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The U.S. Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $150,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase I contract to Metro Hop, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the development of "Active Landing Gear for Advanced Air Mobility: Delivering a Safe, Simple, and Virtually Silent Aircraft without the Runway." The firm fixed price purchase order was awarded on February 9, 2021, with a completion date of August 9, 2021. This...

The U.S. Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,975.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Earthly Dynamics, LLC, a woman-owned small business aerospace engineering company, for the research and development of robotic landing gear technologies for emerging electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) urban air mobility systems. This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract has a completion date of May 15, 2021. Earthly...

This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center is a $811,239 cost plus fixed fee delivery order to the National Institute of Aerospace for an advanced regional air mobility study. The study will measure the impact of advanced aircraft technologies and airport operations on the viability of regional air mobility through regional aircraft models, regional flight operations models, and airport energy models. The prime contractor...

Earthly Dynamics, LLC, doing business as Earthly Dynamics, has been awarded a $748,727 firm fixed price purchase order by the United States Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to perform research under Phase II of the Small Business Technology Transfer program. This contract supports the Group II Demonstration of Robotic Landing Gear for Emerging Electric Vertical Take Off and Landing Systems effort. Work will be conducted in Atlanta, Georgia over a 15-month period ending in...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Advanced Navigation & Positioning Corporation, a small business manufacturer of aviation technologies, to advance the development and commercialization of an Expeditionary Transponder Landing System (ETLS). The $1,899,926.93 firm fixed price contract aims to reduce cognitive load on system operators, decrease setup times, enhance system installation, and update the overall ETLS...

The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Volair Technologies Inc. a $1.19M Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract to develop artificial intelligence-enabled perception systems for GPS-denied approach-to-land navigation at austere landing sites. This Phase II action represents advancement from preliminary research into prototype development and demonstration, with completion targeted for March 2027. The contract, structured as a firm fixed-price purchase order,...

This is a $1,098,085.25 cost-plus-fixed-fee SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the U.S. Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Earthly Dynamics, LLC, a woman-owned small business. The contract is for the development of "Articulated Landing Gear for Class IV UAS" under the Army's SBIR program. This Phase II effort builds on a previous Phase I award. Earthly Dynamics has extensive experience providing autonomous technologies and solutions for unmanned aerial...

Engineering And Software System Solutions, Inc. (ES3) was awarded a delivery order against the Comprehensive Landing Gear Integrity Program (C-LGIP) multiple award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Ogden Air Logistics Complex. The $1,000 firm fixed price order is for minimum guarantee requirements under the C-LGIP vehicle and has a period of performance through May 2021. Place of performance will be in Clearfield, Utah. ES3,...

The Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command awarded a $754,112 firm fixed price delivery order to Cems Engineering Inc. to conduct a land study at Joint Base Charleston in North Charleston, South Carolina. As part of its mission to provide airlift and air refueling support for the U.S. Department of Defense, Air Mobility Command requires accurate assessments of real property holdings to effectively manage its installations. Cems Engineering will analyze Joint Base Charleston and deliver...

This federal contract award to the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIA), a non-profit research organization, is an enhancement to a previous NASA study on on-demand urban air mobility (UAM). The objective is to analyze the feasibility and economics of establishing a network of regional UAM landing sites, including evaluating the potential to relax current safety guidelines to reduce land requirements and costs. The analysis will also investigate dynamic pricing fare models to...