This is a $124,992.00 firm-fixed-price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Heron Systems, Inc. of California, Maryland. The contract is for the development of a "Multi-Agent Cooperative Engagement (MACE) Framework" that will enable collaborative resource allocation, task allocation, and path planning for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operating in dynamic environments. The work will focus on...
This is a $749,975.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to the small business prime contractor Architecture Technology, Inc. for the "Mission-Optimized Aerial Cloud Environment (MACE)" project. The contract was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II, which funds further research and development efforts. As a small business, Architecture Technology has previously received over...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Management Sciences Inc., a woman-owned small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of a "Hybrid Multi-Core Chip for Small UAS Target Acquisition and Tracking" with a potential value of $149,997.78 and a completion date of July 12, 2019. Management Sciences Inc. has experience...
Heron Systems, Inc. was awarded a $124,745 firm-fixed-price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is focused on research and development of GLUE, a decentralized virtual auctioneer framework that enables autonomous resource and task allocation of coordinated, heterogeneous unmanned assets. This work aims to leverage existing or emerging unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to...
This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command TACOM Life Cycle Management Command to Heron Systems, Inc., a small business artificial intelligence company. The $162,179.33 firm-fixed-price contract is for research and development services focused on autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and machine learning applications for national defense and security customers. As a prime contractor, Heron Systems has...
This is a $238,898.00 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract awarded by the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center to Heron Systems, Inc., a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for research and development services related to artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and machine learning applications for national defense and security. As the prime contractor, Heron Systems has received prior SBIR...
This is a SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Mosaic ATM, Inc., a small business based in Leesburg, Virginia. The contract, valued at $739,643, is for the development of the UAS Demand Generator for Discrete Airspace Density (UAXPAN) system, a cloud-based application that produces forecasts of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations and demand within specific airspaces. The goal is to enhance the UAXPAN system to allow users and governance groups...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I action awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to M4 Engineering, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation. The $121,549.00 firm fixed-price contract requires M4 Engineering to investigate the viability of creating a multidisciplinary analysis and optimization (MDAO) architecture for analyzing spacecraft system models using commercial off-the-shelf software. The project aims to develop a generic and scalable...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Scientific Systems Co Inc., a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for the development of MPATH: MINIATURIZED, PLUG-AND-PLAY, ACQUISITION AND TRACKING HARDWARE, with a potential value of $749,922.91 and a completion date of July 31, 2022. As a leading provider of disruptive technologies for unmanned systems,...
The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command awarded a $94,239 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Battlespace Simulations Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, for the company's Modern Air Combat Environment (MACE) simulation software. MACE is a physics-based, full-spectrum computer-generated/semi-automated forces application that can simulate advanced systems, including 5th-generation platforms, and contested battlespaces. This sole-source contract will provide the Naval Aviation...