Band XI International and its research entity, BXI Research, have participated in the US Government’s Small Business Innovation Research program since 2006.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Technology administers the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program. Through these two competitive programs, SBA ensures that the nation’s small, high-tech, innovative businesses are a significant part of the federal government’s research and development efforts. Eleven federal departments participate in the SBIR program; five departments participate in the STTR program awarding $2 billion to small high-tech businesses. The U.S National Science Foundation administers the sbir.gov site on behalf of the federal government.
BXI has successfully navigated the evolutionary process of moving SBIR opportunities from the initial Phase I grant, to the Phase I option, subsequent Phase II, Phase III funding, and ultimately Commercialization. BXI traversed the whole path from Phase I award to successful commercial fielding of technology in just twenty-eight months, spanning the period of November 2006 to April 2009.
A summary of awarded SBIR grants and related funding includes:
| Contract | Phase | Title |
| W56HZV-07-C-0072 | Phase I | Mobile Embedded Component Suite I |
| W56HZV-07-C-0525 | Phase II | Mobile Embedded Component Suite II |
| W56HZV-07-C-0525 | Phase III | Condition Based Maintenance |
| W56HZV-09-C-0137 | Phase I | Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks with OSGi Distributed Services |