BAE Systems has partnered with FedTech to develop and execute the first BAE Systems Technology Accelerator: a 3-month program that will pair deep tech startups with BAE Systems research teams via a cohort-based accelerator program. The program ultimately seeks to deliver game-changing breakthroughs at speed and scale to BAE Systems’ customers.

The BAE Systems Technology Accelerator will accelerate joint technology development with BAE Systems’ FAST Labs research & development team.

Six small businesses will be selected to participate in the program consisting of interactive educational modules through hands-on curriculum, expert mentorship, access to FAST Labs personnel, and the opportunity to pitch live to BAE Systems leadership.

Check out the technologies of interest & learn more in the program one-pager below.

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Technology Areas of Interest

Hypersonic and Autonomous Flight Systems‍

Innovations in autonomy, control systems, and hardware adapted to the extremes of hypersonic environments.

• Data-Driven Control: Plug-and-play, efficient, and scalable innovations in algorithm training for environments with limited data; data-driven simulations of complex systems
• Autonomous Flight Systems: Al modeling, data cleaning and processing at the edge, autonomy modeling for flight pathing, and long range LIDAR
• Hypersonics Innovation: Higher-speed, lower-power processing for data gathered from sensors
• Next-Gen Materials: Hardware systems and packaging innovations that can safeguard delicate electronics and sensors in extreme environments (temperature, accelerating forces, and electromagnetic interference)
• Real-Time Flight Planning: Advances in sensing and processing at the edge; trusted and validatable Al models, data consumption and management

Digital Twins

Visualizing the battlefield of things through accurate, digitized "twins" of physical objects, updated by real-time data from next-generation sensors, is invaluable to any field operation.

• Operational Analysis Integration: Integrating accurate digital twins with live sensor feedback into operational analysis
• Real-Time Decision Making: Higher-speed, lower-power processing ft data gathered from sensors
• Digital Twins: Digital twins for sensor data fusion with Al modeling, data cleaning and processing at the edge, autonomy modeling for simultaneous mission planning
• Secure Processing Architecture: Trusted software/hardware solutions to host sensitive data and algorithms in secure application containers

All-Domain Access

Securing and maintaining control of every front in the land, sea, air, and space domains demands an eagle-eye view of the battlefield to augment and enhance tactical decision-making.

• UV Laser Diodes: US-based suppliers of fiber-coupled laser diodes that emit in the UV spectral region
• LIDAR Sensors: Innovations in sensing electronically scanned arrays, sensing at the extremes, high-frequency communications, next-gen I visual sensing, low-cost and low power component builds
• Radio Frequency Sensors: Low-power, low-weight, low-cost and compact active aperture arrays
• Next-Gen Optics: Low-power, low-weight, and low-cost rugged cameras optimized to sense in multiple infrared bands
• Cyber-Physical Intelligence: Tools to rapidly identify, characterize, and understand systems of interest
• Long-Range LIDAR: Commercially-packaged, long-range LIDAR systems that can detect on the kilometer scale

Microelectronics

Universal compatibility and manufacturing innovations will launch the next generation of mass-produced, ruggedized microelectronics that could revolutionize countless application spaces.

• Advanced Packaging & Manufacturing Innovations: Advances in the manufacture and assembly of low volumes of reliable microelectronics packages that decrease cost and time by an order of magnitude
• High-Performance Materials: Tougher; smaller; cheaper - advanced materials that will enable and extend microelectronics performance in the most extreme environments
• Rapid Computing Implementation: Innovations in rapidly adapting computing architecture to different systems and devices

About BAE Systems Electronic Systems

BAE Systems Electronic Systems is a global leader in developing, implementing, and maintaining cutting-edge commercial, defense, and space electronics. At the heart of Electronic Systems is FAST Labs, the research & development team who invents, innovates, and adapts highly-advanced science, electronics, and engineering breakthroughs to deliver game-changing capabilities to our customers. Every day first-of-its-kind technology is realized in FAST Labs, to impact what matters most and live out the BAE Systems missions: ‘We Protect Those Who Protect Us’ ® and ‘We Innovate for Those Who Move the World.’ Learn More about BAE Systems Here >>

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