The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $50,000.00 Firm Fixed Price purchase order contract to Pilot Ai Labs, Inc., a small business, for an Object Detection Feasibility Study under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. Pilot Ai Labs specializes in computer vision and deep learning solutions for edge devices, and has previously provided engineering services as a subcontractor on other Department of the Air Force contracts. This...
This delivery order from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground tasks Carnegie Mellon University with developing technologies to automate target recognition using mobile cooperative and autonomous sensor systems in an AI-assisted approach. Valued at $16.2 million, the cost-no-fee contract runs from August 2020 through January 2022. Major subcontractors include the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station,...
Carnegie Mellon University's Office of Sponsored Programs has been awarded a $700,000 delivery order contract by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command to conduct research and development on transforming aerial vehicle detection through generative artificial intelligence. The project, which runs through November 2026, focuses on synthetic data generation and failure analysis innovations to advance AI-driven detection capabilities. This competitive award carries no...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Misram LLC, a certified women-owned small business, for the development of an edge artificial intelligence platform for space and unmanned aerial imagery intelligence. The $1,249,393.00 contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II, which is set aside for total small businesses. Misram LLC's Spectronn division has prior experience in...
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...
The Department of the Army has awarded a $1.996 million firm fixed-price contract to Ozni AI LLC, a small business, for the development of an artificial intelligence system that enables sensors to interpret and understand their local environment context. The system is designed to estimate patterns of life and detect anomalies through advanced AI techniques. The work is being performed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with an ultimate completion date of August 18, 2027. This award represents a...
This is a firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense to Forward Edge AI Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business in San Antonio, Texas. The contract, valued at $3,131,332.72, is for digital transformation services and does not have a set-aside designation. Forward Edge AI Inc. specializes in responsible and inclusive artificial intelligence solutions leveraging blockchain technology, and has executed numerous SBIR Phase II and III contracts across...
ECS Federal, LLC was awarded a definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract valued at $173.7 million by the Office of the Secretary of Defense on April 23, 2020, for research and development efforts to design and develop prototypes for artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms under the Avalanche Broad Agency Announcement. The contract, which performs in Fairfax, Virginia, is scheduled for completion by March 11, 2026, and supports the Army Research Laboratory's mission to advance...
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded Matroid, Inc., a Palo Alto-based artificial intelligence and computer vision company, a $45,000 Other Transaction order under the PROJECT FIGHTER OPTIMIZATION EXPERIMENT Initial Demonstration contract. The award, made on October 23, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of February 12, 2025, does not utilize a set-aside designation, reflecting the contractor's competitive technological capabilities in advanced object detection and...
This federal contract award to Pilot Ai Labs, Inc. is for an Other Transaction Agreement with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, valued at $950,000.00. The contract requires the delivery of computer vision platforms and deep learning solutions for edge devices to support the U.S. Navy's need to maintain maritime domain awareness (MDA) more efficiently and effectively via a network of unmanned and autonomous platforms. Pilot Ai Labs, a small business, has prior experience providing similar...