SKYWARD, LTD.

Dayton, OH · Defense · Private

Software platform for real-time anomaly detection in aircraft behavior using online machine learning applied to ADS-B radar data

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · skywardltd.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Dayton, OH
Total capital: $10.7M

Federal grants: $3M; 10 awards · 2017–2025; Rank in peer group#130 of 161
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $7.7M; 18 awards · Defense; Rank in Defense#446 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

May 2025Federal contractDefense · Rapid Sustainment Analysis Tool To Enhance Aircraft Readiness$1.2M
May 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Rapid Sustainment Analysis Tool To Enhance Aircraft Readiness$1.2M
Mar 2025Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase I For The Project Entitled Workflow Optimization For Photogrammetric Survey On Arctic Regions Through Auto-gcp.$200K
Mar 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · STTR Phase I For The Project Entitled Workflow Optimization For Photogrammetric Survey On Arctic Regions Through Auto-gcp.$200K
Nov 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Kickoff Briefing$140K
Nov 2024Federal contractDefense · Kickoff Briefing$140K
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Proposal Number AF242-0008-0170 For Machine Learning Based Fire -ignition Video Analysis Tool$176K

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Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Proposal Number AF242-0008-0170 For Machine Learning Based Fire -ignition Video Analysis Tool$176K
Jul 2022Federal grantAgriculture · Fire Location, Direction, Speed And Intensity Are Critical Pieces Of Information When Planning For And Engaging In Forest Wildland Firefighting Operations. Real-time And Post Mission Imagery Are Available To Incident Management Teams, But Are Generally Not Disseminated To Front Line Firefighters. Image-derived Fire Maps Are Used To Plan And Guide Operations; However, The Imagery Is Generally Collected At Night, Hours Before Missions And The Resulting Maps Are Not Widely Distributed. The Lack Of $175K
Sep 2021Federal contractDefense · Enhanced Vulnerability Assessment For Digital Engineering$1.0M
Apr 2020Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1.6M
Mar 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Anomalous Data Onboard Identification System (ADONIS)$50K
Nov 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · (7) Navy Technology Acceleration - Integration of Automatic Dependent Surveillance$150K
Sep 2019Federal grantAgriculture · The Astronomical Costs Of Wildfires To Our Nation Impact Our Environment, Economy, And Our Very Lives. According To A Summary Of Suppression Costs Compiled By The National Interagency Fire Center (nifc) For 2017 Alone, There Were More Than 71,000 Wildfires, Impacting Over 10 Million Acres, And Resulting In Almost 3 Billion Dollars In Expenditures Across All Agencies. On A More Personal Note, Between 1990 And 2015, An Average Of 17 Firefighter Lives Were Lost During Fire Suppression Efforts; Twen$600K
Jul 2019Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II$691K
Jun 2019Federal contractDefense · Wave Isolation$1.1M
Jan 2019Federal contractDefense · Seaport Nxg Minimum Obligation Task Order$500
Dec 2018Federal contractDefense · Aeroelastic Vulnerability Assessment$150K
Jun 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Wave Isolation$150K
Jan 2018Federal contractDefense · Skyward, Ltd Rapid Assessment Of Structural Vulnerability$750K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$225K
Jul 2017Federal grantAgriculture · Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, And Dissemination (tcped) Architecture To Facilitate Management Of Forest Wildfires.$100K
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf 3D Conversion Project$15K
Apr 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Seaport Enhanced$3K
Sep 2013Federal contractDefense · Measurement And Modeling Services Igf::ot:igf$35K
Apr 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR I Next Generation Static Warhead Testing (ng-swat)$150K
Jun 2009Federal contractDefense · Passive Dry Bay Fire Extinguishing System (F083-250-2025)$100K
Mar 2008Federal contractDefense · Wireless Fire Detector$100K

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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

Sector-level, not company-level

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

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Data freshness

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