HTX Labs' EMPACT Immersive Training Platform SBIR PH II TACFI

AFWERX · AFWERX TACFI · AFWERX

AI-Readiness Score

14/25

Pathway Speed

4/5

Timeline Realism

3/5

Problem Framing

3/5

AI / ML Fit

1/5

Award + Transition

3/5

Award

$1,680,029

Award ceiling

HTX LABS, INC

Awardee

Posted June 28, 2022

Description

The overarching objective of this TACFI effort is to enhance EMPACT to provide the Air Force with a repeatable and comprehensive approach for scaling and sustaining immersive training, improve and shorten the training cycle for pilot and technical training, and more consistently produce highly qualified airmen. During this TACFI project, we plan to expand the EMPACT Immersive Learning Platform to provide the following prioritized adaptations: Enhanced analytics, LMS integration and multiplayer capable instructor dashboard Improved capability for user access (offline mode), content deployment (MDM), and course sustainment (course in a box) Improved T-6 immersive environment (full HEFOE-P Immersive Academics, Rear Cockpit functionality, EP/Normal Procedure polish and improvements) These planned adaptations all focus on bolstering EMPACTâs ability to scale and be sustained over time, which will allow additional Air Force end users to be brought online to immersive learning.

Score Rationale

The TACFI pathway is a genuine fast-track instrument (scoring high on pathway speed), and the $1.68M ceiling with TACFI's implicit transition orientation earns a middle award score. However, AI/ML fit is the critical weakness — the core work is immersive VR/XR platform engineering, LMS integration, offline deployment, and cockpit fidelity improvements; 'enhanced analytics' is mentioned but is clearly ancillary to what is fundamentally a software product scaling and sustainment effort, not an AI-native problem. Problem framing is reasonable but scope-heavy, combining platform infrastructure, content production, and multi-user dashboards without clear success metrics or data availability for any AI component.

Source

View original posting

Back to all contracts