This is a $124,654 Phase I SBIR contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Adaptive Aerospace Group Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract is for the development of a "Safe Autonomy Flexible Innovation Testbed (SAFIT)" - a high-integrity flight management system and multi-unmanned aircraft system (UAS) ground control station for safe operation of multiple fixed-wing UAS in a wide range of missions,...
This firm-fixed-price purchase order from NASA's Shared Services Center is part of the SAFETY ANALYSIS FOR EVALUATING (SAFE) SUAS project under the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System (UAS in the NAS) program. The $125,000 contract with small business Bluehalo Labs, LLC (doing business as Intelligent Automation) aims to develop high-fidelity models for multi-rotor small UAS (SUAS) and analyze their safe integration into the National Airspace System. This Phase I...
This federal contract award, valued at $399,959.00, was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Nextgen Aeronautics, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the Versatile Experimental Autonomy Research Aircraft Technology (VEARAT) program, which aims to develop innovative experimental autonomy research aircraft technology. The award leverages Nextgen Aeronautics' expertise in areas such as advanced aeronautics,...
This is a federal contract award from the Langley Research Center, a civilian agency within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIA), a non-profit research institute. The contract, valued at $199,862.00, is for the "Analysis of Remotely Managed, Small, Passenger-Carrying Autonomous Aircraft." It is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract with no set-aside designation. As a subcontractor, Duke University's...
This is a $1,818,201.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center (ARC) to the UAV Collaborative. The agreement is for the purpose of maintaining an existing research partnership to conduct joint activities related to the development and testing of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technologies for scientific, civilian, and commercial applications. This includes analyzing and evaluating UAS platform and payload performance,...
This federal contract award, valued at $693,269.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Flight Safety Foundation Inc., a non-profit organization focused on aviation safety research and technical guidance. The contract is for the "Development of a Concept and Path Forward for Future Aviation Operations" and is structured as a grant for research. The award does not utilize any set-aside designations. Through this...
This federal contract was awarded to Systems Technology, Inc. (STI), a technology company that provides engineering solutions for complex systems, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The $949,920.00 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract supports the development of a comprehensive methodology and software toolbox, called "SAFER-UAS", to estimate the reliability of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) as a critical step...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Near Earth Autonomy, Inc., a small business. The contract is focused on developing an autonomous contingency system in the form of sensors and computer software to enable Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to operate safely in the National Airspace System (NAS). The proposed technologies aim to address key challenges such as sense and avoid, terrain avoidance,...
This is a $90,837.80 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Advanced Aircraft Company, LLC, a veteran-owned small business, for UAV prototyping. The contract is set aside for total small businesses. Advanced Aircraft Company, a provider of long endurance VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) unmanned aerial systems (UAS), will perform the work in Hampton, Virginia. The company has previously received SBIR...
This federal contract award to Flight Safety Foundation Inc., a non-profit organization focused on aviation safety research and technical guidance, is for an "INITIAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT FOR DIGITAL FLIGHT" with a ceiling value of $475,534.00. The award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center and is funded through the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.002) grant program. The contract has a performance period through...