The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $74,901 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to Dropdrone, a small business sole proprietorship based in San Anselmo, California. The contract is for the development of an Attritable Short Range Reconnaissance Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) Group 1 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and is designated to run through...
This is a $74,790.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Airshare Systems Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the development of an "OVERWATCH(R) DISTRIBUTED, ADAPTIVE, REAL-TIME: COST-EFFECTIVE AND SAFE ANTI-DRONE SYSTEM". The contract is a firm fixed-price purchase order with a completion date of April 17, 2025. As an SBIR Phase I contract, this represents initial...
This firm fixed price purchase order for $109,883 was awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Dropdrone of San Anselmo, California. The contract is for Phase I of the Small Business Technology Transfer program and involves rapid prototyping technology for field manufacture of amphibious vertical take-off and landing Group 1 unmanned aircraft systems. As a total small business set aside, the award supports the Laboratory's research into rapid manufacturing techniques...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $74,845 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Odys Aviation, Inc., doing business as Craft Aerospace Technologies Inc., a small business manufacturer. The contract is for the MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPTIMIZATION OF MULTI-MISSION HYBRID GROUP 3 UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED RANGE, ENDURANCE, AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE POWER, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The work is to be performed in Long Beach, CA and is...
<p>The U.S. Air Force awarded a $40,840.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to American Unmanned Aircraft LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the delivery of 1 heavy lift drone. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion by August 25, 2023. This contract award does not appear to be associated with a larger vehicle, based on the information provided.</p>
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,247,203.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract to Little Arms Studios Inc. for the development of the Zephyr Drone Simulator to enhance the combat proficiency of Airmen in small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) operations, both deployed and within the Continental United States. The firm-fixed-price purchase order contract has a completion date of May 21, 2026. This contract was set aside for small...
This is a $1,232,504.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded to Little Arms Studios Inc. by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), a defense agency. The contract is for the development of the ZEPHYR DRONE SIMULATOR, which aims to reduce costs and training time for small unmanned aerial systems (SUAS) operations in extreme weather environments. This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract, indicating it builds upon prior research. The contract has a total small...
This is a $1,249,253 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Dragoon Technology LLC, a small business, for the development of an air-launched high-endurance uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) for reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition operations. The contract is a Phase II SBIR award under the AFRL's VPAFMCAFRL-A program, which focuses on advanced UAS capabilities. Dragoon Technology, a for-profit limited liability company, has expertise...
<p>The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract worth $1,799,648.92 to Overhead Intelligence Inc. for a "Commercial-Based Framework for Zero-Trust Autonomous Drone Swarming" project. This contract is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with a completion date of October 30, 2026. The contract was set-aside for small businesses.</p>
<p>This $74,616 firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded to Airrow, Inc., a small business, by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase I. The contract is for a project titled "From Ukraine to the Pacific: DroneHub for Contested Environments" with an ultimate completion date of August 19, 2024. As this is an SBIR Phase I award, it is a small business set-aside contract.</p>