Albany, N.Y. — FuzeHub, a nonprofit organization that connects New York’s small and mid-sized manufacturing companies to the resources, programs and expertise they need for technology commercialization, innovation and business, announced that its project in collaboration with Cornell University, Menlo Micro and BAE Systems has achieved “awardable” status through DARPA Expedited Research Innovation System (ERIS) Marketplace.
The project’s solution is designed to support next-generation defense and commercial electronics including communications, sensing, aerospace and space systems.
“Being selected for inclusion in DARPA’s ERIS Marketplace is an exciting milestone for our team and reflects the promise of glass-based RF switches and filter packaging,” said Jeff Fitzgerald, Director of Advanced Packaging Strategy for FuzeHub. “Our solution has been competitively assessed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and has been deemed ‘awardable’ in the Expedited Research Innovation System (ERIS) Marketplace, making it available to view and easily procurable by the Department of War. The ERIS Marketplace provides a valuable opportunity to showcase our innovation to government, industry, and research stakeholders, and we look forward to leveraging this streamlined procurement pathway to showcase our innovation, build new partnerships and accelerate the impact of novel glass-based packaging solutions in real-world applications.”
Achieving ‘awardable’ status through DARPA’s ERIS Marketplace underscores growing recognition of Menlo Micro’s platform across defense and dual-use applications, said Russ Garcia, Chief Executive Officer of Menlo Micro. “This structured marketplace for new technologies represents an important step in accelerating how advanced RF and power systems are identified, evaluated, and transitioned into government programs. We view this as a clear indication of demand for scalable, high-performing switching architectures.”
The FuzeHub-led project’s video, “A Glass-based RF Receiver Architecture for W-Band Detection”, accessible only by government customers with a .mil email address on the DARPA ERIS Marketplace, presents an actual use case in which the company utilizes a glass-based radio frequency (RF) switch and filter packaging technology that replaces bulky assemblies of discrete RF components with a highly integrated, hermetically sealed glass platform. By embedding RF filters and MEMS switches directly into advanced glass substrates, the technology significantly reduces size, weight, assembly complexity, and component count while improving RF performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
Government customers interested in viewing the solution can create an ERIS Marketplace account at www.darpaconnect.us/eris.
About FuzeHub:
FuzeHub is a nonprofit organization that connects New York’s small and mid-sized manufacturing companies to the resources, programs and expertise they need for technology commercialization, innovation and business growth. Through its custom assessment, matching, and referral platform, FuzeHub helps companies navigate New York’s robust network of industry experts at Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers, universities, economic development organizations, and other providers. FuzeHub is the statewide New York MEP center, supported by Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology & Innovation. For more information on FuzeHub, visit www.fuzehub.com.
About Menlo Micro
Menlo Micro sets a new standard for switches with the Ideal Switch, a chip-scale platform that overcomes performance, efficiency, and scalability bottlenecks of electromechanical relays (EMRs) and semiconductor-based switches. It’s the first disruptive switching technology in over 30 years and the only platform scalable across both power and frequency domains. The Ideal Switch enables smaller, lighter, faster, more reliable, and energy-efficient systems. From AI to aerospace, defense and power electronics, the Ideal Switch eliminates bottlenecks and reduces the total cost of ownership across today’s most demanding applications. Menlo Micro unlocks new possibilities. For more information, visit www.menlomicro.com or follow the company on LinkedIn.
About the ERIS Marketplace:
The DARPA ERIS Marketplace is a transformative digital platform designed to accelerate acquisition velocity and advance national security innovation. All 7-minute Awardable solutions housed in the Marketplace have been assessed via competitive procedures against a comprehensive scoring rubric and are readily available for selection, negotiation, and award by government customers with a Marketplace account. By streamlining the procurement process, the ERIS Marketplace empowers DoW organizations to rapidly develop or acquire disruptive technologies that address the evolving challenges of defense and security. Industry and academia are encouraged to showcase their innovative solutions, connecting directly with DARPA and other government customers seeking revolutionary research and technology.
Learn more at: www.darpaconnect.us/eris. For media requests, please contact [email protected]; for all other requests related to the ERIS Marketplace, please contact [email protected].