Purchase Order FA864921P1051

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $179,994 firm-fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Interactive Aptitude LLC, a small business based in Wilmington, Massachusetts. The "AUTONOMOUS SPACE TRAINING FOR ROBUST OPERATIONS AND EDGE-DRIVEN GROWTH IN EXPERIMENTATION (ASTROEDGE)" contract aims to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms with diverse, high-quality space situational awareness data. The...

Bluelightai Inc. was awarded a $2.41M Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on July 25, 2023. The effort, which extends through January 2024, focuses on developing novel functionality to support the creation and deployment of explainable and performant predictive models. The work includes validation against real-world datasets and the development of a prototype application capable of delivering real-time predictions...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded Crowdbotics Corp a $749,601 firm fixed price purchase order to conduct research standardizing and optimizing USAF pilot training with machine learning and deep maneuver analytics. The contract is being performed in Berkeley, California under Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research program. The prime contractor will apply machine learning and data analytics to improve pilot instruction, as part of the Air...

Atomic Research LLC has been awarded a $1.1M firm fixed-price contract by the Washington Headquarters Service (Defense) to develop FLIGHTEDGE, a real-time, distributed artificial intelligence and machine learning model training platform designed for predictive maintenance applications. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II award, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside, represents continued federal investment in the company's technology following successful Phase...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,959 Firm Fixed Price contract to Design Analysis & Research Corp, doing business as Darcorporation, as part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of a new intelligent flight control system with learning capabilities and a high degree of assurance that can be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The project aims to take advantage of...

AI Solutions Inc. was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order valued at $12.5 million by the U.S. Space Force on September 1, 2022, for space mission planning, design, and operations support services. The contract, designated USSF-12 with an ultimate completion date of May 31, 2026, will be performed in Lanham, Maryland, and was awarded without set-aside restrictions through open competition. AI Solutions, a leading provider of FreeFlyer spacecraft modeling and simulation software, draws...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $226,611 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Clarifai, Inc., a small business, for an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Enabled Visual Inspection system for fighter jet engines. This is a Phase II SBIR program contract with a completion date of September 27, 2024. Clarifai specializes in computer vision and natural language processing capabilities, and has previously provided AI services to the Air Force, including a deep learning...

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. was awarded a $1.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory to deliver an Intel Flight Planning System. The contract runs from June 2020 through June 2023 in San Diego, California to support the laboratory's efforts to operationalize machine learning for command and control processes. Specifically, BAE Systems will develop prototype applications of artificial intelligence and machine...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI), a small business doing business as Bluehalo Labs, LLC. The $121,461.00 fixed-price contract supports the development of a novel verification and validation framework for adaptive learning flight control systems to enable real-time safety assurance and trusted autonomy for aerospace applications. The work will be...

KBR Wyle Services, LLC, a subsidiary of global technology and engineering firm KBR, Inc., was awarded a $41.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order by the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Systems Directorate, Warfighter Interface Division to develop explainable artificial intelligence applications within integrated dynamic visualization environments. The contract, awarded on September 27, 2018, with an ultimate completion date of September 27, 2023, is...