Havoc Wins SBIR Phase III Army Contract for Air and Ground Resupply Autonomy
Havoc, a collaborative autonomy software company, has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract by the Army Applications Laboratory (AAL). The award will fund continued development of its collaborative-autonomy capabilities for logistics resupply across multiple hardware platforms.
- Havoc has won an SBIR Phase III contract from the Army Applications Laboratory.
- The contract funds collaborative autonomy for resupply delivery to Soldiers via air and ground platforms.
- The work builds on xTech Overwatch, where Havoc was chosen from more than 40 competing vendors, according to the company.
- Havoc says the Phase III status lets any federal agency hire it through a streamlined, non-competitive path.
- The release gives no contract value or duration.
What the contract covers
According to Havoc, the contract will fund further work on software that lets different hardware platforms cooperate on resupply missions. Under the new award, the company says it will expand its multi-domain capabilities to orchestrate the delivery of critical resupply to Soldiers via air and ground platforms.
The work responds directly to a need identified by Havoc's customer at Overwatch/Pegasus Charge, 1st Cavalry Division, according to the company.
The Providence, Rhode Island-based firm describes itself as a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach, it says, powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air and land.
Built on xTech Overwatch
The contract builds on Havoc's earlier work under xTech Overwatch, where, according to the company, its technology was selected from a field of more than 40 competing vendors. Since then, Havoc says its team has worked to show that its autonomy software can operate across domains, coordinating resupply deliveries to Soldiers by both air and ground platforms.
Havoc credited the Army Applications Laboratory and the SBIR program with creating a pathway that moves quickly from demonstrated capability to fielded contract.
Why the Phase III designation matters
Havoc CEO Paul Lwin put the emphasis on the contract type rather than the funding alone. "This award does more than fund the next phase of our work with the Army," he said.
Lwin said the Phase III designation means any agency in the federal government, not just the Department of War, can now bring Havoc on board through a streamlined, non-competitive path, drawing on the work already proven out. "We built this technology to solve a Department of War logistics problem, and now the door is open for it to solve similar problems anywhere in government," he said.
The press release does not state the value or duration of the contract.
What Havoc says its software does
Havoc says its software connects autonomous assets so they can sense, decide and act together in complex and contested environments. According to the company, the connected assets share information, adapt in real time and keep operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. The company states that this approach optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.
For government buyers, the practical consequence, as Havoc presents it, is a shorter route to procurement. Agencies facing logistics problems similar to the Army's could turn to Havoc without running a new competition, relying on the work already completed under the Army program.
