VIGILANT CYBER SYSTEMS, INC.

Mount Airy, NC · Defense · Private

Automated Mission Readiness Assessment of Shipboard Systems (AMRASS)—an AI/ML-powered fault monitoring and sensor data integration platform for real-time ship system health assessment and mission read

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · vigilantsys.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Mount Airy, NC
Total capital: $16M

Federal grants: $5.2M; 6 awards · 2022–2025; Rank in peer group#76 of 161
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $10.8M; 21 awards · Defense; Rank in Defense#382 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Aug 2025Federal contractDefense · Automatic Virtual Target Generator$1.2M
Aug 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Automatic Virtual Target Generator$1.2M
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Kickoff Briefing$140K
Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · Kickoff Briefing$140K
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · BASE$700K
Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · BASE$1.4M
Feb 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Sbir/sttr Phase II R&d$1.5M

Show 20 earlier federal awards

Feb 2024Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase II R&d$1.5M
Aug 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Automated Mission Readiness Assessment of Shipboard Systems (AMRASS)$138K
Aug 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I.$238K
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase I Research & Development - Integrated & Automated Development, Security, And Operations (ia Devsecops)$147K
May 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Toolkit for Assessing Electromagnetic Disruption Recovery (TAEMDR) - Surrogate Targets$1.5M
Jul 2021Federal contractDefense · Medical Research And Development Contract Dha SBIR 2021.1 Ph I With Vigilant Cyber Systems, Inc. Titled: Industrial Hygienist Assessment Tool (ihat)$250K
Nov 2019Federal contractDefense · To Design And Develop The Electromagnetic Battle Damage Assessment Tool (embdat) To Assess The Effects Of High-power Electromagnetic (hpem) Attack Using Sensor Data From The System Under Attack (target System).$750K
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · Medical Research And Development Contract Army 19.1 SBIR Ph 1 Proposal No. A191-059-1734, Titled Mobile Wireless Grid (mowg).$108K
Mar 2019Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase I Research&development - Manipulation Analysis And Visualization (mav) Tool$100K
Feb 2019Federal contractDefense · Tools To Enable The Systematic Testing Of Avionics Cybersecurity - SBIR I$150K
Jan 2019Federal contractDefense · Seaport Nxg Minimum Obligation Task Order$500
Aug 2018Federal contractDefense · Electromagnetic Battle Damage Assessment Toolkit$150K
Dec 2017Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Research And Development$2M
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf H161-003-0154$150K
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Toolkit For Assessing Electromagnetic (em) Disruption Recovery (taemdr)$1.3M
Jul 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::cl::igf Cyber-electronic Warfare Battle Damage Assessment$499K
Jul 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf. Dhp Phase I SBIR Proposal H161-001-0155 Titled, "vigilant Warrior Health Avatar System (vwhas)".$150K
Aug 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Tool For Assessing The Recuperation Time From An Electromagnetic Disruption (taemdr)$150K
May 2014Federal contractDefense · SBIRSOL2014.1$149K
Mar 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Deep Analytics For Data In Cyber-physical Systems$148K

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Standing among 161 peers

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Defense · Software

Federal grants#76 · top 47%

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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.

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

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.