Purchase Order FA864925P0445
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- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,246,661 fixed-price Purchase Order to Nebula Compute, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for cloud computing services to support enterprise data architecture and improve the efficiency of the "kill web." This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract, which follows a previous $74,876 Phase I SBIR award for "Resilient Intelligence in XGEO Space" in May 2024. Nebula Compute has...
- This contract award is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for the development of "Resilient Intelligence in XGEO Space." The prime contractor is Nebula Compute, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business that specializes in cloud computing services and solutions for defense and aerospace applications. The $74,876 firm-fixed-price contract was awarded on May 13, 2024 and is set to be completed by...
- This is a $390,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to NGD Systems, Inc., a small business manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for a hardware solution to meet the Space Force's on-orbit trusted autonomous requirements for CubeSats, with a period of performance ending on July 22, 2024. As an SBIR Phase II award, this contract builds upon prior Phase I research and development work...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Forward Edge AI Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The $1,519,999.32 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a Technology Readiness Level 8 (TRL-8), low Size, Weight, and Power with Cost (SWAP-C) quantum-resistant encryption device and achievement of National Security Agency (NSA) Type 1 certification. This SBIR Phase II effort is focused on...
- This is a $65,755 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Little Place Labs Inc., a minority-owned and self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for developing decentralized, in-orbit machine learning systems to enhance space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. This work falls under AFRL's mission to advance aerospace technology. The contract has a firm-fixed-price...
- This is a $3,147,571.00 SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Quindar Inc., a small business based in Arvada, Colorado. The contract is for the development of a cloud-based, multi-mission automated satellite operations platform. This contract award is set aside for small businesses and builds upon Quindar's previous work with AFRL, including contracts for an Automated Satellite Incident Management system, spacecraft...
- This is a $1,794,198.00 Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase II contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Little Place Labs Inc., a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the development of a system to revolutionize space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities through decentralized architectures and in-orbit machine learning computing to enable near-real-time...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Innoflight, LLC, a non-traditional defense contractor, for the development of a multi-processor array for multi-parametric sensing in cubes. The $1,499,977 firm-fixed-price contract is for the continued research and development of advanced battle management system support services, compact space networking hardware/software, and other technologies primarily for the...
- Cerebras Systems Inc. was awarded a $749,958 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase II contract from the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to deliver low-latency supercomputing systems enabling battlefield information dominance, as requested in the solicitation. As a small business set aside awarded under the SBIR program, Cerebras will utilize its specialized wafer scale engines and software to optimize neural network training and inference capabilities...
- Spectronn, Inc., a small business, was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) on August 1, 2025, with a ceiling value of approximately $180K. The contract requires the company to conduct realistic feasibility studies to evaluate the viability of a multipath resilient networking software-defined networking (SDN) software stack designed to support real-time enterprise space data transport and computing...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Nebula Compute, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, a $1.25M Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract on August 29, 2025, for real-time intelligence delivery and highly secured edge compute capabilities focused on hypersonic detection. The firm fixed-price purchase order is set aside exclusively for small businesses and carries a completion date of June 1, 2027. The work will be performed at Nebula Compute's facility in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. This award represents the continuation of the company's participation in the AFRL SBIR program, which supports innovative technology development for defense applications. This contract builds on Nebula Compute's established expertise in cloud computing and defense-oriented solutions, as evidenced by the company's prior SBIR awards from AFRL. The hypersonic detection capability aligns with the Air Force's modernization priorities addressing emerging threats, while the edge compute infrastructure reflects current military emphasis on distributed, resilient systems that can operate with minimal latency in contested environments. The Phase II designation indicates successful completion of preliminary research and development, with this award funding the advancement toward commercialization and scaled deployment of the technology.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $1.2m | 8/28/25 |