Voly Defense Solutions, LLC (VDS) was awarded a $49,230 firm-fixed price purchase order as a total small business set-aside for high-powered microwave integration and shielding on a small unmanned aerial vehicle. The award was issued by the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under a Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I research effort. As prime contractor, VDS will provide microwave integration services for unmanned aerial systems, leveraging expertise developing and fielding...
The Department of the Air Force awarded a $3,812 delivery order to Voly Defense Solutions, LLC (doing business as VDS) for a SKYBORG Prototyping, Experimentation and Autonomy Development kick-off meeting. VDS will provide the meeting services under a firm fixed price contract from December 21, 2020 through February 4, 2021 in Concord, California. The kick-off meeting is likely in support of the Air Force's SKYBORG program, which focuses on developing autonomous capabilities for unmanned aircraft...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $1.5 million Other Transaction Agreement to Flightwave Aerospace Systems Corporation of Santa Monica, California. Under the contract, Flightwave will deliver a COVID-19 Defense Innovation Board vertical take-off and landing and fixed-wing unmanned aerial system with tool-free swappable sensor payloads. The Research Laboratory, a component of the U.S. Air Force, aims to rapidly develop and field innovative technologies...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $3 million Other Transaction Agreement to Robotic Services Inc., doing business as Aerial Applications, to develop and deliver a bundled unmanned aerial vehicle hardware system with analytics software. The system will utilize photogrammetry and vegetative analysis tools to support environmental management activities. A key component is VAST, an artificial intelligence search engine for analyzing physical data captured...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Dropdrone, a small business sole proprietorship based in San Anselmo, California. The contract is valued at $109,883 and has a period of performance through March 15, 2024. The contract is for the development of rapid prototyping technology for the field manufacture of amphibious vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) Group 1 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). This is a Small Business Innovation...
This is a $750,000.00 Firm Fixed Price definitive contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to the small business prime contractor Visual Semantics Inc. The contract is for developing and testing autonomous drone solutions for the United States Air Force (USAF) and commercial partners over a 15-month period of performance. The focus areas include customer discovery, engineering development, and compliance with Department of Defense (DoD)...
<p>The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $49,987.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Cross Domain Systems Inc., a veteran-owned small business, for a "Dual Phase (Water and Air) Flight Drone." The contract has a completion date of June 9, 2020. This award is a small business set-aside contract, indicating the requirement was specifically designated for small businesses to compete.</p>
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Autonomous Defense Technologies Corp., a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The $74,153 contract is for the development of a "Long Range, Low-Cost Group 5 Unmanned Aerial System Swarm for Electronic Warfare" and has an ultimate completion date of August 19, 2024. Autonomous Defense Technologies Corp. has previously received other prime contracts and...
<p>The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,960.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Vanilla Aircraft, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract is for the development of an "ULTRA-ENDURANCE UAV" and is a firm fixed-price purchase order. The place of performance is Mosby, VA. The contract was awarded on August 3, 2017 with a completion date of May 3, 2018.</p>
This is a $1,900,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Flightwave Aerospace Systems Corp, a California-based small business, for the development and delivery of the FLIGHTWAVE EDGE-130 vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial system (UAS). The contract is for STTR Phase II research and is set aside for small business. Flightwave has previously supported various government agencies, including the Department of Energy,...