Definitive Contract MSFC0200102DNAS801034

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Edge Case Research Inc., a specialized provider of safety cases for autonomous systems. The $74,845 firm-fixed-price contract will fund research and development to ensure trustworthy on-orbit autonomy through the use of assurance cases and calibrated metrics of trust. This award supports AFRL's efforts to advance autonomous and unmanned capabilities for defense and space...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Edge Case Research Inc., a for-profit small business based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The $1,249,903.00 firm-fixed-price contract is for the research and development of "Assuring Autonomy Ethics, Trust, and Safety in DAF Mission Critical Systems," which aims to address autonomy, ethics, trust, and safety in the Department of the Air Force's mission-critical...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $179,994 firm-fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Interactive Aptitude LLC, a small business based in Wilmington, Massachusetts. The "AUTONOMOUS SPACE TRAINING FOR ROBUST OPERATIONS AND EDGE-DRIVEN GROWTH IN EXPERIMENTATION (ASTROEDGE)" contract aims to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms with diverse, high-quality space situational awareness data. The...

This is a $731,603 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to BAE Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc. FAST Labs-Advanced Information Technologies Division. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, is for research and development in the area of "DEEP STATISTICAL & TOPOLOGICAL INCREMENTAL INFORMATION NONPA". BAE Systems is a leading defense contractor that specializes in advanced technologies such as artificial...

The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center awarded a $1.175 million firm fixed price definitive contract to US Ignite, Inc. to develop Smart Base Artificial Intelligence for Traffic and Weather. Under the contract, US Ignite will deliver an AI solution to support traffic and weather decision making at military installations. Major subcontractors include Plainspoken Digital, LLC for access control point monitoring, Karthik Consulting LLC for inclement...

This federal contract award was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Edge Case Research Inc., a small business, for the STTR Phase II project "MISSION ASSURANCE FOR AUTONOMY AND REINFORCEMENT LEARNING". The $1,799,899.00 firm-fixed-price contract has a performance period ending on February 2, 2026. Edge Case Research specializes in safety assessments and risk management for autonomous systems, and has previously supported autonomous technology R&D efforts for the...

This is a firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation (IFOS), a small business based in Milpitas, California. The contract, valued at $124,971.00, is for the development of an effective real-time, in-situ damage locating and growth monitoring system for composite structures using a smart, high-speed fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor and piezoelectric actuator network. The project aims to design an...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1,237,977 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Forward Edge AI Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for the development of an Industrial Control System (ICS) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) or ICS-SCADA solution for the 688th Air Wing. This contract is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II action with a completion date of December 4, 2025. Forward Edge AI Inc., doing business as Tag,...

This is a $999,813.69 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command to Edge Case Research Inc., a small business. The contract is for stress testing the robustness of simulated systems in exceptional situations. Edge Case Research has prior experience providing research, development, testing, and advisory services for autonomous systems, AI, and advanced analytics to various U.S. government agencies. The contract has a...

This is a $6,465,277 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Embedded Intelligence Research LLC, doing business as Embedded Intelligence. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, supports DARPA's research into machine learning for warfighter readiness assessment. As a prime contractor, Embedded Intelligence Research has received multiple awards from DARPA to develop advanced algorithms and signal processing...