Delivery Order DTFR5312D00001-0004

This definitive contract was awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) for the continued development of a novel passive-only rail inspection system. The $424,418 firm-fixed-price contract supports the creation of a second-generation prototype that uses air-coupled receivers to detect rail defects at speeds not achievable by current technologies. The work will be performed in La Jolla, CA and includes testing on...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $313,074 firm-fixed price definitive contract to Visiostack Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation, to develop a drone-based inspection system that can detect rails and track centerline in real-time to guide autonomous flight along the track. This will enable the drone to inspect conditions at grade crossings and other track infrastructure. The contract has an ultimate completion date of September 28, 2023 and was not set aside for any...

This is a Firm Fixed Price definitive contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration, a civilian agency, to SRI International, a non-profit research and development institute. The contract, valued at $93,524.00, is to evaluate payload and platform technologies for the rail application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The contract is part of the "UAV FOR RAIL OPERATION AND SAFETY - TRADE STUDY" major program. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. SRI...

The Federal Railroad Administration awarded the University of North Dakota's Division of Research & Economic Development a definitive firm fixed-price contract valued at $416,791 to purchase research and development services supporting railroad substructure moisture measurement and monitoring using hyperspectral imagery. The contract, awarded September 19, 2022, with an ultimate completion date of September 18, 2026, aims to determine the feasibility of employing hyperspectral imagery as a...

Rutgers, The State University was awarded a $419,864 definitive contract by the Federal Railroad Administration to research the potential applications of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology for connected and intelligent railroad systems serving both freight and passenger services. The contract, awarded on July 28, 2019, was structured as a cost-no-fee arrangement with no set-aside designation used. Work was performed at Rutgers' New Brunswick, New Jersey campus, with an ultimate completion date of...

This is a $176,047.46 federal contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to the University of South Florida (USF) to develop "innovative approaches to imbed sensors and detection and communications technologies within the track structure to allow for a type of self-enunciation when conditions warrant remedial maintenance or pose a threat to safe rail operations." The contract is a definitive contract with a cost-no-fee pricing type and has no...

The Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $672,886 firm fixed price definitive contract to Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute Division for a study of formal verification techniques to mathematically guarantee safety in next generation Positive Train Control systems. The prime contractor will deliver applied research to advance the Federal Railroad Administration's goals under a Broad Agency Announcement seeking proposals from universities...

This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency, to the University of Illinois for the second phase of a research project on using laser triangulation and deep neural networks (DNNs) for railway safety inspections. The contract has a ceiling value of $986,941.00 and a completion date of September 30, 2025. The initial research phase developed methods to apply AI to laser-based data to detect track changes impacting safety. This second...

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has been awarded a $486,467 firm fixed-price contract by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a civilian agency within the Department of Transportation, to develop a non-contact rail integrity inspection system utilizing acoustic sensors and signal processing. This contract, which has no set-aside designation, was competed under a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking applied technology research proposals to advance rail safety priorities...

<p>The Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration (DOT FRA) awarded a $498,476 firm fixed price definitive contract to Carnegie Mellon University Office Of Sponsored Programs Division to develop an onboard monitoring and computational embedded technology that automatically detects broken rails as they occur. The work will be performed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania over a two-year period beginning in September 2023.</p>