This is a Phase II SBIR contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Trustpoint, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, to mature the LEONS system/service with associated subsystems, components, integrations, defense adaptations, and concept of operations. The contract, valued at $1,897,604, is focused on developing resilient, GPS-independent positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technologies to support proliferated low-Earth orbit (LEO) constellations. The...
This is a $1,201,714.00 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAVAIR) to Trustpoint, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II research and development project. The contract is focused on developing cutting-edge positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technologies, with a specific emphasis on creating resilient, GPS-independent solutions for autonomous vehicles, drones, aircraft, and...
Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc., a small business for-profit organization, was awarded a $125,000 firm fixed-price contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the design and development of an enhanced terrain relative radar altimeter/velocimeter sensor to support future planetary landing missions. This sensor will be an improvement over the Terminal Descent Sensor...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) to Toyon Research Corporation, a small business manufacturer based in Goleta, CA. The contract is valued at $149,999.37 and is for research into "Alternative Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Technologies for Global Positioning System (GPS)-Degraded and GPS-Denied Operation." This indicates the contract is focused on developing alternative navigation solutions when...
This is a $1,255,306.44 cost-plus-fixed-fee SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center to Toyon Research Corporation, a small business manufacturer and research services provider in Goleta, California. The contract is for alternative positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technologies to support GPS-degraded and GPS-denied operations. As an SBIR contract, this work is part of the Small Business Innovation Research program. Toyon Research Corporation has numerous other...
This contract was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Nu-Trek, Inc., a woman-owned small business, for the development of Global Positioning System (GPS) degraded and/or denied precision navigation for munitions. The $1,499,900.49 fixed-price contract was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II and has a completion date of February 28, 2022. Nu-Trek has a history of receiving federal contracts from agencies...
Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc., a small business, was awarded a $749,315 firm-fixed-price contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to develop a modular, small, high-performance Terrain Relative Terminal Descent Radar (TDR) for range and velocity sensing of planetary landing vehicles and proximity operations. The innovations include improvements to the size, weight, and reproducibility of the design, a modular architecture, and enhanced detection...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Advanced Navigation & Positioning Corporation, a small business manufacturer of aviation technologies, to advance the development and commercialization of an Expeditionary Transponder Landing System (ETLS). The $1,899,926.93 firm fixed price contract aims to reduce cognitive load on system operators, decrease setup times, enhance system installation, and update the overall ETLS...
This is a Phase II SBIR contract awarded by NASA to Aosense, Inc., a small business manufacturer of quantum sensing technologies. The $749,331 contract is for the development of a free-space, two-way optical time transfer system compatible with global-scale synchronization of current-generation optical atomic clocks. In Phase I, Aosense demonstrated the required performance using existing hardware and developed a fully-integrated module design. Under this Phase II contract, Aosense will...
This is a firm fixed-price Purchase Order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), a defense agency, to Trustpoint, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) interference monitoring payload prototype. The $1,644,298.00 contract is a Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase II award, with a completion date of September 2, 2025. The work will focus on creating resilient, GPS-independent positioning,...