Analytical AI, Inc.

Analytical AI, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Birmingham, Alabama, develops artificial intelligence and machine learning detection and screening algorithms for the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of the Air Force as a prime contractor exclusively (100% of recent awards), competing predominantly under small-business set-asides on research and development contracts.

The vendor's customer footprint is concentrated in two federal departments. The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate drives 11 of 15 awards worth $5.5 million in combined potential value, while the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory accounts for 2 awards worth $2.5 million, and the Transportation Security Administration (a DHS component) holds 2 awards worth $1.4 million. Across the top three customer agencies, coverage is 100% of the recent award portfolio. DHS S&T's multi-phase approach — sustaining work through sequential OTA and SBIR awards — anchors the vendor's active pipeline.

Analytical AI's capability portfolio centers on AI-enabled screening, detection, and security applications. Recent representative contracts include a $2.83 million DHS S&T cost-plus-fixed-fee SBIR Phase III award (September 2026) for limited-mobility passenger screening algorithm development, running through September 2029; a $997.4 million DHS S&T SBIR Phase II award (April 2023, cost-plus-fixed-fee) for analytical AI development with a completion date of August 2028; two Air Force Research Laboratory SBIR and STTR Phase II purchase orders, one for $1.25 million (December 2022) on AI-enhanced runway foreign-object-debris detection and one for $1.24 million (November 2022) on AI-enhanced perimeter wildlife intrusion detection; and two Transportation Security Administration firm-fixed-price contracts totaling $1.4 million (September 2026 and September 2024) for detection algorithms supporting in-motion screening and passenger screening with limited mobility. The vendor also delivers Property Algorithmic Screening System (PASS) development — a four-phase OTA portfolio with DHS S&T running through October 2024 — and Recursive Evaluation of Security in Soft Targets (RESIST) AI capabilities across Phase 1 and Phase 2 OTAs.

Activity has been inconsistent: four awards in 2022, three in 2023, two in 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026. Two awards (combined potential value $1.6 million) face completion inside the next twenty-four months and present recompete exposure. The vendor operates as a pure prime contractor with no subcontractor footprint; across SCI-reportable service contracts, zero percent of contractor hours were performed by subcontractors, indicating Analytical AI self-performs all billable labor. SCI-reported invoicing shows growth trajectory: $7 thousand in FY2023 (0.0 FTEs), $637 thousand in FY2024 (4.0 FTEs), and $1.1 million in FY2025 (13.5 FTEs), with government-paid hourly rates holding steady in the $76.57–$78.68/hr range (median $77.63/hr), representing mid-level technical labor pricing consistent with AI and machine learning research delivery on federal R&D contracts.