Definitive Contract NNL04AA05C

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Nokomis, Inc., a small business located in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. The $119,571 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of an anti-collision system to aid in the trajectory management and safe traffic flow of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations. The contract supports the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) mandate to equip all...

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Irvine Sensors Corporation, a small business prime contractor. The contract, valued at $748,360, is for the design and development of a flight prototype of an eye-safe 3D LIDAR sensor system for use on unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The sensor, called the Active Continuous Awareness Surveillance System (ACASS), will detect nearby aircraft and enable avoidance maneuvers, providing a detect-and-avoid...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Optimal Synthesis Inc., a minority-owned and small disadvantaged business. The $125,000 contract is for the development of a vision-based automation system to enhance the safety and efficiency of aircraft taxi operations. This system aims to provide automated collision detection and avoidance, vision-based navigation for improved...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1,249,826 firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Phase II contract to Advanced Navigation & Positioning Corporation, a small business manufacturer of aviation technologies, to develop an autonomous acquisition and voice over localizer system for unmanned air traffic control in austere environments. This contract builds on previous SBIR awards to Advanced Navigation & Positioning Corp for expeditionary...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Scientific Systems Co Inc. (SSCI), a leading provider of disruptive technologies for unmanned systems. The contract, valued at $124,885.00, is focused on developing requirements for the design and implementation of a local air traffic control (ATC) system for dynamically varying environments involving manned and unmanned aircraft operations. The key...

This is a $999,997.40 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the U.S. Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Physical Optics Corporation, a small business prime contractor and subsidiary of Mercury Systems Inc. The contract is for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II development of a "Distributed Phased Array-Based Enhanced Sense and Avoid System" for the Physical Optics Corporation. As a subcontractor, Echodyne Corp was awarded $217,519...

This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Higher Ground LLC, a small business, for a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project. The project aims to develop reliable sense and avoid capabilities for beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations. The work involves improving sensor technologies such as radar, LiDAR, and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication to provide early warning...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Barron Associates, Inc., a small business research and development company based in Charlottesville, Virginia. The contract is for the development of a "Self-Directed and Informed Forced-Landing System for UAV Avoidance of On-Ground Persons, Vehicles, and Structures" with the goal of enabling safe integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into...

This is a firm fixed price SBIR Phase III purchase order contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force to Advanced Navigation & Positioning Corporation, a small business manufacturer of aviation sensor fusion and air traffic management technologies. The $536,500 contract is for further research and development of a Mode 5 compliant transportable transponder landing system for expeditionary airfields, as well as enabling capabilities for Air Force Agile Combat Employment. This work...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Innoflight, LLC, a non-traditional defense contractor based in San Diego, California. The $124,978 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a suite of wireless interconnect modules and associated technologies designed with radiation tolerance for space applications, as well as potential use in aviation. The proposed architecture is modeled after...