KNEXUS RESEARCH LLC
SWADES (Smart Wargame Design and Execution Suite), a software platform automating wargame scenario design, execution, and analysis using AI for command resolution and performance feedback
- Sector
- Defense
- Headquarters
- National Harbor, MD
- Total capital
- $57.7M
- Federal grants
- $1.9M
- 6 awards · 2018–2025
- 3.0× sector median 2 awards
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $55.9M
- 49 awards · Defense, Commerce, Homeland Security
- Rank in Defense#134 of 1442
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractHealth and Human S · Hhs Advanced AI User Pilot$10.6M
- Federal contractHomeland Security · Knexus AI$950K
- Federal contractCommerce · OU77-FY26-127-NEW Privacy-enhancing Technologies (pets) Testbed Research Services$556K
- Federal contractDefense · Base Year Task Order Awarded To Knexus Research Under Their Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Idiq For SBIR Phase III Forgenerative AI Logistics For Communication And Execution (gailforce) Production, Scaling, And Enterprise Integration$200K
- Federal contractDefense · Public Usage Language Lab (pull) Challenges$300K
- Federal contractDefense · Knexus Task Order For Option 1 Clin 1006 Under Idiq Contract SP470124D1020 For Foundational Data Fabric For Enterprise Master Management Agents (emma) Implementation$1.8M
- Federal contractDefense · Knexus Task Order For Option 1 Clin 1005 Under Idiq Contract For Foundational Data Fabric For Enterprise Master Management Agents (emma) Class 4 Operational Use Case$1.9M
Show 48 earlier federal awards
- Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
- Federal contractDefense · Knexsus Task Order For Option Year 1 Under Idiq Contract SP470124D1020 For Journal Voucher Support Use Case Under Emergent IV BAA0001-22$647K
- Federal contractDefense · Knexus Task Order Under Option Year 1 Of Idiq SP4701-24-D-1020 For Forecast Intelligence Technology (fit) For Dla Troop Support Under Emergent IV BAA0001-22 For Hackathon$598K
- Federal contractDefense · Knexus Task Order Under Option Year 1 Of Idiq SP4701-24-D-1020 For Dla Annual Financial Report Use Case Under Emergent IV BAA0001-22 For Hackathon$811K
- Federal contractDefense · Knexus Task Order For Option 1 Clin 1001 Under Idiq Contract SP470124D1020 For Ai-powered Vendor Vetting For Dla$1.2M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Research And Development$300K
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$300K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Research And Development$146K
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$146K
- Federal contractDefense · Minimum Guarantee Task Order For Associated Seaport Nxg Mac Awards.$500
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Research And Development 873 Authority$899K
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development 873 Authority$1.4M
- Federal contractCommerce · Support Services For The Nist Genomics Privacy-preserving Federated Learning Platform$841K
- Federal contractDefense · Knexus Task Order For Base Year Obligation Under Idiq Contract (SP470124D1020) For Generative AI Logistics For Communication And Execution (gailforce) Under Emergent IV Baa BAA0001-22$1.6M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Under Topic N241-011.$246K
- Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Under Topic N241-011.$246K
- Federal contractDefense · GR4SCDM$163K
- Federal contractDefense · Goal Reasoning For Satellite Constellati$73K
- Federal contractDefense · Research Iaw Sow Entitled Knowledge Handoff Framework (knoha) For Darpa SBIR Phase I Effort$225K
- Federal contractCommerce · Award Of Disclosure Avoidance Research And Implementation. 8(A) Direct Award To Knexus Research Corp.$2.2M
- Federal contractDefense · Minefield Planning Evaluation And Gaming Suite (mpegs)$2.8M
- Federal contractDefense · Xai R&d Evaluations Support$175K
- Federal contractCommerce · Award Of Disclosure Avoidance Modernization Support. 8(A) Single Award To Knexus Research Corp.$4.1M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Smart Wargame Design and Execution Suite (SWADES)$140K
- Federal contractDefense · Adaptive Mcm Operations Planning&re-planning (amore)$2.6M
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development SBIR Phase II$2M
- Federal contractDefense · Personnel Loss Risk Study Pr# 55-1409-19$74K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Explainable Goal Reasoning Pr# 55-1400-19$150K
- Federal contractCommerce · Igf::ot::igf Data Modernization Services$4.4M
- Federal contractDefense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (darpa) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) For Effort Entitled, "decision Aid For Prediction And Recognition Of Intent, Decision And Emotion (pride)$1.5M
- Federal contractDefense · Ifg::ot::igf$230K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Continuous Interactive Learners for Mission Planning (CILEMP)$130K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Engineering Development Pr# 55-1400-18$147K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf -- Research Iaw Sow: Privacy Enabled Social Network Analysis (presna) For Crisis Management$750K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf 55-1406-17 Artificial Intelligence Research And Development Support$993K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Pr 55-1404-17 Enterprise Web Development$420K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::cl::igf Adaptive Mcm Operations Planning And Re-planning (amore)$3.5M
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf This Requirement Is For The Procurement Of R&d Services For Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Modeling, And Enterprise Web Development$1.3M
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf This Requirement Is For The Procurement Of R&d Services For Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Modeling, And Enterprise Web Development$140K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf This Requirement Is For The Procurement Of R&d Services For Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Modeling, And Enterprise Web Development$426K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Engineering Service$148K
- Federal contractDefense · Detecting Malicious Circuits In Ip-core$1.0M
- Federal contractDefense · A Cognitive Architecture For Replanning And Execution (carpe)$485K
- Federal contractDefense · DOD 2012-3 SBIR Solicitation$150K
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$150K
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$734K
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$646K
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$99K
Federal awards are summed by year (55 awards); hover a bar for the split. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing in Defense · 1442 companies
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Defense
- Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Sources
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