Purchase Order FA864923P0680

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Irvine Sensors Corporation, a small business prime contractor. The contract, valued at $748,360, is for the design and development of a flight prototype of an eye-safe 3D LIDAR sensor system for use on unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The sensor, called the Active Continuous Awareness Surveillance System (ACASS), will detect nearby aircraft and enable avoidance maneuvers, providing a detect-and-avoid...

Circle Optics Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Rochester, New York, was awarded a $1.24 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract on May 18, 2023, to develop enhanced detect and avoid optical sensing technology for urban air mobility applications. This total small business set-aside contract, funded by a civilian federal agency through its Shared Services Center, represents a firm fixed-price engagement with an ultimate completion date of...

This is a $3,340,827.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Draper) for the development of collision avoidance algorithms for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS). The contract supports the Soldier Borne Sensor (SBS) program, which aims to enable SUAS to navigate in dense and cluttered environments without user input. Draper, a prominent non-profit research and development...

This is a $124,829 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Advanced Scientific Concepts, Inc., a small business manufacturer located in Santa Barbara, CA. The contract is for the development of a miniaturized 3D flash LIDAR sensor to enable safe autonomous landing and hazard avoidance capabilities for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in national airspace. This sensor technology is an extension of the 3D flash LIDAR used in NASA's ALHAT system for autonomous lunar...

This federal contract award was made by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate to C360 Technologies Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business and for-profit organization. The $227,195.50 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the delivery of an SBIR OATS 360 Degree Single Sensor Camera System with C360 Technologies. This system supports applications such as range scoring, operations management, safety, and unmanned aerial system (UAS) operations. The...

This is a $93,293,555 federal contract award from the Washington Headquarters Service, a Defense agency, to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to design, develop, test, and evaluate a "Smart Sensor" unmanned aerial platform prototype. The contract uses a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing structure and has an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2024. The award appears to be part of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC)'s research and development efforts focused on...

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $565,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Lighthouse Avionics Inc., a small business based in Hilliard, Ohio, on August 22, 2025. This Small Business set-aside contract requires the development and delivery of a camera array system designed to enhance situational awareness and support flight test operations at the SkyVision test site located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The system will monitor small unmanned aerial systems...

The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration awarded a $1.5 million firm fixed price contract to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. to support the agency's Broad Agency Announcement 692M15-19-R-00020 Call 005. This announcement seeks proposals to advance integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace through demonstrations or validizations of technologies related to detect and avoid capability with a readiness level of five through seven. Under...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a Firm Fixed Price contract worth $999,077.00 to C360 Technologies Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, to provide a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) effort for its Rapid Sustainment Office. The contract supports the development of C360's 360-degree single sensor camera system, immersive stereoscopic visual sensor system, and visual sensor package for unmanned aerial systems. This award is a total small...

This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Circle Optics Inc., a Minority Owned, Small Disadvantaged Business. The $124,900.00 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a real-time panoramic sensing system for enhanced air vehicles under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. Circle Optics Inc. specializes in 360-degree video systems and has previously supported federal contracts for the...