Purchase Order FA864925P0143

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Optimal Synthesis Inc., a minority-owned and small disadvantaged business. The $125,000 contract is for the development of a vision-based automation system to enhance the safety and efficiency of aircraft taxi operations. This system aims to provide automated collision detection and avoidance, vision-based navigation for improved...

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...

Teledyne Flir Detection, Inc., doing business as ICX Technologies, has been awarded a $500,226.28 firm fixed price definitive contract by the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration for the delivery of a skid based surveillance system. As the prime contractor, Teledyne Flir Detection will provide the FAA with a skid based surveillance system as described in the original solicitation, with performance taking place in Elkridge, Maryland by November 15, 2024. Teledyne Flir...

This is a firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to Optimal Synthesis Inc., a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Los Altos Hills, California. The objective of the $875,000.00 contract is to develop a vision-based surveillance system (VBSS) for ramp areas in airports as part of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) program. This contract was...

The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Aeronautical Center awarded a definitive firm fixed price contract valued at $861,893 to American Aerospace Technologies, Inc. to develop non-system specific technology to integrate unmanned aircraft systems into the National Airspace System under Broad Agency Announcement Call 004 Request for Proposal. Work will be performed by American Aerospace Advisors in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania and is scheduled to be completed by August...

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...

This federal contract award provides funding to Optimal Synthesis Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business in Los Altos Hills, California, to develop practical concepts for autonomous airport operations and apply automation technologies to enable such operations. The research aims to enable control tower services at reduced costs through the use of virtual towers and increased automation. The $125,000.00 firm-fixed-price contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research...

The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center awarded a $354,532 definitive contract to Vigilant Aerospace Systems, Inc. to support the agency's Broad Agency Announcement 692M15-19-R-00020 seeking proposals to advance integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace through June 2024. Under the contract, Vigilant Aerospace Systems will provide demonstrations or validations of technologies with a readiness level of five through seven...

This $450,000 firm-fixed-price, definitive contract was awarded by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC), a Defense Department agency, to Detect Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of advanced radar and remote sensing technologies. The contract is to provide an avian radar system with unmanned aerial system (UAS) detection capabilities, as well as airfield camera/video systems, to support operations at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. The contract has a five-year period of performance,...

The Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection (DHS CBP) awarded an $84,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Iris Automation, Inc. for a CASIA X Drone Detect and Avoid System. The contract has a period of performance from September 16, 2023 through December 15, 2023. Iris Automation will provide its proprietary CASIA X system under the award, a BVLOS optical aircraft detection system with 360-degree field of view capabilities. The sole source award was made in accordance...