Purchase Order 12505B21P0159
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- This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order for $34,241.00 awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Sky Flight Robotics Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for a drone with multispectral imager and camera to be used by ARS researchers to monitor barley crops and evaluate traits related to abiotic stress tolerance and malt quality. The original solicitation was a sources sought notice to determine availability of small...
- This federal contract award is for the procurement of a specialized unmanned aircraft system (UAS) drone and associated training, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to Leading Edge Aerial Technologies, Inc. The contract, valued at $59,125.00, is a firm fixed-price purchase order with a period of performance through November 12, 2025. The drone will be used for agricultural research operations at the USDA-ARS facility in Edinburg, Texas and...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $18,215.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Sky Flight Robotics Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for the delivery of a DJI Matrice 200 hexacopter drone with a MicaSense Altum sensor kit. This contract supports research programs at the USDA's Dairy Forage Research Center in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, which focus on assessing the economic and environmental performance of crop-dairy livestock systems. The drone and sensor package...
- This firm fixed price purchase order, valued at $58,723.84, was awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery to Drone Nerds Inc. to deliver two Freefly Astro unmanned aircraft systems. The systems will include Astro bases with landing gear and props, mapping payloads, controllers, vibration isolators, spare parts, four SL8 air batteries, and two SL8 fast chargers as requested in Solicitation...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) awarded a $79,370 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Skyfront Corp, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for an 8-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or drone. This contract was competed as a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing). The contract supports USDA ARS mission requirements for surveillance, magnetic surveys, and LiDAR mapping. Skyfront Corp has provided UAVs,...
- This federal contract award was made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service to Govage, Inc., a small, minority-owned business headquartered in Hazelwood, Missouri. The $30,215.10 firm-fixed-price purchase order is for the procurement of a "Freefly Astro Max Mapping Essentials" agricultural drone to be utilized in field mapping and plant stress monitoring research within conservation systems. The original solicitation was issued as a total small business...
- The USDA-ARS awarded a $31,315.98 firm fixed price delivery order against RDO Equipment Co.'s Multiple Award Schedule contract for a Winatraone drone package. As part of the Agricultural Research Service's Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery program, this order will provide an unmanned aerial system to the North River, North Dakota field office to support agricultural research from August 24 to September 23, 2023. RDO Integrated Controls, a subsidiary of RDO Holdings Co., will...
- The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area awarded a $29,145.70 firm fixed price purchase order to Vision Aerial Inc. to provide a tricopter drone with multispectral and visual sensors. Per the original solicitation, the contractor will supply and deliver the drone to Sidney, Montana, equipped as specified. The solicitation sought quotes for a tricopter drone to support USDA ARS research programs in the Plains...
- On September 25, 2025, the USDA Agricultural Research Service awarded a $50,556.59 firm fixed-price purchase order to Drone Nerds Inc., a small business based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for an Astro Max Drone system and associated equipment. The contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, fulfills a solicitation issued by the USDA ARS for a comprehensive unmanned aerial system package including the Astro Max Drone (NDAA/Blue compliant), FPV system, LR1 payload with thermal...
- This contract award to Vision Aerial Inc., a small business manufacturer of drones and unmanned aerial systems (UAS), is for a high-payload capacity hexacopter seeder drone. The $32,935 firm-fixed price purchase order was issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to support research and development of improved cover crop systems for dairy farms. The seeder drone is required to have a payload capacity of 11 pounds, enabling it to plant a variety of...
This is a $38,449 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) to Topcon Solutions Inc., doing business as Topcon Solutions Store, for the delivery of a real-time kinematic (RTK) fixed-wing drone, high resolution 3D camera, and thermal/RGB camera. The purpose is to support USDA-ARS research in Ohio examining how agricultural conservation practices impact nutrient losses at the edge-of-field. The drone and cameras will allow precise measurement of surface elevations, delineation of surface water contributing areas, and detection of subsurface drainage pipes to aid in quantifying subsurface contributions to monitoring outlets. This contract has no set-aside designation.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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RTK Fixed-Wing Drone with Camera and Sensors | 12505B21Q0099 | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Midwest Area | Solicitation 2/3 | 7/29/21, 11:45 AM | |
RTK Fixed-Wing Drone with Camera and Sensors - Award Notice | 12505B21Q0099-Award | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Midwest Area | Award Notice 3/3 | 8/26/21, 6:39 PM | |
RTK Fixed-Wing Drone with Camera and Sensors - Sources Sought | 12505B21Q0099SS | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Midwest Area | Pre-Solicitation 1/3 | 6/24/21, 4:48 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $38.4k | 8/26/21 |