Geminus Enters Battery Storage and Grid Management With AFWERX SBIR Phase I Award

The company is bringing intelligent twins to battery storage and grid resilience at a defining moment for the power grid

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Geminus, the company bringing autonomy to the world's mission critical systems, today announced it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase I contract focused on physics-informed AI for microgrid and battery optimization to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The award extends a platform already running across large-scale energy infrastructure into battery storage and grid management, just as a historic wave of new demand hits the grid.

The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) process by accelerating the small business experience through faster proposal to award timelines, changing the pool of potential applicants by expanding opportunities to small business and eliminating bureaucratic overhead by continually implementing process improvement changes in contract execution. The DAF began offering the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018 which expanded the range of innovations the DAF funded and now, Geminus will start its journey to create and provide innovative capabilities that will strengthen the national defense of the United States of America.

Geminus is the AI orchestration layer for intelligent twins. Until now, digital twins were bespoke projects that were built by hand, calibrated once, and out of date the moment the real system changed. Geminus makes them repeatable, reliable, and rapid, grounded in physics, aware of their own uncertainty, and fast enough to optimize live operations, even on systems that age and change.

"Every digital twin used to be a bespoke project, so most industrial systems never got one," said Greg Fallon, CEO of Geminus. "We made intelligent twins repeatable, reliable, and fast enough to act on in real time. Storage is where the grid's biggest problem gets solved or gets stuck."

For the Air Force, Geminus will build an intelligent twin of a forward-deployed microgrid: diesel generators, lithium-ion batteries, and shifting mission loads. The goals are longer battery life, less fuel, and reliable power where it is mission critical, with Phase I opening the door to a follow-on pilot.

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Air Force, the Department of War, or the U.S. government.

About Geminus
Geminus is the AI orchestration layer for intelligent twins of mission critical systems. Grounded in physics and trusted by many of the world's largest energy companies, the platform helps operators simulate, predict, and optimize complex physical assets in real time, delivering double-digit performance gains.

About AFRL

The Air Force Research Laboratory is the Department of the Air Force's primary scientific research and development center and one of six centers within Air Force Materiel Command. AFRL leads the discovery, development and delivery of technologies for air, space and the multidomain. With a workforce spanning seven mission areas at more than 40 locations worldwide, AFRL conducts research ranging from basic science to advanced technology development. For more information, visit afresearchlab.com.

About AFWERX

As the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force and a division within the Air Force Research Laboratory, AFWERX brings American ingenuity from small businesses and startups to solve the most pressing challenges facing Airmen and Guardians. Headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, AFWERX strengthens the defense industrial base by expanding access to nontraditional vendors, building new defense partnerships and accelerating the transition of critical technologies to operational capability. In fiscal year 2025, AFWERX awarded more than 1,000 contracts totaling $1.37 billion and achieved 438 Phase III transitions valued at $8.1 billion, supercharging the industrial base that supports U.S. military readiness and battlefield advantage. For more information, visit afwerx.com.

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