SBIR/STTR Research Award
Using Kafka and MQTT bridge in connecting edge systems for ABMS
Award amount
$49,997Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- RAFT LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2021-02-04
- Contract end date
- 2021-05-03
- UEI
- M9ALV9LKVDC3
- Solicitation number
- X20.3
- Topic code
- AF203-CSO1
Research abstract
Raft’s technology utilizes Apache Kafka and MQTT proxy bridge to enable highly reliable data streams from edge systems in low bandwidth areas with little to no connectivity. The data streams can be replicated onto multiple devices so that actions can be taken onto event streams. The data from edge weapon systems is polled to a MQTT proxy whenever there is connectivity. The proxy publishes the data to a highly available Kafka cluster with several topics. Multiple DevSecOps automated actions can subscribe to the data in the Kafka cluster and push updates out to the edge systems using Hardware In the Loop (HIL).
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Research funding history
8 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2023). Reported award amounts total $3,249,527. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense
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