The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded a $4,014,000.00 firm fixed price contract to Massautonomy, Inc., a non-profit organization specializing in enabling advanced air mobility technologies, for Unmanned Aerial Systems Integration Support Services. The contract has an ultimate completion date of February 14, 2025. Massautonomy, Inc. has previously received other prime contract awards from the Department of Transportation and its agencies, primarily for providing technical support services...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $3 million Other Transaction Agreement to Robotic Services Inc., doing business as Aerial Applications, to develop and deliver a bundled unmanned aerial vehicle hardware system with analytics software. The system will utilize photogrammetry and vegetative analysis tools to support environmental management activities. A key component is VAST, an artificial intelligence search engine for analyzing physical data captured...
Elroy Air, Inc., a South San Francisco-based developer of autonomous electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, was awarded an Other Transaction Agreement by the Air Force Defense Finance and Accounting Service on November 30, 2020, with a ceiling value of $23.78 million. The contract is focused on vertical takeoff and landing flight test research and development, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2025. This award was not set aside for small business, and the work...
Joby Aero Inc., a Santa Cruz-based developer of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and autonomous flight systems, has received a $480.8K delivery order from the Air Force Research Laboratory for autonomous logistics and cargo development. This award, issued on May 10, 2024, with completion targeted for November 10, 2024, is structured as a firm-fixed-price delivery order under the company's $5M Small Business Innovation Research Phase III Indefinite Delivery Contract...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $4.2 million other transaction agreement to Aerovironment, Inc. for the XCARGO prototype development program. Under this two-year contract, Aerovironment will deliver prototypes for the Army's unmanned cargo aerial vehicle initiative from its Simi Valley, California facility. No subcontractors or set aside designations were indicated. The Materiel Command oversees major Army research and...
Overland AI Inc., a Seattle-based autonomous vehicle technology company specializing in defense applications, was awarded a $20.19 million Other Transaction Agreement for Ground Vehicle Autonomous Pathways II (GVAP II) on September 12, 2023. The contract, funded by Army European Command, is scheduled for completion on September 11, 2026, with performance to be conducted in Mountain View, California. This award was made without a set-aside designation and represents a significant expansion of the...
This federal contract award to the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIA), a non-profit research organization, involves a study on the "IMPACT OF AUTONOMOUS GROUND VEHICLES ON URBAN AIR MOBILITY OPERATIONS." The $118,415.65 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order was issued by NASA's Langley Research Center, a civilian agency, to examine how the growth of autonomous cars may affect the demand for urban air mobility (UAM) services. As a subcontractor, the Georgia Tech Research...
The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration awarded a $1.5 million firm fixed price contract to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. to support the agency's Broad Agency Announcement 692M15-19-R-00020 Call 005. This announcement seeks proposals to advance integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace through demonstrations or validizations of technologies related to detect and avoid capability with a readiness level of five through seven. Under...
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate awarded a $500,000 Other Transaction Agreement to Planck Aerosystems Inc. to support the INITIAL DEPLOYMENT OF AUTONOMOUS TRUCK-BASED SUAS FOR MOBILE USERS project. Under this contract, Planck Aerosystems will deliver autonomous unmanned aerial systems mounted on trucks to provide mobile surveillance capabilities to the DHS S&T Directorate. Performance will occur in San Diego, California over a two-year period...
This is a $749,711.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Skyways Air Transportation Inc., doing business as Skyways Automation, a small business prime contractor. The contract is for the F2-14781 12-HOUR CONTINUOUS INTER-UNIT AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM RESUPPLY, which was set aside for small businesses. The contract supports the Department of the Air Force's research and development efforts related to autonomous logistics and...