This is a $109,995.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Lighthouse Avionics Inc., a small business technology startup based in Ohio. The contract is for the STTR Phase I research and development effort to adapt Lighthouse Avionics' commercial drone airspace management system to enable scalable, deployable counter-UAS operations for the U.S. Air Force. This award builds on Lighthouse Avionics' prior contracts with the AFRL, FAA, and...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,895,390.00 Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Dronesense, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract has an ultimate completion date of September 28, 2026 and is a follow-on to a previous SBIR Phase I award. The objective of this contract is to integrate small unmanned aerial systems (SUAS) and other robotics into the AFRL's Tactical Missile Defense (TMD)...
This is a Definitive Contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), a Defense agency, to Hidden Level Inc., a small business vendor. The contract is for an Airspace Monitoring Service that provides real-time UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) detection, tracking, and identification capabilities on a subscription basis. The contract has a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) pricing type and a ceiling value of $1,624,303.00. It was designated as a Total Small Business set-aside under the SBIR...
This federal contract award, valued at $74,975.00, was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Lighthouse Avionics Inc., a small business technology startup based in Hilliard, Ohio. The award is for Phase I of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop an "Accurate Drone Localization Using Lighthouse's Innovative Computer Vision-Based Airspace Management System and Integrated RF Sniffing." This research and development effort is focused on enhancing...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), a defense agency, to Easy Aerial Inc., a small disadvantaged business manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The $49,500 contract is for on-demand rapid runway lighting inspection services. Easy Aerial Inc. is a provider of autonomous drone-in-a-box solutions designed for hostile environments and has received over $15 million in prior federal contracts, primarily...
This is a $1,225,207.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded on May 30, 2024 by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Hidden Level Inc., a small business that specializes in drone detection technology. The contract provides funding for Hidden Level Inc. to develop and deliver scalable streaming detection services to support the Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) ecosystem. This contract builds upon previous work Hidden Level Inc. has done as...
This is a Small Business set-aside contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Lighthouse Avionics Inc., an Ohio-based technology startup. The $749,989.00 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a low-cost, sensor-agnostic drone system capable of detecting chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) threats and supporting emergency management. This effort is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase II program, which...
This is a $750,000.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Easy Aerial Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for on-demand rapid airfield lighting and runway foreign object debris inspections using unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Phase II, and has a period of performance through January 31, 2025. Easy Aerial Inc. has received numerous other...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Aerodome, Inc., a for-profit organization, for $74,957.00. The contract is for the project "INNOVATING SECURITY FORCES WITH DRONE FIRST RESPONDERS" and has a firm fixed-price structure with an ultimate completion date of August 19, 2024. This SBIR Phase I contract provides funding for research and development related to incorporating drone technology into...
<p>The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract worth $1,799,648.92 to Overhead Intelligence Inc. for a "Commercial-Based Framework for Zero-Trust Autonomous Drone Swarming" project. This contract is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with a completion date of October 30, 2026. The contract was set-aside for small businesses.</p>