A cohort of 10 ventures selected for the 2024 National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) Propel Hawaii cohort are scaling commercial innovations to enable the Air Force and its partners to operate as a ready, innovative, and agile force in the Indo-Pacific region.

Each of the selected startups has novel technologies for collaborative planning and execution, Agile Combat Employment (ACE), or camouflage, concealment, and deception (CC&D) – technologies areas that are critical for the next-generation warfighter. During the cohort, the companies will work alongside the United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Science and Technology and the 613th Air Operations Center (AOC), Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (HTDC), and the University of Hawaii Office of Innovation and Commercialization to design national security applications from their innovations.

At the end of the program, the cohort will join an elite group of Propel alumni. Since inception, NSIN Propel’s 62 alumni companies have secured $418 million in trusted private capital and $130 million in government funding.

“NSIN could not be more excited about this upcoming cohort. The challenges facing the Indo-Pacific are complex and pressing, but the technologies these companies are working on have potential to provide real deterrent value and improve operational efficiency,” shared NSIN Venture Portfolio Director and Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Deputy Chief of Global Partnerships Abigail Desjardins.

Meet the 2024 NSIN Vector Cohort:

  • Black Cape - Black Cape is a high-performance computer infrastructure for data management, mission planning, and secure information sharing that enables PACAF to operate efficiently and securely.
  • Bucephalus - Bucephalus provides a predictive artificial intelligence (AI) planning platform that unites disparate data sources and optimizes supply chains in real-time, giving PACAF a decisive logistical advantage.
  • Confidencial.io - Confidencial.io’s data-blind platform automatically protects PACAF’s sensitive, unstructured content within documents and associated workflows.
  • Disruptive Electronic Warfare Machines (DEWM) - DEWM provides PACAF with concealment using their man-portable radar target system that emulates modern surface threat radio frequency (RF) signatures.
  • Lovelace AI - Lovelace AI enables PACAF to engage in proactive decision-making and achieve enhanced operational effectiveness with tailored models to automate near-real-time data analysis.
  • Pvilion - Pvilion provides PACAF with solar powered integrated structures (SPIS) that enable intelligent data monitoring and reduce fuel consumption.
  • Tagup - Tagup’s machine learning (ML) logistics platforms optimize PACAF’s supply and distribution of materiel.
  • Tern AI - Tern AI provides PACAF with an independently-derived positioning system that enables mission-critical operations in contested environments.
  • Zephr.xyz - Zephyr.xyz enhances the reliability and accuracy of PACAF’s global navigation satellite system (GNSS) with self-correcting network receivers that do not rely on base stations.
  • ZeroMark - ZeroMark enables PACAF to conduct counter unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) interdiction with their advanced, AI-driven technology that integrates with existing Air Force weapon systems.

About National Security Innovation Network

NSIN is a program office in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), nested within the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). We are set up to collaborate with a wide variety of innovators to include universities, researchers, students, entrepreneurs and start-ups. We create opportunities for collaboration across communities and connect those that might not traditionally work in national security. Together, we help drive national security innovation and develop technologies that directly support the individuals responsible for protecting our country.

For more information or interview requests with Team NSIN, please contact us at media@nsin.mil.