Purchase Order 12561520P0040
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- 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 firm-fixed-price federal contract for $13,555 was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Vision Aerial Inc., a small business manufacturer of professional drones and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) based in Bozeman, Montana. The contract is for the delivery of a small UAS (sUAS or drone) with a custom mount, to be used by the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Soil Management Research Unit in Morris, Minnesota. The sUAS will be integrated with existing MicaSense RedEdge...
- 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 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...
- 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 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...
- 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...
- Drone Nerds Inc., a small business headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was awarded a $39,712 firm fixed-price purchase order on September 24, 2025, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service to deliver a customized GRYFN IF-800 drone system with integrated multispectral imaging capabilities. The contract, which is a total small business set-aside, includes a Blue Herelink Base Bundle, battery kit, spare parts kit, a Sentera 6X multispectral camera payload, and...
- The Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services awarded a $16,498 purchase order to Skydio, Inc. for SKYDIO X10 devices. Skydio, located in San Mateo, California, will deliver its autonomous drones to support USDA APHIS programs through a firm fixed price contract running from September 2023 through November 2023. The award is designated for total small business participation. Skydio will provide its X10 drones to...
- The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery awarded a $275,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Precisionhawk, Inc. of Raleigh, North Carolina. Under this total small business set-aside contract, Precisionhawk will provide a hyperspectral sensor and drone package integrated on an Alta X unmanned aerial vehicle to the USDA Agricultural Research Service Southeast Watershed Research Unit in Tifton, Georgia. The solicitation...
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 will be used to acquire high-resolution multispectral and thermal imagery to inform precision agriculture and land management decisions. The contract was awarded under a total small business set-aside and is intended to facilitate the adoption of advanced remote sensing technologies for agricultural research applications.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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DJI Matrice 200 or Equivalent (Hexacopter Drone) | 12561520Q0036 | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service | Solicitation 1/2 | 6/9/20, 5:17 PM | |
DJI Matrice 200 or Equivalent (Hexacopter Drone) Award Notice | 12561520Q0036-Award | Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service | Award Notice 2/2 | 6/26/20, 8:43 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $18.2k | 6/23/20 |