Arizona Technology Roundup

The grants are focused on Homeland Security and Miliary Software Systems. From the Arizona Department of Commerce website:

ESACORP was awarded $100,000 from the Department of Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (DHSARPA). The funds will be used to develop a new vehicle stopping technology that can be utilized by Civilian Police Departments, Border Patrol Agencies, and the Military.

...ESACORP used the AZ FAST Grant to engage the mentoring and coaching services of Dan O’Neill and Sharon Ballard.

The U.S. Navy awards Tucson Embedded Systems Inc., located in Tucson a $100,000 Phase I SBIR grant to develop reusable "plug and play" software systems. TES will create a modular Mission Package Infrastructure (MPI) to support the seamless integration of common capabilities across the U.S. Naval fleet.

"We are very pleased with the AZ FAST GRANT TO SBIR process. Tucson Embedded Systems won its first Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant on its second proposals submission", says Michael Lupien, Director of Business Development. "The winning proposal was a direct result of using Arizona FAST Grant funds to retain the grant writing services of Mathias Hecht. His experience was invaluable to our success, helping us structure our software strategy in a beneficial way."

More here.

(Hat tip: Martin Martinez, Owner, ESA Corp.)