Department of Defense, through Department of the Air Force, awarded Defense Unicorns, Inc. of Colorado Springs, CO $9,867,002 under the SBIR program (Phase II), with work starting 2024-12-16 and running to 2026-12-15. It is one of 2 SBIR and STTR awards Defense Unicorns, Inc. received in the last two years, $10,016,837 in all. Each figure links to the federal record.
The award
| Recipient | Defense Unicorns, Inc. (Colorado Springs, CO) |
|---|---|
| Awarding agency | Department of Defense |
| Awarding office | Department of the Air Force |
| Phase | Phase II |
| Amount obligated | $9,867,002 |
| Period of performance starts | 2024-12-16 |
| Period of performance ends | 2026-12-15 |
| Award number | FA252125C0004 (contract) |
| Industry (NAICS) | 541715, Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology) |
| Product or service code | DH01, IT and telecom - platform support services: Database, mainframe, middleware (labor) |
| Place of performance | Patrick Afb, Brevard County, FL |
| Value with all options | $14,999,951 |
| Recipient registry id (UEI) | VVNBQBAWMBG8 |
| Business categories | Small Business, Veteran Owned Business |
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What it is for
Sequential Phase II proposal/award
Funding actions on this award
| Date | Action | Modification | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-12 | Exercise an option | P00002 | $4,953,978 |
| 2025-09-30 | Funding only action | P00001 | $1 |
| 2024-12-16 | Initial award | 0 | $4,913,023 |
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Other SBIR and STTR awards to Defense Unicorns, Inc.
| Starts | Agency | Program | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-29 | Department of Defense | SBIR Phase I | $149,835 | Proposal # osd254-p0001-0298-bubble - deployable edge compute for generative AI (record) |
Every other federal award to Defense Unicorns, Inc. on record
The federal register lists 23 other awards to the same registry id (UEI VVNBQBAWMBG8), $141,291,320 in all, from 2 agencies.
| Starts | Agency | Amount | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | Department of the Army | $270,000 | Defense unicorns- software license (W911NF26PA014) |
| 2026-03-24 | Department of the Air Force | $1,999,521 | Modernizing secure software delivery across ussf mission environments with uds (FA228026C0002) |
| 2025-11-04 | Department of the Air Force | $139,958 | Comprehensive risk analysis of open-source software_ (FA857126C0003) |
| 2025-08-27 | Department of the Air Force | $1,249,999 | Edge-ready identity powered by unicorn delivery service (FA864925P0441) |
| 2025-03-14 | Department of the Air Force | $12,719,176 | The purpose of integrated defense cyber systems (idcs) architecture platform support is to improve the air for (FA830725FB047) |
| 2025-03-14 | Department of the Air Force | $10,456,250 | The purpose of integrated defense cyber systems (idcs) architecture platform support is to improve the air for (FA830725FB046) |
| 2024-09-23 | Federal Acquisition Service | $4,627,811 | Air gap SBIR iii base TO6 (47QFCA24F0044) |
| 2024-07-01 | Federal Acquisition Service | $3,499,709 | Air gap BAC3T SBIR iii TO5 initial award for P0000. (47QFCA24F0028) |
| 2024-03-26 | Department of the Air Force | $5,760,602 | Defense unicorns (FA830724CB013) |
| 2024-02-09 | Department of the Air Force | $1,799,835 | The work plan includes discovery, continuous deployment of security service integration (pepr), integration of (FA864924P0532) |
| 2023-09-28 | Federal Acquisition Service | $6,554,442 | Air gap SBIR iii TO3 sonic (47QFCA23F0056) |
| 2023-09-25 | Federal Acquisition Service | $7,453,432 | Air gap SBIR iii TO2 bapti (biometric authentication platform technology integration) (47QFCA23F0050) |
| 2023-09-01 | Department of the Air Force | $3,039,252 | SBIR Phase III - defense unicorns - platform 1 support (FA830723CB027) |
| 2023-08-22 | Federal Acquisition Service | $4,740,274 | Air gap SBIR Phase III TO4 hncd (47QFCA23F0041) |
| 2023-05-18 | Department of the Air Force | $74,775 | Lula (FA864923P0761) |
| 2023-05-17 | Department of the Air Force | $74,913 | Pepr - a mission application cyber security integration automation software (FA864923P0905) |
| 2022-11-17 | Department of the Air Force | $1,245,347 | Desktop as a service for a single secure software baseline (FA864923P0058) |
| 2022-09-26 | Department of the Air Force | $4,768,476 | Continuous integration continuous delivery pipeline integration support (FA830722C0035) |
| 2022-09-16 | Federal Acquisition Service | $69,847,834 | Air gap software delivery SBIR iii to 1 SBIR Phase III derived from work completed under competitively awarde (47QFCA22F0052) |
| 2022-09-08 | Department of the Navy | $108,003 | Zarf subscription (N0016722P0248) |
| 2022-08-26 | Department of the Navy | $65,132 | Rancher management server - 1 year (N0016722P0229) |
| 2022-03-28 | Department of the Air Force | $746,868 | Cloud native desktop as a service for cyber secure nuclear systems (FA864922P0692) |
| 2021-04-16 | Department of the Air Force | $49,709 | Machine learning for launch assurance (FA864921P1315) |
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The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs set aside part of federal research budgets for small companies. Agencies award them in phases: Phase I tests whether an idea is feasible, Phase II funds development, and Phase III is follow-on work paid for outside the set-aside. STTR awards also require a research institution as a partner.
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