This is a $746,352.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to 4D TECH Solutions, LLC, a HUBZone certified, veteran-owned small business. The contract is for the commercialization of an Intelligent Electronic Speed Controller (IESC) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that will integrate propulsion system health monitoring sensors to predict propulsion system faults. The IESC will leverage an Artificial...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to H3X Technologies Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of goods, located in Lakewood, Colorado. The contract, valued at $149,866.00, is for the development of an Integrated Motor Drive for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Aircraft Electric Propulsion, known as HPDM 30 A 10 KWKG. The contract is a firm fixed-price Purchase Order, with a...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $51,000 purchase order to Hybrid Project LLC for the delivery of a SuperVolo Gen IV unmanned aerial system (UAS). Per the original solicitation, Hybrid Project will provide NASA Langley Research Center with a SuperVolo Gen IV, featuring 7-hour flight time, in-air power generation, a 4-pound payload capacity, hybrid control unit, water-resistant sensors, and a Volocom 900 ground station with a 30-kilometer telemetry link, packaged...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Prioria Robotics, Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company located in Gainesville, FL. The contract, valued at $125,000.00, is for the conceptual and initial design of a novel architecture for aeroservoelastic control of aerospace vehicles. The proposed innovation aims to enhance robustness to unmodeled dynamics through a distributed sensing, computing,...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Swift Engineering Inc. The objective is to develop and demonstrate an ultra-long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of sustained flight for a month or more without human intervention. The contract has a ceiling value of $124,812 and a target completion date of December 9, 2016. Swift Engineering has extensive experience in designing and building...
This is a $90,837.80 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Advanced Aircraft Company, LLC, a veteran-owned small business, for UAV prototyping. The contract is set aside for total small businesses. Advanced Aircraft Company, a provider of long endurance VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) unmanned aerial systems (UAS), will perform the work in Hampton, Virginia. The company has previously received SBIR...
This is a $845,050.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Electra.aero Inc., a small business specializing in advanced air mobility technologies. The contract, designated as a Definitive Contract with a Firm Fixed Price pricing type, is for the "Integrated Flight Validation of HALE UAP Avionics & Propulsion Systems for Science Missions". This work involves developing and testing prototype...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to 4D TECH Solutions, LLC, a HUBZone certified, veteran-owned small business. The contract is for the design and development of an Intelligent Electronic Speed Controller (IESC) for use on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The IESC will integrate propulsion system health monitoring sensors and an intelligent rule set to predict...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $1,124,588 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Swift Engineering Inc., a small business specializing in unmanned systems, autonomy, robotics, and advanced composites. The contract, titled "SWIFT ULTRA LONG ENDURANCE (SULE) UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE (UAV)", requires Swift to design, fabricate, and fly a 30-day endurance high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) UAS with flight tests up to 7 days....
The federal contract award NNX15CL54P, with a ceiling value of $124,997.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Dynsan, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract is for the development of a flight controller that will optimize the fuel consumption of unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs) by directing them to sources of potential updrafts, leveraging soaring techniques used by glider pilots. The contract is a Small Business...