Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources
Major Defense Program
Not listed
Pricing Type
Firm Fixed Price
Place of Performance
Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Number Of Offers Received
500
Legislative Mandate
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National Interest Action
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Research Type
SBIR Program Phase I Action
Primary Consortia Member
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This is a SBIR Phase I contract award from the Shared Services Center (an alternate name for a NASA center) to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company. The contract is for the development of the Tool for Collaborative Autonomy (TCA), which will provide automated planning capabilities to route and deconflict operations of heterogeneous teams of unmanned air, sea, and ground vehicles in dynamic environments. The $124,980 firm-fixed-price contract has a period of performance through December 2016. It is a small business set-aside award. Aurora Flight Sciences has a history of federal contract and grant work with agencies like the Department of Defense, NASA, and the Office of Naval Research, focused on advanced aerospace and autonomous systems technologies.