Smart robotic canopy sanding
Active Purchase Order Awarded
- Contract number
- FA864925P0465
- Awardee
-
Graymatter Robotics Inc. UEI JP1LJSNV7LF8
- Awarding agency
-
Air Force Research Laboratory
Air Force Materiel Command, Department of Defense
- Obligated
- $1,249,610
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $1,249,610.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 67% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources · 105 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- Carson, CA 90810, USA
- Research
- SBIR Program Phase II Action
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this award
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1.25M firm fixed-price purchase order to Graymatter Robotics Inc., a small business based in Carson, California, for the development of smart robotic canopy sanding technology. This Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase II contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, builds upon the company's earlier Phase I SBIR work with AFRL focused on mobile robotic sanding systems. The work will be performed in Long Beach, California, with an ultimate completion date of May 28, 2027, and represents a continuation of the company's efforts to advance automated sanding capabilities for aerospace manufacturing applications.
Graymatter Robotics brings substantial innovation credentials to this effort, with a track record of federal investment in robotic manufacturing technologies. The company previously secured a $999.8K cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation in 2021 for developing smart robotic sanding cells for composite parts in high-mix manufacturing environments, as well as earlier SBIR Phase I awards from both the Naval Air Warfare Center and AFRL. The Phase II progression under this contract indicates that the company's technical approach successfully demonstrated feasibility and merit, advancing the smart robotic canopy sanding concept toward further development and potential commercialization for defense and aerospace manufacturing operations.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract FA864925P0465?
FA864925P0465 was awarded to Graymatter Robotics Inc. by Air Force Research Laboratory (Air Force Materiel Command) on August 29, 2025.
How much is contract FA864925P0465 worth?
The government has obligated $1,249,610 on FA864925P0465.
Was contract FA864925P0465 competed?
The extent of competition for FA864925P0465 was full and open competition after exclusion of sources. The government received 105 offers. It was set aside: Total Small Business.
On GovTribe
See this award's full record
- Every transaction and funding action
- The awardee's other awards and teaming partners
- Similar awards and recompete opportunities
- Ask GovTribe AI about this award