Definitive Contract 80NSSC21C0130
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- This is a $799,877 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Barron Associates, Inc., a small business research and development company. The contract is for the development of a LIDAR-supported emergency landing system for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) vehicles, which aligns with NASA's focus on enabling urban air mobility. As a small business set-aside contract, this award leverages Barron Associates'...
- This is a $156,493 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Barron Associates, Inc., a for-profit, Subchapter S Corporation. The contract is for the development of a "LOW-SWAP AND LOW-COST AUTONOMOUS LANDING AREA CONFIRMATION SCAN (AUTOLACS) TOOL" and is set-aside for small businesses. Barron Associates specializes in innovative solutions for the healthcare, defense, and aerospace sectors, with...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Barron Associates, Inc., a research and development company, for the design and validation of dynamic planning algorithms to enable heterogeneous airspace operations and urban air mobility (UAM). The firm-fixed-price contract has a potential value of $124,976 and was awarded on August 19, 2019, with a completion date of February 18, 2020. Barron...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Barron Associates, Inc., a small business research and development company based in Charlottesville, Virginia. The contract is for the development of a "Self-Directed and Informed Forced-Landing System for UAV Avoidance of On-Ground Persons, Vehicles, and Structures" with the goal of enabling safe integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into...
- This $124,984.00 federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Barron Associates, Inc., a small business research and development company. The contract, designated as a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I action, involves developing tools to analyze radio frequency (RF) link coverage and support decision-making to enhance the safety of future aviation systems. This includes improving the accuracy of RF propagation analysis at...
- This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Barron Associates, Inc., a small business research and development company, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Barron Associates proposes to develop a Runtime Assurance (RTA) system that provides in-flight protection to research aircraft testing advanced or experimental controllers. The RTA system monitors critical parameters and activates mitigation strategies to bring the aircraft...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Barron Associates, Inc., a small business research and development company based in Charlottesville, Virginia. The contract, valued at $749,958, is focused on developing novel technologies to enable increasing levels of automation and autonomy in future air transportation systems, particularly for distributed electric propulsion vertical take-off and...
- This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Barron Associates, Inc., a small business research and development company. The contract is for the development of advanced aircraft engine control and diagnostic systems, including self-tuning engine models, adaptive control, health monitoring, and fault detection algorithms. This work is being conducted by NASA's Intelligent Control and Autonomy Branch at the Glenn Research Center....
- This is a $124,829 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Advanced Scientific Concepts, Inc., a small business manufacturer located in Santa Barbara, CA. The contract is for the development of a miniaturized 3D flash LIDAR sensor to enable safe autonomous landing and hazard avoidance capabilities for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in national airspace. This sensor technology is an extension of the 3D flash LIDAR used in NASA's ALHAT system for autonomous lunar...
- This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Advanced Scientific Concepts, LLC for the development of a common configurable 3D Flash LIDAR sensor under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program. The goal is to advance the underlying Focal Plane Array (FPA) and laser technologies to enable a subsequent Phase II demonstration of the common Flash LIDAR sensor, which NASA has identified as a key technology for autonomous entry, descent,...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Barron Associates, Inc., a small business research and development company based in Charlottesville, Virginia. The contract is for the development of a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR)-supported emergency landing system for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) vehicles. The contract was set aside for small businesses and has a ceiling value of $131,385.00. Barron Associates has experience executing Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contracts for various government agencies, including the Department of Defense, as well as receiving grants from civilian agencies like the National Institutes of Health. This contract appears to be part of NASA's broader efforts to advance AAM technologies, which aim to enable new modes of air transportation.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P00002 | Funding Only Action | ($1) | 7/18/23 | |
| P00001 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 9/23/21 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $131.4k | 5/7/21 |