UTICA — Quanterion Solutions, headquartered at 811 Court St., was recently awarded an Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Contract effort to support the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Directorate’s research of “Secure Internet of Things (IoT) Operational Planning Environment (SIoTOPE).”

The project revolves around building IoT capabilities for the Air Force and pioneering integration strategies from other supporting capabilities within the DoD. 

Quanterion Solutions will establish an interoperable cloud ecosystem for integrating and testing IoT devices to produce technological solutions in support of Air Force mission use cases, according to an announcement by the company.

During Phase I, Quanterion will design and implement a scalable cloud-hosted environment that will provide the necessary ecosystem and infrastructure to test and evaluate disparate edge devices, data streams, processing pipelines, and analytics, as well as decision support displays.

The effort involves research into digital twin modeling, big data analytics, and edge processing capabilities. The results of this effort will ultimately support IoT/Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT) solution development, increasing situational awareness, force readiness, and operational efficiency.

Alex MacDiarmid, Director of Advanced Programs at Quanterion Solutions, is leading the in-house team of technical experts working on the SBIR.  

“The proliferation of IoT devices offers a wealth of new capabilities to the warfighter,” said MacDiarmid. “At the same time, it is absolutely critical that we properly secure these technologies so as not to introduce new attack vectors.”

Quanterion Solutions has long worked on Department of Defense (DoD) IoT implementations, providing expert assessments and guidance to such organizations as U.S. Central Command, AFRL Information Directorate, the U.S. Marine Corps, the National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Energy.

The technical solutions company has built an impeccable reputation over 20 years by continuously evaluating and improving processes and technologies that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of many defense-related organizations.

The amount of the contract was not released.