Results that outlast the contract.

The measure of our work is what an organization can do after we've been there: agencies that run their own accelerators, own their own OTAs, train their own innovators, and field solutions the market helped pay for.

2,460+
Problems curated for government sponsors since 2013
$853M+
Private capital raised by companies BMNT has supported
68
Defense tech companies created through H4D
~70 days
Average time from problem to award on the DLA OTA
PATTERNS ACROSS THE CASE STUDIES
Three outcomes we produce, over and over.
Every case below is a specific story. What they share is the shape of the result: faster pathways, wider vendor bases, and capability that reaches the operator.
01
Rapid acquisition pathways
New contracting infrastructure sponsors can move on: OTAs, CSOs, and consortia designed to award in weeks.
  • DLA J68OTA at a ~70-day average, 25+ awards
  • SOCOM SOF RACER<30-day goal from solicitation to award
  • AFRICOM<30-day contracting via ONIX
02
New vendors, performers, and capital
Access to non-traditional companies agencies can't reach on their own, and the private capital that follows government traction. Both brought against real problems.
  • ARPA-H600+ new vendors and performers
  • NASAnew-to-agency participation 34% → 55%
  • OSD$21M in seed awards → $407M+ follow-on (~19:1)
03
Warfighter-facing capability
Innovation that reaches the operator. Real problems from live commands and agencies, fielded solutions on the other end.
  • AFRICOMcommand-wide capability stood up in six months
  • DLA196 curated problems turned into 25+ fielded solutions
  • ONR NavalXFleet-facing innovation operations
Defense Logistics Agency

An innovation pipeline the agency now runs on

Operating partner for the J68 Technology Accelerator since 2018, turning operational problems into fielded capability across a 26,000-person agency.

596 discovery interviews → 196 validated problems · 25+ OTA awards at ~70-day average · 208 senior leaders trained

ARPA-H

Standing up a new federal agency's innovation machinery

Helped a brand-new agency design its acquisition infrastructure and commercialization pathways from zero.

600+ new vendors and performers · Mission Office launch time cut >50% · $1.5M+ redirected from an ineffective IT buy

U.S. Africa Command

A command-wide innovation capability in six months

Demand-side muscle made operational inside a live combatant command, not a study, a working system.

Joint Warfighter Innovation Council stood up · Innovation codified into joint doctrine · <30-day contracting via ONIX

NASA

A wider, better-funded performer base

NASA's gateway to the entrepreneurial ecosystem, recruiting companies and investors the agency couldn't reach on its own.

New-to-agency participation 34% → 55% · 22 companies raised $380M · "Exceptional" CPARS in every category

Office of the Secretary of Defense

Private capital as a defense R&D multiplier

A new, de-risked model for strategic R&D: government seed capital validated by private markets.

1,000+ companies sourced in <9 months · 21 companies funded, 44-day average to award · $21M → $407M+ (~19:1 leverage)

SpaceWERX

A congressionally recognized model for SBIR cohorts

Designed the Cohort Development Program for 41 space-logistics companies. Recognized in the HASC report on the FY25 NDAA.

41 companies supported · $290M+ raised by SpaceWERX companies · Recognized in the HASC report on the FY25 NDAA

Office of Naval Research / NavalX

A $35M innovation IDIQ, executed end to end

Fleet-facing innovation operations plus the NAVY Launch commercialization engine for SBIR companies.

NAVY Launch portfolio raised $50M+ · $15M+ new product revenue · NPS 90%+

Defense Innovation Unit

A decade of machinery for the Department's front door

From designing DIU's Commercial Solutions Opening process to co-creating H4D® at the founding to coaching dual-use companies through the DIU Commercialization Fellowship. Both halves, one partner.

Designed the DIU CSO process · H4D®: created 2015 with DIUx, ONR, and JIDA, now at 67 universities · Active coaching through the DIU Commercialization Fellowship

U.S. Special Operations Command

A new model for consortium management

Currently underway. USSOCOM selected GovSignals and BMNT to build and run SOF RACER, a new AI-enabled consortium that treats every requirement as a sourcing problem.

Selected 2026, with GovSignals as prime · Twelve technology areas, from seabed to space · Goal: from solicitation to award in under 30 days

90-Day Breakthrough

Give us a stubborn metric and 90 days to change it.

Bring BMNT a stubborn metric. In 90 days, we'll change it. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so and point you to someone who is.

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