This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Near Earth Autonomy, Inc., a small business based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The contract, valued at $754,402.00, focuses on developing autonomous capabilities for small, low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to enable safe and reliable operation in the National Airspace System without reliance on GPS. The key objectives are to demonstrate GPS-free...
This federal contract award to Near Earth Autonomy, Inc., a small business, is for the development of an autonomous contingency system to enable safe operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS). The $124,935 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract focuses on advanced sensors and software to allow UAS to adapt to unpredicted changes in their environment and complete missions with minimal human intervention. The contract is part of a larger...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Near Earth Autonomy, Inc., a small business headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The $124,913 firm-fixed-price contract is for research and development of software algorithms and low-cost sensors to enable reliable and safe autonomous take-off and landing operations for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the National Airspace System. This contract is...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Near Earth Autonomy, Inc., a for-profit small business. The contract is for $124,896 and is focused on developing autonomous aerial inspection capabilities using small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) to enable high-quality imaging and contact sensing at close proximity (2 cm) for industrial facilities in sectors such as steel,...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Aerospace Innovations, LLC, a for-profit small business. The contract, valued at $124,993, is for the development of an imaging sensor-based command and control system to support autonomous operations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS). The work is intended to enable the transition from human-piloted UAS to more...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC19C0104, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Near Earth Autonomy, Inc., a small business. The $937,753.00 contract, awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, is for the development of "Enabling Aerial Close-Proximity and Contact Sensing for Inspection of Industrial Infrastructure." This Phase I SBIR award supports Near Earth Autonomy's research and development of autonomous...
Near Earth Autonomy, Inc. has been awarded a definitive contract valued at $754,608 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to support research related to long term autonomy for aerial urban mobility systems. The firm fixed price contract was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II initiative and will be performed in Homewood, Pennsylvania over a three year period concluding in August 2023. As a total small business set aside, the award...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Numerica Corporation, a small business air and missile defense company. The contract, valued at $749,952, aims to develop new methods to support safety testing for the integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS), with a focus on testing the collision avoidance algorithms of UAS...
This federal contract award is for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, and was awarded to Near Earth Autonomy, Inc., a for-profit organization. The contract is a Definitive Contract, Firm Fixed Price, and has a potential value of $124,676.00. It is associated with the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I and is set aside for total small business participation. The purpose of this contract is to demonstrate the feasibility of...
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...