Purchase Order FA864921P1648
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- This is a $150,000 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Aries Design Automation, LLC, a small business. The contract is for the design and formal verification of a fault-tolerant RISC-V processor core augmented to accelerate image and science data processing, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The award has a performance period ending on February 25, 2023. As a SBIR Phase I contract, this...
- This is a $1,140,912 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded to GSI Technology, Inc., a small business based in Sunnyvale, California, by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The contract is for the development of a next-generation Associative Processing Unit (APU2) to enable high-performance computing in space applications. This effort is funded through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, and the final delivery is expected by June 2, 2025. GSI Technology has a history of...
- This is a $1,249,971.00 Firm Fixed Price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Space Micro Inc., a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of a high-performance, artificial intelligence-enabled, radiation-hardened space computing platform to support trusted autonomy. This is a Phase II SBIR effort, continuing the research and development initiated in a prior Phase I contract. The contract has...
- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $749,977 Firm Fixed Price purchase order to Senseics Corporation, a small business, for the F2-15262 DIGITALLY RECONFIGURABLE WIDEBAND TRANSMITTER project under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract has an ultimate completion date of December 4, 2023 and was awarded on March 11, 2022. This contract supports AFRL's development of advanced technology systems, with a focus on radiation hard systems,...
- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,698,437 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Agile Space Industries, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced aerospace and defense technologies. The contract is for the development of "Mobile Spacecraft Processing Infrastructure for Tactically Responsive Launch" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation, indicating the...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a $1.25M firm fixed-price contract to Planetary Systems Corporation under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II set-aside. The contract, which commenced on July 28, 2025 and is scheduled for completion by March 29, 2027, focuses on developing artificial intelligence pattern recognition capabilities for identifying and analyzing adversary spacecraft operations. This Phase II effort represents the continuation of...
- <p>The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,230,189 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Archset Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the development of a software tool to streamline cyber developmental test and evaluation. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II action contract has a total completion date of September 22, 2025. The contract is set aside for small businesses.</p>
- The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract valued at $1.8M to Arith Inc. for the development of MIGHTYFP, an AI accelerator optimized for defense and aerospace applications. Under the firm fixed-price purchase order, Arith Inc. will conduct research and development activities at its Palo Alto, California facility, with an anticipated completion date of June 1, 2027. The contract, awarded on August 26, 2025, carries a total small...
- This is a $390,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to NGD Systems, Inc., a small business manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for a hardware solution to meet the Space Force's on-orbit trusted autonomous requirements for CubeSats, with a period of performance ending on July 22, 2024. As an SBIR Phase II award, this contract builds upon prior Phase I research and development work...
- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1.25 million firm fixed-price purchase order to Launchspace Technologies Corp, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II Action. The contract, effective May 22, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of February 23, 2027, funds development of a space domain awareness sensor designed to provide real-time data enabling maneuvering operations at the speed of conflict. Performance will be...
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1 million firm fixed-price purchase order to Aries Design Automation, LLC, a small business, on September 9, 2021, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract supports the design and formal verification of a Reduced Instruction Set Computer-V (RISC-V) digital signal processor optimized for space communication applications. The work is classified as an SBIR Phase II action, indicating advancement from an earlier feasibility study phase, and is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside to support entrepreneurial development in the defense technology sector. Performance will be conducted at the contractor's facility in Chicago, Illinois, with an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2027. The extended performance timeline reflects the complexity of developing and formally verifying a custom instruction set architecture processor for the demanding aerospace environment. This initiative aligns with AFRL's broader mission to advance next-generation technologies for space operations and communications, leveraging the open-source RISC-V architecture to potentially reduce development costs and timelines while maintaining the rigorous verification standards required for mission-critical space applications.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00001 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 8/6/25 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $1.0m | 9/9/21 |