Purchase Order HQ003424P0149

This is a $149,750 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded under the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract was set aside for small businesses and was awarded to Aelius Exploitation Technologies LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged, veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned business. The contract is for integrating autonomous systems and artificial intelligence/machine learning in a synthetic environment of the battlespace. Aelius Exploitation Technologies has a history of performing research and development work for various DoD and civilian agencies, including the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The company has also served as a subcontractor to Booz Allen Hamilton and participated in federal grant projects focused on advanced manufacturing techniques for aircraft.