This is a $74,808 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Edge Case Research Inc. for "Mission Assurance for Autonomy and Reinforcement Learning." The contract will support research and development related to ensuring the safety and security of autonomous systems and artificial intelligence, with a focus on edge case testing and validation. Edge Case Research, a small business, has prior experience supporting...
This federal contract award was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Edge Case Research Inc., a small business, for the STTR Phase II project "MISSION ASSURANCE FOR AUTONOMY AND REINFORCEMENT LEARNING". The $1,799,899.00 firm-fixed-price contract has a performance period ending on February 2, 2026. Edge Case Research specializes in safety assessments and risk management for autonomous systems, and has previously supported autonomous technology R&D efforts for the...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Edge Case Research Inc., a specialized provider of safety cases for autonomous systems. The $74,845 firm-fixed-price contract will fund research and development to ensure trustworthy on-orbit autonomy through the use of assurance cases and calibrated metrics of trust. This award supports AFRL's efforts to advance autonomous and unmanned capabilities for defense and space...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Edge Case Research Inc., a for-profit small business based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The $1,249,903.00 firm-fixed-price contract is for the research and development of "Assuring Autonomy Ethics, Trust, and Safety in DAF Mission Critical Systems," which aims to address autonomy, ethics, trust, and safety in the Department of the Air Force's mission-critical...
This federal contract award is for research and development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I action. It was awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center, a defense agency, to the small business contractor Edge Case Research Inc. for $224,890.00 on a firm fixed-price basis. The contract has a completion date of September 17, 2019. Edge Case Research specializes in providing safety cases for autonomy, edge case insurance, and UL 4600 Autonomous system safety...
This is a $1,484,312.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II research and development contract awarded to Edge Case Research Inc. by the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command. The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract for the continuation of SBIR-funded work related to safety cases for autonomy, edge case insurance, and UL 4600 autonomous system safety software and services. Edge Case Research is a small business that specializes in providing risk...
This is a $4,371,879.05 cost-plus-fixed-fee research and development contract awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center to Edge Case Research Inc., a Pittsburgh-based small business. The contract, which has a performance period through March 2025, is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III program, indicating it follows on prior SBIR-funded research and development. The contract aims to deliver prototypes and capability assessments to advance the Naval Air Warfare...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,999.00 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract to Edge Case Research Inc. for "Robust Visual Perception Techniques for Intelligent and Adaptive Space Robotics." This Firm Fixed Price contract, set aside for small businesses, aims to develop advanced computer vision and autonomy capabilities to support NASA's space robotics initiatives. Edge Case Research, a specialized provider of safety,...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Forward Edge AI Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for the development of Industrial Control Systems/Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (ICS/SCADA) capabilities to support the 688th Air Wing. The $74,481 award is part of a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research project with a completion date of February 4, 2023. Forward Edge AI Inc., doing business as Tag, has...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a $74,481 Firm Fixed Price purchase order contract to Forward Edge AI Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, under the SBIR Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of an Industrial Control System-Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (ICS-SCADA) solution for the 688th Air Wing. The work will be performed in San Antonio, TX, with a completion date of February 4, 2023. This contract award is part of Forward...