This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Marine Corps to Windlift Inc., a for-profit wind energy engineering company based in Durham, North Carolina. The $150,000.00 firm-fixed-price contract is for research and development related to the company's Windlift Airborne Power Generator system, which aims to generate electricity from high-altitude wind resources. The contract is part of Windlift's ongoing work with the Department of the Navy's Office...
This is a $747,682 SBIR Phase II research and development contract awarded by the U.S. Marine Corps to Windlift Inc. for the development of the Windlift Man Portable Wind Energy System (MPWES). The MPWES is a 6 kW renewable energy system that weighs only 440 lbs, providing significantly greater energy density compared to state-of-the-art solar systems. This contract is focused on the further development and demonstration of the MPWES prototype, building on previous SBIR Phase I and Phase III...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Navy, Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research to Wyoming Instrumentation Development, LLC, doing business as "Wind". The $239,998.00 firm fixed-price contract was awarded on November 7, 2022, with a completion date of November 9, 2023. The contract is set aside for small businesses. The SBIR program provides opportunities for small businesses to explore their technological...
This is a $74,857 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Accelerate Wind Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business and economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business. The contract is for Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and is focused on developing an "Affordable, Low-Profile Wind Energy Solution for Air Force Bases with Extreme Weather Conditions." This SBIR Phase I award has a...
This is a firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the U.S. Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Xerowind LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The contract, valued at $1,519,834.00, was awarded under the Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the development of a Path Integrated Wind Sensing Demonstrator. The contract has a performance period that runs through May 8, 2018, and was not set aside for any specific business category....
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Airloom Energy, Inc. The contract is for the development of a "Modular, Scalable Utility-Scale Wind Energy at a Fraction of the Cost" under the F2D-13649 SBIR topic. The contract has a ceiling value of $1,249,892.00 and is a firm fixed-price purchase order with a period of performance through February 16, 2026. As an SBIR Phase II award, this contract...
This is a $231,171 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to Windborne Systems Inc., a small business that designs, builds, and operates a constellation of long-duration, controllable weather balloons. The contract is for the company's "In-Theatre Probabilistic Forecasting with Deep Learning-Powered Edge Computing" project, which leverages Windborne's balloon-based aerial sensing platform to collect atmospheric data...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a definitive contract valued at $2,449,965 to Lift Aircraft Inc. Lift Aircraft Division. The firm fixed price contract is for research related to furthering the domestic electric vertical take-off and landing industry and technology progress under the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase II initiative. The work will be performed in Austin, Texas over a three year period concluding in June 2023. The award...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Systems & Processes Engineering Corporation (SPEC), a veteran-owned small business based in Austin, Texas. The $125,000 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a wind measurement lidar system to improve the flight duration or fuel efficiency of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and light aircraft. The system uses a fiber optic-based, eye-safe wind lidar combined with software to optimize...
This is a $749,547 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded to Systems & Processes Engineering Corporation (SPEC), a veteran-owned small business based in Austin, Texas. The contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program.
The contract is for the development of a multi-channel long-range wind lidar system, which falls under the agency's EO14042 P2 SBIR research initiative. SPEC has...