055 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $348.3K | 2025-01-31 |
| Directional Wave Spectra Sensing Module for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Gliders · topic N242-095 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $246.4K | 2024-11-15 |
| NOMAD · topic N242-088 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $146.5K | 2024-11-15 |
| Low Cost Micro UUV · topic N201-060 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $2.00M | 2024-10-10 |
| Linear Flash Lidar · topic N181-044 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $1.39M | 2024-09-30 |
| ARCC Imaging with the WITHUS System · topic HR0011ST2024D-03 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | STTR Phase I | $250.0K | 2024-09-25 |
| Photon Keepers · topic SF241-0023 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $178.9K | 2024-09-19 |
| APT: Autonomous Profiling and Tracking system · topic A244-016 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase I | $249.8K | 2024-09-17 |
| Acoustic Training Data Prioritization · topic N241-030 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $246.4K | 2024-09-09 |
| Person-in-water Recovery System with Visual Response (PRSVR) · topic N241-050 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $245.8K | 2024-09-05 |
| SONIX · topic N241-034 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $146.4K | 2024-08-27 |
| VIPER · topic N151-049 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $13.00M | 2024-08-06 |
| Passive Sensing for Distributed Radars · topic MDA241-014 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency | SBIR Phase I | $155.0K | 2024-08-05 |
| Survivable Minefield Mission Data Module: Black Box · topic N22A-T012 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase II | $1.21M | 2024-07-31 |
| Proliferation Detection in the Maritime Environment using Spectral Analysis · topic C58-08c | Arete Associates · California | Department of Energy | SBIR Phase I | $1.36M | 2024-07-22 |
| SAPS Ph II · topic N221-033 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $1.21M | 2024-07-18 |
| Automated Laser Interrupt for Airspace Safety · topic SF233-D006 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $1.90M | 2024-07-16 |
| Rugged ADCP · topic N191-027 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $1.10M | 2024-07-08 |
| Handheld UAS Laser-Guided Kinetic Kill (HULKK) · topic SOCOM244-004 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Special Operations Command | SBIR Phase I | $174.8K | 2024-05-12 |
| Dual-Mode LRF/LRL · topic AF233-0010 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $180.0K | 2024-05-02 |
| Bright Blue Semiconductor Laser Arrays for Military Applications · topic A23B-T008 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Army | STTR Phase I | $203.5K | 2024-05-01 |
| Areté Athermal Fiber Isolator · topic AF233-0023 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $180.0K | 2024-04-30 |
| Optimization of Reconfigurable Architectures for Continuous Lethality Evolution (ORACLE) · topic SF233-0016 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $189.4K | 2024-04-16 |
| MABL-AI: A Machine Learning Approach to Data Fusion for High Resolution Satellite Profiles of the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer · topic N22A-T024 | Arete Associates · California | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase II | $1000.0K | 2024-04-04 |
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.