This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Swift Engineering Inc. The objective is to develop and demonstrate an ultra-long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of sustained flight for a month or more without human intervention. The contract has a ceiling value of $124,812 and a target completion date of December 9, 2016. Swift Engineering has extensive experience in designing and building...
This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Swift Engineering Inc., a small business, for Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of a modular payload high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial system (HALE UAS) for various scientific mission sets. The total contract ceiling value is $149,574, with a period of performance through January 25,...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $1,124,588 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Swift Engineering Inc., a small business specializing in unmanned systems, autonomy, robotics, and advanced composites. The contract, titled "SWIFT ULTRA LONG ENDURANCE (SULE) UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE (UAV)", requires Swift to design, fabricate, and fly a 30-day endurance high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) UAS with flight tests up to 7 days....
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Intelligent Automation, LLC, a for-profit subchapter S corporation. The contract, valued at $1,032,955.00, is for the development of the Stakeholder Web-based Interrogable Federated Toolkit (SWIFT) project. The SWIFT project features three key innovations: 1) a web-accessible model invocation engine that can transform National...
This federal contract award to Black Swift Technologies LLC, a small business prime contractor, is for the development of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) capable of operating in areas with obstacles and rugged terrain. The $124,494.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), aims to advance fixed-wing UAS technology to expand the operational areas for applications such as atmospheric and environmental data...
This is a federal contract award to Swift Engineering Inc., a small business manufacturer based in San Clemente, California. The $148,084 Firm Fixed Price contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, under the SBIR Phase I program. The contract is for the development of a "Swift Ultra Long Endurance (SULE) High-Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS) Capability Demonstration", which aligns with the agency's research interests in advanced unmanned aerial systems and...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Swift Engineering Inc., a product development company specializing in unmanned systems, autonomy, robotics, and advanced composites. The contract, valued at $124,464, is for a lightweight, modular, and scalable surround visual and sensory feedback system for robotic pilots. This system, built on open-source platforms, will enable astronauts to perform...
This federal contract was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Swift Engineering Inc., a product development company specializing in unmanned systems, autonomy, robotics, and advanced composites. The $149,951.00 contract is for SIBR I - ULTRA ENDURANCE UAV, a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I research project. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price purchase order under the SBIR program. Swift Engineering has extensive experience as both a...
This is a $125,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Bluehalo Labs, LLC, doing business as Intelligent Automation, for the development of a "Stakeholder Web-based Interrogable Federated Toolkit (SWIFT)." The SWIFT program aims to create a predictive query language that populates databases with future information from aviation models, integrates with social media to augment research, and...
This contract was awarded by the United States Special Operations Command to Swift Engineering Inc., a for-profit product development company specializing in unmanned systems, autonomy, robotics, and advanced composites. The contract, valued at $149,412.30, is for a feasibility study under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program, with the topic area focusing on intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance unmanned aircraft systems. The contract is set aside for small...