The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery (USDA - ARS - FRIID) awarded a $4,250 purchase order to Inspired Flight Technologies, Inc. doing business as Inspired Flight Technologies Inc. to provide integration services for the KLAU system. Performance will take place in Lafayette Springs, Mississippi over a two-month period concluding on September 21, 2023. This firm fixed price order supports the USDA-ARS's efforts to...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Plains Area awarded a $18,200 delivery order contract to Federal Security Systems, Inc. for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system. The prime contractor, Federal Security Systems, will provide the UAV and any associated equipment and services under the terms of this firm fixed price contract. Performance will take place in North River, North Dakota and span from June 21,...
The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $80,650 firm fixed price purchase order to Aero Systems West, Inc. for an unmanned aerial vehicle and hyperspectral imaging camera with airborne, benchtop, and outdoor systems. This contract was set aside for total small businesses and will provide the requested products and services to support agricultural research activities at the agency location in San Martin, California by December 31, 2023. Aero Systems West will deliver...
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 USDA Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Northeast Area awarded a $40,044 firm fixed price purchase order to Aero Systems West, Inc. for a Precision Drone for Fertilizer Application. Per the solicitation, the drone must be delivered to East Wareham, Massachusetts and comply with the October 2022 Buy American Certificate. Aero Systems West will provide the requested Precision Drone for Fertilizer Application to support the USDA ARS's research...
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...
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 $84,940 firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service to Freefly Systems Inc., a small business manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), for ASTRO UAV - ASTRO AIR VEHICLE SL8 BATTERY and AUTERION FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. The award is under the ASTRO UAV contract vehicle, which is a small business set-aside administered by the USDA. Freefly Systems is a leading provider of specialized UAV solutions to federal...
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 Midwest Area awarded a $48,578 fixed price delivery order against the Multiple Award Schedule contract vehicle. The order is for the delivery of a fixed wing unmanned aircraft system with RGB and multispectral sensor data capability to support the agency's research programs in Ames, Iowa. Performance will take place from August through October 2023. RDO Equipment Co. doing...