Phase I SBIR Contract Awarded to Support US Department of the Air Force 

(RENO, NV) – Dynepic®, Inc. announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a Phase I SBIR contract in the amount of $75k focused on adapting its MOTAR® Platform to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). 

The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) process by accelerating the small business experience through faster proposal to award timelines, changing the pool of potential applicants by expanding opportunities to small business and eliminating bureaucratic overhead by continually implementing process improvement changes in contract execution. The DAF began offering the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018 which expanded the range of innovations the DAF funded and this month Dynepic will start its journey to create and provide innovative capabilities that will strengthen the national defense of the United States of America.

“Through working with instructional designers on MOTAR, we identified a critical need: the ability to easily and quickly create immersive lessons that increase student engagement, retention, and training readiness, without needing to use external software or coding.” explained Krissa Watry, Dynepic Co-Founder and CEO. “To meet that need, this contract allows us to develop a native, AI-enabled MOTAR Immersive Lesson Builder that empowers users to rapidly create multi-dimensional lessons with immersive scenes, 360° images, models, and multi-modal content selected from MOTAR Hub. Delivered through MOTAR’s XR-optimized learning content management system (LCMS), the resulting lessons work across any device including smart phones and VR headsets, are easily shareable, and are enabled to collect and report student performance metrics.” 

Watry added that the company is currently asking US Air Force and Space Force personnel interested in supporting or testing this capability to reach out. A government only meeting is being scheduled. If you have questions or want to be included, please email teamMOTAR@dynepic.com. 

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. government.

About Dynepic
Dynepic® is a woman- and service-disabled veteran-founded tech company headquartered in Reno, Nevada whose mission is to power an open ecosystem of multi-dimensional knowledge for a better tomorrow. To learn more about Dynepic, check out our website and connect with us on LinkedIn.

About AFRL  

The Air Force Research Laboratory is the primary scientific research and development center for the Department of the Air Force. AFRL plays an integral role in leading the discovery, development, and integration of affordable warfighting technologies for our air, space and cyberspace force. With a workforce of more than 12,500 across nine technology areas and 40 other operations across the globe, AFRL provides a diverse portfolio of science and technology ranging from fundamental to advanced research and technology development. For more information, visit www.afresearchlab.com. 

About AFWERX 

As the innovation arm of the DAF and a directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory, AFWERX brings cutting-edge American ingenuity from small businesses and start-ups to address the most pressing challenges of the DAF. AFWERX employs approximately 370 military, civilian and contractor personnel at five hubs and sites executing an annual $1.4 billion budget. Since 2019, AFWERX has executed over 6,100 new contracts worth more than $4 billion to strengthen the U.S. defense industrial base and drive faster technology transition to operational capability. For more information, visit: www.afwerx.com.  

One read of Adaptive’s mission statement and it’s clear why they’re a perfect fit to activate on MOTAR:

MISSION: To equip our Warfighters with revolutionary innovations for performance prediction and enhancement that save lives.

To do this, the Adaptive Immersion team have become experts in building VR solutions to support those with some of the most dangerous roles in the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community. To get their most recent app in the hands of Warfighters, Adaptive recently participated in the STRIKEWERX Advanced Training Concepts Challenge and were chosen to be promoted to production and now available for use at motar.io. 

“It’s been an honor to watch Adaptive Immersion take their app from concept to reality, leveraging the power of STRIKEWERX support and now activating on MOTAR,” said Christina Padron, VP of Partnerships and Growth at Dynepic. 

The company’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) VR Training System app provides an immersive experience to help train EOD operators performing triage and recovery for a downed aircraft carrying nuclear arsenal. This app provides training of a critical capability, preparing Airmen to safely execute and maintain critical skills in hazardous environments.  

"Our EOD VR Training System provides Warfighters with a safe and immersive environment to repeatedly practice the critical skills needed for the Broken Arrow mission, one of the most hazardous situations imaginable," said Phillip Mangos, Adaptive Immersion’s Founder and CEO. "The virtual training capability for this mission paves the way for enhanced readiness while mitigating risk. MOTAR has enabled us to rapidly accelerate the delivery of this critical capability into the hands of EOD operators.”

If you’d like to learn more about Adaptive Immersion, please visit https://adaptiveimmersion.com/. 

Highlighting vendors in the MOTAR Ecosystem is one of our favorite things to do at Dynepic - and today we have a stellar one for you! 

You may have heard we recently announced our new app delivery pipeline, MOTAR Fastlane, built to supercharge application deployment to the US Military seamlessly and efficiently. We also shared that the first app to leverage Fastlane came from JANUS Research Group.

Here’s the full scoop!

Earlier this year, the prototype for JANUS’ B-52 Virtual Reality (VR) training app was brought to life after the company participated in the STRIKEWERX Advanced Training Concepts Challenge. The app supports the training of the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and B-52 crew members in charge of aircraft communications. Based on its effectiveness, the app was quickly identified as a top way to evolve and improve Airmen training and promoted to production. 

Following closely after the Challenge, the app went through MOTAR Fastlane in just a few weeks, was deployed to MOTAR Live, and is now accessible for government use on MOTAR Live's Hub via NIPRNet at https://motar.af.mil! 

“Using MOTAR Fastlane gave us an accelerated path to deploy our training application to IL4 and reduced the Cybersecurity burden at the same time,” shared JANUS Project Manager Kurt Anderson. “The Dynepic team worked with us through the whole process with programmatic, developer, and security support to make everything seamless. All of this meant that the JANUS team was able to focus on developing our application and working with our customer.” 

Additionally, JANUS’ B-52 app is the first to be authorized to utilize Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). While this can often take months or even years to happen, using MOTAR Fastlane made it possible in just weeks. 

“Apps approved through MOTAR Fastlane can inherit MOTAR security controls, deploy to an IL4 environment, and deliver to devices such as XR headsets in weeks instead of years,” explained Krissa Watry, CEO and Co-Founder at Dynepic. “JANUS’ app is the perfect example of why we built Fastlane to get today’s best learning applications to our USAF Airmen.” 

She added, “The opportunity with STRIKEWERX and the support of the USAF to harness the innovative power of small businesses outside the military is a huge part of what will ultimately give our Warfighters the edge in modern learning and training to win. We’re proud to work with JANUS and look forward to many more apps deploying through Fastlane.”

If you’d like to learn more about JANUS Research Group, please visit www.janusresearch.com. For more information on MOTAR Fastlane, check out https://docs.motar.io/getting-started/about-motar-fastlane-rapid-app-deployment.