PRAESES, LLC

Shreveport, LA · Defense · Private

Watchtower: a data fusion and real-time visualization platform that ingests, fuses, and displays missile field operational data across ICBM wings for situational awareness.

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · praeses.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Shreveport, LA
Total capital: $61.3M

Federal grants: $15.8M; 9 awards · 2017–2024; Rank in peer group#2 of 23
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $45.5M; 28 awards · Defense, General Services A; Rank in Defense#161 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Sep 2026Federal contractGeneral Services A · Integrated Information Technology Fusion (iitf) TO1$4M
Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
Sep 2025Federal contractDefense · Future Oriented Rook Geospatial Engine - The Objective Is To Develop And Test A Highly Resilient And Adaptable Solution That Directly Addresses The Dual Challenges Of Extensive Pre-planning Requirements And To Improve Connectivity.$10.5M
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Automated Warning Capability (awc) Modernization For The Strategic Warning And Surveillance Systems (swss) Division At Peterson Sfb Headquarters And Located At Peterson Space Force Base (afb), Colorado$597K
Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Automated Warning Capability (awc) Modernization For The Strategic Warning And Surveillance Systems (swss) Division At Peterson Sfb Headquarters And Located At Peterson Space Force Base (afb), Colorado$597K
May 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Small Business Innovation Research Sequential Phase II To Build On The Future Oriented Rook Geospatial Engine (forge), Which Is Designed To Fuse Data From Multiple Sources And Provide Edge Processing Of Sensor Data Within The B-52S Agilepod$1.5M
May 2024Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research Sequential Phase II To Build On The Future Oriented Rook Geospatial Engine (forge), Which Is Designed To Fuse Data From Multiple Sources And Provide Edge Processing Of Sensor Data Within The B-52S Agilepod$1.5M

Show 30 earlier federal awards

Nov 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Rook Platform For Rapid Standoff Munitions Mission Planning$1.2M
Nov 2023Federal contractDefense · Rook Platform For Rapid Standoff Munitions Mission Planning$1.2M
Feb 2023Federal contractDefense · Rook Platform For B-52 Agile Pod$1.3M
Feb 2023Federal contractDefense · Rook Platform For Rapid Global Mobility Mission Planning$1.2M
Jan 2023Federal contractDefense · Watchtower: Forecaster$1.2M
Dec 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Rook Platform™ for Missile Field Battlespace Awareness$1.2M
Sep 2022Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II, Topic X222-PDCS01: "watchtower: Mmiii Health Analytics"$1.4M
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · Advanced Battle Management System$2K
Mar 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Watchtower$5.2M
Mar 2022Federal contractDefense · Watchtower$11.3M
Oct 2021Federal contractDefense · Classification Of Hdf And Irig Data Using Metadata Extraction Of Relationships In Avionics Data (chimera)$2M
Feb 2021Federal contractDefense · Natural Language Processing For Software Languages$50K
Aug 2020Federal contractDefense · Research And Development.$140K
Aug 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Joint Data Lake for C2 (JDLC2)$1.5M
Dec 2019Federal contractDefense · Kessel Run, Small Business Innovation Research Phase II, Air Force Topic AF191-011, F2-11961$750K
May 2019Federal contractDefense · Scientific Data Server$150K
Mar 2019Federal contractDefense · Commercial Solutions For Peo Digital$158K
Dec 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · C2 Urgent Response Environment (CURE)$1.5M
Dec 2018Federal contractDefense · Command And Control Urgent Respose Environment$1.5M
Dec 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Modern Command Center for Missile Field Operations$1.5M
Dec 2018Federal contractDefense · Operational Watchtower$3M
Oct 2018Federal contractDefense · Enhancing Systems Engineering For Complex Systems With Digital Thread$750K
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Enhancing Systems Engineering For Complex Systems With Digital Thread SBIR I$150K
Apr 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Modern Command Center for Missile Field Operations$1.5M
Oct 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Semantic Technology For Logistics Systems Interoperability And Modernization$744K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Logistics Data Management, Error Handling, Corrective Action Framework (lemars)$734K
Jul 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Connote Semantic Technology For Logistics Systems Interoperability And Modernization$150K
Jun 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Logistics Error Management Analysis&reporting System$150K
Mar 2011Federal contractDefense · NETS$464K
Sep 2010Federal contractDefense · Inspection Plans & Program Analysis$248K

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Standing among 23 peers

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Defense · Platform

Federal grants#2 · top 9%

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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Regulatory activity · Defense

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11 Jun 2026Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.