Purchase Order FA864921P1128

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Onai Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit organization based in San Jose, California. The $111,758.00 firm fixed-price contract is for the development of a cognitive architecture using reinforcement learning to enable autonomous spacecraft operations. The proposed architecture supports the modular development and deployment of autonomous...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Advanced Materials Applications, LLC (AMA) for the development of the Resilient Affordable Computing Platform (RACP), a power-efficient high-performance space computer design for low-Earth orbit (LEO) missions. The $124,188 fixed-price contract is focused on a hybrid design that combines ARM system-on-chip processors, a non-radiation-hardened FPGA, and a radiation-tolerant microcontroller to deliver fault...

This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Advanced Space LLC, a software and services company, to develop a real-time, open-source, embedded software application for on-board maneuver planning and relative orbit determination that is compatible with NASA's Core Flight System. This will enable distributed spacecraft missions, such as constellations and formation-flying missions, to operate with increased autonomy. The...

This firm fixed price definitive contract for $124,994 was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to Advanced Space LLC, located in Denver, Colorado. The contract is set aside for small businesses under the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I solicitation. The work to be performed will develop neural-inspired computing technologies with the goal of enabling more capable onboard processing for spacecraft. Such innovations could allow...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Intelligent Automation, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation doing business as Bluehalo Labs, LLC. The $125,000 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a self-learning and adaptive communication system (S-LEAD) architecture to enable network agility in space networks. The proposed technology focuses on cross-layer optimization and...

This is a $599,998.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Bluehalo Labs, LLC, doing business as Intelligent Automation, a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract is for the development of "Autonomous Collaborative Agents for Onboard Multi-Sensor Re-Targeting" and was set aside for small businesses. The contract has a period of performance through January 31, 2008. Intelligent Automation is a...

This is a $749,925 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by NASA to Emergent Space Technologies, LLC, a for-profit company that provides consulting and engineering services to the civil, commercial, and military space industry. The contract is focused on the development of advanced flight software technology to enable safe, cost-efficient operation of distributed satellite missions. Specifically, Emergent is building on its Phase I efforts to create a...

This federal contract award is for the development of an "Autonomous Agents Integration Architecture" to support the goals of Mars exploration. The prime contractor, Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. (SHAi), is a technology company specializing in artificial intelligence, planning and scheduling systems, and other advanced software solutions. The contract is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared...

This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Houston System, a state institution of higher learning located in Houston, Texas. The purpose of the $467,384.95 grant is to design and develop "Cognitive Gateways" - autonomous communication routing systems that can integrate various space communication technologies, including radio, cognitive radio, delay-tolerant networks, and free-space optics. The project...

This is a SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Blue Sun Enterprises, Inc., a small business, to develop the AutoNav Mark 4 autonomous guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) software. The contract is valued at $122,700 and was awarded on June 9, 2017 with a completion date of December 8, 2017. The AutoNav Mark 4 software is designed to provide highly capable autonomous GNC capabilities for a variety of spacecraft, from deep space...