Urban Sky Theory Inc. was awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at approximately $1.2 million by the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support developing advanced flight trajectory modeling for stratospheric micro balloon station-keeping missions under the Department of Defense's Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase II. The research effort will take place in Denver, Colorado over a twenty-one month period concluding in March 2025. The contract has a total...
Urban Sky Theory Inc. has been awarded a $14.7 million Other Transaction Agreement by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to achieve a production capability of approximately 1,000 stratospheric command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) microballoons per month. The contract also supports the advanced development of navigation capabilities utilizing altitude control. Performance will take place in Denver,...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a $74,137 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to Urban Sky Theory Inc., a small business manufacturer, for the development of ultra-long-duration super pressure microballoons under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. This contract is set aside for small businesses. The microballoons are intended for reconnaissance applications and will support efforts to establish production capabilities, advance guided descent...
This is a $68,160 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Urban Sky Theory Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company. The contract is for developing software to rapidly modify the size of existing stratospheric micro-balloons in order to increase their payload capacity. This supports the Air Force's broader work in areas such as reconnaissance, surveillance, and intelligence gathering via precisely-placeable...
This is a $49,638 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Urban Sky Theory Inc., a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for enhancing U.S. Air Force weather forecasting capabilities using a novel, long-reach weather balloon system that generates twice the data of the current standard. The contract has a completion date of May 3, 2021 and was awarded on February 5, 2021. Urban Sky Theory Inc. is...
This is a Delivery Order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Urban Sky Theory Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company, for their URBAN SKY MICROBALLOON - KICK-OFF project. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price contract with a ceiling value of $1,500.00, and is related to the SBIR Program Phase III. The contract supports the development and production of ultra-long-duration microballoons for reconnaissance, surveillance, and intelligence gathering applications, as well...
This is a $178,543.88 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Urban Sky Theory Inc., a small business manufacturer of stratospheric balloon technologies. The contract, titled "SIBR AF241-0003 - URBAN SKY THEORY," is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program's Phase I research and development effort. The contract's ultimate completion date is February 1, 2025. Urban Sky Theory has received multiple federal contract and grant...
This $1,249,970.00 firm fixed price contract was awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Inversion Space Company, a small business manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The contract is for the research and development of precision guidance, navigation, and control systems to enable the soft landing of cargo payloads from space. This Phase II SBIR award builds upon Inversion Space's previous SBIR Phase I work and will refine the...
This contract was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Aviation Safety Resources Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business and manufacturer of goods, for the development of an Advanced Extreme Rapid Deployment Emergency Whole Airframe Recovery Parachute System for Urban Air Mobility. The contract is a Small Business Set-Aside with a Firm Fixed Price of $150,000.00 and a completion date of May 24, 2021. This STTR Phase I research contract is...
This is a federal contract award to Nearspace Launch Inc., a small business, by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory. The contract is for the research, development, and delivery of innovative defense-related dual-purpose technologies and solutions, specifically related to small satellites, spacecraft components, and related services. The contract is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II award with a potential value of $461,155.02. It is a firm...