GetChkd announces that it has been chosen by AFWERX for a $1.7 million STTR Phase II focused on Blockchain Infrastructure to address the Department of the Air Force’s (DAF) most critical concerns. In order to expedite the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) processes, the Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have partnered to change the pool of potential applicants by providing opportunities to small businesses, expediting the proposal to award timelines for small businesses, and removing bureaucratic overhead by consistently implementing process improvement changes in contract execution. In order to broaden the scope of inventions it financed, the DAF launched the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018.
GetChkd’s founder and CEO, Michael Caplovitz, said, “The chance to broaden the use of our Blockchain Infrastructure Platform, while also expediting commercialization in the private sector, is a significant milestone.” “We are honoured to collaborate with AFWERX and researchers at Metro State University to advance this technology.”
