This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Department of Transportation to Creare LLC, a for-profit engineering research and development company. The $298,083.04 fixed-price contract is for research and development of a "Broken Rail Detection Form Flashing Rear End Device." Creare is the prime contractor and has previously held prime and subcontract awards with other federal agencies such as the Department of Defense and NASA, supporting the...
This federal contract award is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II research and development contract with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), an agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation. The $300,165 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded to Dfuzion, Inc., a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business, to develop a "Ride Performance Assessment System" to support the FRA's rail safety inspection program. The contract was set aside...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to Physical Optics Corporation, a division of Mercury Systems Inc. The $149,992.20 fixed-price contract is for research and development under Topic No. 190-FM1, as part of DOT's FY 2019 SBIR program. The research is focused on developing innovative solutions for transportation challenges, such as automated railroad inspection, secure data sharing for motor carriers, and...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, to Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a for-profit research and development company. The contract, valued at $149,990, is for a project titled "Advancement Laminate for Rail Temperature Control." The contract has a firm fixed-price pricing type and a completion date of February 29, 2016. PSI is an experienced...
This is a $150,000 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation (IFOS), a small business based in Milpitas, California. The contract is part of the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program, with the project titled "Hybrid Fiber Optic Sensing System for Rail Track Safety Monitoring." The contract was set aside for small businesses. IFOS is an...
<p>This is a $149,861 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to Technical Products Inc., a small business, for a project titled "Moving Equipment Danger Personal Alert System (MEDPAS)". The contract was set aside for small businesses and has an ultimate completion date of October 3, 2016. The SBIR Phase I contract is part of the DOT's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) research and development program.</p>
This federal contract award is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project to Wi-Tronix, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The $148,596 contract was awarded by the Department of Transportation to conduct research on "AI-Aided Machine Vision for Grade Crossing Safety" under the FY2020 SBIR solicitation. The original solicitation was a pre-solicitation notice that described 14 proposed research topics across DOT's modal administrations, with this specific...
This federal contract award is a SBIR Phase I purchase order from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to Freedom Photonics LLC, a manufacturer of photonic components and systems located in Goleta, California. The $149,877.65 award is for research and development under the SBIR program, which supports the development of innovative technologies with both commercial and government applications. The contract has a firm fixed price and a completion...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Wavefront Vision Inc., a self-certified Small Disadvantaged Business, for research, development, testing, and production of advanced electro-optical, infrared, and other sensor systems and components under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract, valued at $149,995.00, is for Free-Space Optical Communications (FSO) and its remote detection, location...
This is a $188,103.68 firm fixed-price Purchase Order awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation to Friedman Research Corp, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract. The award is for the development of a mechanical sensor to detect high-energy coupling events, under Topic 24.1-PH4 of the FY24.1 SBIR solicitation. This SBIR solicitation, which was set aside for small businesses, covers 24 research topics across...