Small Business Innovation Research · Small Business Technology Transfer
Defense Unicorns, Inc.: SBIR & STTR awards
10 awards worth $10.37M to 1 companies since 2021 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Defense Unicorns, Inc.'s federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | $140.0K |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | $6.24M |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | $1.80M |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | $1.40M |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | $746.9K |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | $49.7K |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive Risk Analysis of Open Source Software_Defense Unicorns · topic AF254-0810 | Defense Unicorns, Inc. · Colorado | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $140.0K | 2025-11-04 |
| Bubble - Deployable Edge Compute for Generative AI · topic OSD254-P001 | Defense Unicorns, Inc. · Colorado | Department of Defense · Office of the Secretary of Defense | SBIR Phase I | $74.5K | 2025-09-08 |
| Edge-Ready Identity Powered by UDS · topic AFX255-DPCSO3 | Defense Unicorns, Inc. · Colorado | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $1.25M | 2025-08-27 |
| Integrated Digital Platform · topic AF21A-TCSO1 | Defense Unicorns, Inc. · Colorado | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $4.91M | 2024-12-16 |
| Pepr · topic AFX23D-TCSO1 | Defense Unicorns, Inc. · Colorado | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase II | $1.80M | 2024-02-05 |
| Lula · topic AFX235-CSO1 | Defense Unicorns, Inc. · Colorado | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $74.8K | 2023-05-18 |
| Pepr · topic AFX23D-TCSO1 | Defense Unicorns, Inc. · Colorado | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase I | $74.9K | 2023-05-17 |
| Desktop as a Service for a Single Secure Software Baseline · topic X224-ODCSO2 | Defense Unicorns, Inc. · Colorado | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $1.25M | 2022-11-17 |
| Cloud Native Desktop as a Service for Cyber Secure Nuclear Systems · topic AF21A-TCSO1 | Defense Unicorns, Inc. · Colorado | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase II | $746.9K | 2022-03-28 |
| Machine Learning for Launch Assurance · topic AF21A-TCSO1 | Defense Unicorns, Inc. · Colorado | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase I | $49.7K | 2021-04-16 |
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.