2026 Accelerator Alley

Advanced Technology Systems Company

Advanced Technology Systems Company (ATSC) is a small business delivering turnkey C5ISR, Force Protection, and Counter-UAS solutions worldwide. ATSC integrates sensors, command-and-control systems, and data fusion into scalable fixed and mobile platforms—including DroneSting and TRAKR. Supported by global Field Service Representatives for 24/7 deployment and sustainment in austere environments, ATSC provides end-to-end capabilities to detect, track, and defeat emerging security threats.

Counter UxS, Swarming, Scalable Sensor Networks Architecture, Contested Logistics

Attritable System Technologies LLC

Attritable System Technologies, LLC (AST) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. A small, agile team with SOF operational experience and aviation acumen, AST kits and transports team-level unmanned systems.

Blue Arrow Defense

Blue Arrow Defense, a startup based in Pittsburgh and Kyiv, develops RII—an advanced fleet management platform for asymmetric drone warfare. RII allows a single operator to coordinate hundreds of autonomous drones across diverse platforms through a unified command interface. Designed for large-scale and complex operations, it features advanced autonomy including GPS-denied navigation, target tracking, terminal guidance, and ballistic calculations.

Bourg Labs builds edge AI and Electromagnetic Warfare technology for the tactical edge. Our flagship platform, EDGE HALO, transforms complex RF activity into decision advantage through real-time detection, AI/ML signal classification, threat correlation, direction finding, and kinetic and nonkinetic effects. This low SWaP-C system operates autonomously in DDIL and GPS denied environments for Counter-UxS, force protection, and contested spectrum operations.
Counter UxS, SOF AI, GSP Denied Navigation, Scalable Sensor Networks

COUNTERMOVE AI

CounterMove AI builds advanced autonomous warfare and special operations technologies specializing in Counter-UxS and Counter-AI. Designed to counter RF-silent, AI-enabled threats and swarms in DDIL environments, CounterMove targets the onboard intelligence driving adversarial systems rather than just the hardware. Combining agentic AI, computer vision, AI forensics, and edge compute, the platform enables tactical operators to identify, disrupt, contain, and defeat adversarial AI at the edge.

AI can read text, voice, image and video. It cannot read the person using it. Theia is our foundation model for human-state intelligence. It measures and predicts human state in real time from eye movement. Four capabilities are live today at TRL 9: cognitive load, attention, mental readiness and fatigue. The predictive horizon is 15 to 20 seconds. Theia is software only. It runs on CPU, on cameras a unit already owns. Nothing goes to a cloud and nothing is stored. It works air-gapped and in DDIL conditions, and deploys to smart glasses, XR, vehicles and aircraft.

SOF AI, Counter UxS, Swarming, AI and Edge Compute

Hidden Level

Hidden Level is a U.S. defense technology company specializing in passive RF sensing and low-altitude airspace awareness. Its AI-enabled solutions detect, classify, geolocate, and track airborne threats without emitting RF energy, delivering persistent situational awareness for military, homeland security, and critical infrastructure missions. Offering capabilities like RF Direction Finding, multistatic radar, and a Detection-as-a-Service model, Hidden Level features an open architecture that integrates with existing C2 systems to enhance layered air defense.

Counter UxS, Deep Sense/Deep Strike, Scalable Sensor Networks

LiveLink Aerospace

LiveLink Aerospace is a UK defense company providing passive air intelligence and Counter-UxS solutions. Its core PDAR system passively detects, tracks, and identifies RF emissions without transmitting or relying on static signal libraries. Deployable on fixed sites, vehicles, or vessels, PDAR integrates with optical and thermal sensors via the Zeus C2 platform to create a modular detect-to-defeat architecture. Contracted by the Royal Navy and trialed by NATO, LiveLink delivers sovereign, rapidly deployable capabilities for contested and maritime environments.
Counter UxS, Deep Sense/Deep Strike, ETL Interoperable Data Integration, Scalable Sensor Networks

Prometheus Intelligence

Prometheus Intelligence, an SDVOSB, develops secure AI solutions for defense, intelligence, and law enforcement. Its flagship platform, Torch™, is a CDAO Tradewinds Awardable edge AI interviewing system built for connected, disconnected, and austere environments. Operating autonomously or in multilingual Partner Mode to assist human interviewers, Torch conducts structured interviews and debriefs—identifying information gaps, asking real-time follow-ups, and generating traceable reports. The system supports HUMINT, counterintelligence, law enforcement investigations, and post-mission debriefs, currently assisting the US Army Operational Test Command.

SOF AI, Edge AI Interview Support and Translation

Stellar Notch

Stellar Notch is developing a needle-free, intranasal treatment platform for early traumatic brain injury (TBI). Using engineered extracellular vesicles, the platform delivers therapeutic payloads closer to the point of injury before evacuation. Developed in a lyophilized, cold-chain-free format for austere environments, this preclinical, SBIR Phase II-funded technology focuses on field-suitable deployment to give medical personnel an immediate post-injury intervention.

Unknot.id

Unknot.id develops AI-powered location and spatial intelligence for GPS-denied and contested environments. Its flagship platform, Fuse AI™, transforms data from existing sensors into accurate 3D positioning and operational awareness without dedicated positioning infrastructure. Unknot.id enables warfighters, autonomous systems, logistics teams, and public safety organizations to maintain trusted spatial awareness across complex indoor, underground, and degraded environments.

AI and Edge Compute, Contested Logistics, GPS Denied Navigation and DDIL Communication Architecture

Virtualitics

Virtualitics is the Mission AI Company led by scientists, strategists and service members, delivering AI-native readiness applications for national security and critical infrastructure. Built on a decade of Caltech research in partnership with NASA/JPL, Virtualitics turns complex data into trusted insights that strengthen decision-making and keep missions on track.