The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract to Jump Aero Inc., a small business startup, for the development of an unmanned aircraft capability for instrument landing system calibration. The $147,414.00 contract is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I award, indicating it is part of the STTR program. Through this contract, Jump Aero Inc. is providing research, development, and production of unmanned...
This is a $2,549,816.00 firm-fixed-price Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Jump Aero Incorporated, a small business startup that manufactures goods and provides research and development services related to electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft technology. The contract is for the development of an adaptive/machine learning electronic parachute system for eVTOL aircraft, which supports AFRL's research...
This is a $149,992 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Judd Systems Technologies, LLC, a small business contractor, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of "ULTRALIGHT AIRFRAME CONCEPTS FOR AIR-LAUNCHED INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE" and has an ultimate completion date of April 11, 2016. The contract is a Phase I SBIR action, which typically focuses on the...
This is a $109,995.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Lighthouse Avionics Inc., a small business technology startup based in Ohio. The contract is for the STTR Phase I research and development effort to adapt Lighthouse Avionics' commercial drone airspace management system to enable scalable, deployable counter-UAS operations for the U.S. Air Force. This award builds on Lighthouse Avionics' prior contracts with the AFRL, FAA, and...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Dropdrone, a small business sole proprietorship based in San Anselmo, California. The contract is valued at $109,883 and has a period of performance through March 15, 2024. The contract is for the development of rapid prototyping technology for the field manufacture of amphibious vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) Group 1 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). This is a Small Business Innovation...
This is a $750,000.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Easy Aerial Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for on-demand rapid airfield lighting and runway foreign object debris inspections using unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Phase II, and has a period of performance through January 31, 2025. Easy Aerial Inc. has received numerous other...
This is a $748,672.00 firm fixed price Definitive Contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Judd Systems Technologies, LLC (JST), a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for the development of ultra-lightweight airframe concepts for air-launched intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance unmanned air vehicles. The contract period of performance ran from February 14, 2018 to May...
This $480,800.00 firm-fixed-price delivery order was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Joby Aero Inc., a venture-backed startup focused on the development of quiet, all-electric aircraft. The contract is for the AUTONOMOUS LOGISTICS AND CARGO DEVELOPMENT effort, which is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III action. The work includes research, development, and prototyping services related to advanced aircraft technologies such as electric vertical...
<p>This is a firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Nuview, Inc., a small business contractor, for the development of a space-based 3D LIDAR system for base infrastructure. The contract, valued at $109,731, is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research and development effort with a completion date of March 15, 2024. The work will be performed in Orlando, Florida.</p>
<p>This is a $74,997.00 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Swarm Dynamics AI, Inc., a Veteran Owned and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of AIR-LAUNCHED LONG RANGE ONE-WAY PLATFORMS and has an ultimate completion date of April 17, 2025.</p>