Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources
Major Defense Program
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Pricing Type
Firm Fixed Price
Place of Performance
Washington, DC 20024, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Number Of Offers Received
500
Legislative Mandate
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National Interest Action
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Research Type
SBIR Program Phase I Action
Primary Consortia Member
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This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to CGH Technologies Inc., a woman-owned small business. The contract provides $124,939 to develop advanced, automated mechanisms for Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) and flight operators to interact with Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) preferred routes in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS).
The key innovations include leveraging machine learning to adapt preferred routes, integrating constraint identification models to alert users of infeasible routes, incorporating routes for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), and enabling rapid, automated information exchange between flight operators and the preferred routes database. This effort aims to improve the maintenance and utilization of the FAA's IFR preferred route program. The contract was set aside for small businesses.