Hunter Defense Technologies, Inc. subsidiary HDT Expeditionary Systems, Inc. was awarded a $487,487 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to deliver products and services supporting the agency's Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics effort. To be performed in Solon, Ohio over a period of 15 months, the contract calls for HDT Expeditionary Systems to provide research and development towards swarming tactics and technologies under DARPA's broader...
HII Mission Technologies Corp, a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., was awarded a delivery order valued at $15.65M under the Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction R&D Indefinite Delivery Vehicle for the Force-on-Force Evaluation and Analysis of Key Performance Parameters (FREAK) 3.0 program. The contract, awarded April 30, 2018, with an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2023, is structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement with no small business set-aside...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract to Darkhive Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the development of Modular Attritable Small, Uncrewed Aerial Systems (SUAS) Swarm-Delivered Effects. The $1,249,108.00 STTR Phase II contract, which has a total small business set-aside, will run through March 28, 2025. Darkhive Inc. specializes in developing U.S.-produced open autonomous robotics systems for defense and public...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $7.655 million definitive contract to Systems & Technology Research LLC for the Intrinsic Cognitive Security (ICS) program on July 5, 2024, under a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing structure with ultimate completion by June 30, 2027. The originating Broad Agency Announcement, posted October 16, 2023, with proposals due December 20, 2023, sought computational science to build mixed reality systems that protect users from cognitive attacks...
This federal contract award to Heron Systems, Inc. is for the Offensive Swarm Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) Sprint 2 - Swarm Autonomy program, which is managed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The $444,649 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for research, development, test, and evaluation services related to autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and machine learning applications for national defense and security. As the prime contractor, Heron Systems will support...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate awarded a $199,960 other transaction agreement to Shield AI Inc., a for-profit artificial intelligence company, for the development of an autonomous quadrotor swarm to discover and track persons of interest. This effort does not have a set-aside designation. Through past prime federal contracts, Shield AI Inc. has provided unmanned aerial systems, autonomous technologies, AI capabilities, and related services to...
Darkhive Inc. has been awarded a $74,993 firm fixed price purchase order contract by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory. The contract is set aside for total small businesses and involves research and development of anti-access area denial small unmanned aerial systems capable of attritable effects. Specifically, Darkhive will develop small unmanned aerial systems optimized for reconnaissance missions in contested environments as part of the laboratory's...
This is a $13,683,053.00 Other Transaction Agreement contract awarded to Heron Systems, Inc. by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on September 30, 2020. The contract is for the "TEMPEST - TRAINING AND EVOLUTION OF MACHINE PILOTS TO ESTABLISH TRUST" program, which focuses on developing autonomous systems and artificial intelligence applications for national defense and security. The contract has a period of performance through November 15, 2024. Heron Systems, Inc....
The U.S. Army awarded a $2.0 million firm fixed-price contract to Havocai Inc., a small business prime contractor, on January 30, 2026, for the HAVOC Overwatch Control platform. The contract, designated A254-P030, calls for the development of a platform-agnostic collaborative autonomy system with an intuitive user interface. Work will be performed in Providence, Rhode Island, with an ultimate completion date of July 30, 2027. As a total small business set-aside, this contract reserves the...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $4.9 million definitive contract to Apogee Research LLC for Phase 1 of the Intrinsic Cognitive Security program on June 24, 2024, under cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing with no set-aside. The originating broad agency announcement sought proposals to develop computational science and formal methods for building mixed reality systems that protect users from cognitive attacks. Work is performed in Arlington, VA, with an ultimate completion date...