CCAT San Diego Announces Commercialization Services Awardees
The Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology (CCAT) in San Diego, California announced the presentation of business service awards to two small companies that have designed and engineered existing prototype technologies for use in military, homeland security and first responder operations. The two small companies, Avaak, Inc. and Lextel Intelligence Systems have been selected by the Center to receive commercialization assistance in order to accelerate their products’ entrance into the marketplace.
The Center awarded Avaak, Inc. of San Diego, CA a Market Study, which will examine industry pricing, competitors and market readiness for the company’s ultra miniature wireless sensor network. The network currently has applications in surveillance, port security and battlefield visualization.
Jackson, MS-based Lextel Intelligence Systems was granted a Market Study and Commercialization Planning Services which will provide the company with strategies to expand their technology into new markets and raise capital. Lextel engineers hyperspectral imaging systems designed for chemical and spore (anthrax, ricin, etc.) recognition and improvised explosive device (IED) detection.
Sponsored by the Department of Defense (DoD), the CCAT program offers funding and business development support to small business entrepreneurs, government labs and academic researchers to speed commercialization of technologies needed by DoD and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
All business services awarded by the CCAT program will be customized to each company’s specific requirements and will be performed as a collaboration between CCAT’s resident experts and each company’s management team.
“Since each CCAT client has a different set of needs for getting their technology into the marketplace, individual attention to those needs results in greater long-term success,” said Mike Elconin, CCAT client manager. “This success translates into a win not only for the client, but also for the public because both technologies will serve to protect American military and civilian lives.”
About the Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology
The Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology (CCAT) is supported by Congress and funded by the Department of Defense as a public-private collaborative partnership among academia, industry, and government. With Centers located at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) and San Diego State University (SDSU), the CCAT program provides funding and business development support services to small entrepreneurs, small businesses, and government/university research scientists that have developed technology for use in the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, as well as the commercial marketplace. Additional program partners include the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Jacobs School of Engineering, von Liebig Center, CONNECT and The Security Network with support from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego. For more information about CCAT, visit http://www.ccatsocal.org.
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