Harmonia Holdings Group, LLC SBIR Phase II Award, December 2021

We propose to develop DesignProtect to apply blockchain to control access to Department of Defense (DoD) documents in support of Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). Via commercial marketplaces, DLA may engage non-traditional part fabricators (e.g., suppliers who are not normally DoD vendors) to provide surge capacity for parts, sharing designs. After dissemination outside of DoD’s network boundary, DesignProtect will track and control access to designs, facilitating reporting of access including disallowed attempts, by maintaining an immutable record. DesignProtect will also provide part fabricators validation if they have permission to use a document and validation of the document’s integrity.