This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Near Earth Autonomy, Inc., a for-profit small business. The contract is for $124,896 and is focused on developing autonomous aerial inspection capabilities using small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) to enable high-quality imaging and contact sensing at close proximity (2 cm) for industrial facilities in sectors such as steel,...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Near Earth Autonomy, Inc., a small business. The contract is focused on developing an autonomous contingency system in the form of sensors and computer software to enable Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to operate safely in the National Airspace System (NAS). The proposed technologies aim to address key challenges such as sense and avoid, terrain avoidance,...
This federal contract award to Cybernet Systems Corporation, a small business, is for the development and demonstration of a collision-safe, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules-enforcing Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) controller technology. The technology aims to enable small, commercial UAS to safely operate beyond the visual line of sight and at higher altitudes, as new FAA regulations restrict. The $124,538 firm fixed-price contract is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space...
This federal contract award to Near Earth Autonomy, Inc., a small business, is for the development of an autonomous contingency system to enable safe operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS). The $124,935 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract focuses on advanced sensors and software to allow UAS to adapt to unpredicted changes in their environment and complete missions with minimal human intervention. The contract is part of a larger...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Numerica Corporation, a small business air and missile defense company. The contract, valued at $749,952, aims to develop new methods to support safety testing for the integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS), with a focus on testing the collision avoidance algorithms of UAS...
This is a $124,838 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Kalscott Engineering, Inc., a minority-owned small business. The contract is to develop a micro Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) unit that is lightweight, inexpensive, and suitable for small civilian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This addresses the limitation that current ADS-B transponders, developed...
This is a $124,654 Phase I SBIR contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Adaptive Aerospace Group Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract is for the development of a "Safe Autonomy Flexible Innovation Testbed (SAFIT)" - a high-integrity flight management system and multi-unmanned aircraft system (UAS) ground control station for safe operation of multiple fixed-wing UAS in a wide range of missions,...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Near Earth Autonomy, Inc., a small business headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The $124,913 firm-fixed-price contract is for research and development of software algorithms and low-cost sensors to enable reliable and safe autonomous take-off and landing operations for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the National Airspace System. This contract is...
This is a $124,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Dynamic Systems Integration, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the development of an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) network design to provide low-altitude aircraft and Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) tracking coverage for the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) NextGen program. The...
This is a $746,352.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to 4D TECH Solutions, LLC, a HUBZone certified, veteran-owned small business. The contract is for the commercialization of an Intelligent Electronic Speed Controller (IESC) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that will integrate propulsion system health monitoring sensors to predict propulsion system faults. The IESC will leverage an Artificial...