Drone Amplified Inc.

Drone Amplified Inc., doing business as Drone Amplified, is a for-profit manufacturer based in Lincoln, Nebraska, that designs and delivers unmanned aerial systems (UAS) platforms, aerial ignition systems, custom sensor payloads, and integration services to federal civilian agencies for wildfire management and environmental monitoring. The company operates almost entirely as a prime contractor (97% of awards) competing on full-and-open basis across its federal footprint, with no SBA set-aside designations characterizing its prime work; a single Total Small Business set-aside appears on one NOAA IDC and one Office of Naval Research SBIR Phase I award, but these are exceptions rather than the pattern.

Drone Amplified's core federal capability centers on its flagship IGNIS aerial ignition system—a drone-mounted payload enabling safe, efficient prescribed burns and wildfire suppression through remote ignition—paired with the ALTA X and WATTS PRISM UAS platforms and thermal imaging sensor packages. Representative prime awards include a $496,573.76 BPA call from the Department of Interior for ALTA X drones and accessories (March 2024), a $927,120 National Interagency Fire Center order for fleet upgrades to ALTA X aircraft (June 2024), a $676,178.28 fire management integration contract from the National Interagency Fire Center (September 2023), a $465,500 order for 19 IGNIS 2.0 Portable Sensor Deployment machines from the National Interagency Fire Center (June 2023), and a $244,799.26 National Interagency Fire Center call for IGNIS aerial ignition equipment (June 2025). The company also holds a $2,025,871 Small Business Innovation Research Phase II cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation for intelligent drone ignition development, reflecting sustained federal R&D investment in the company's core technology.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward two agencies: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management's National Interagency Fire Center (51 awards, $26.9 million combined potential value) and the Department of Interior's Office of Policy Management and Budget (50 awards, $16.9 million combined potential value) together represent 92% of awards by count and 84% of combined potential value. These two customers anchor the portfolio at $43.8 million of the $52.2 million total. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (4 awards, $7.7 million) ranks third and comprises the only material diversification; the remaining ten customer agencies account for less than 1% of potential value combined. The two top-customer rankings align closely, signaling neither a volume-versus-dollars tension nor hidden concentration risk.

Drone Amplified's footprint sits on three core parent BPAs. The Department of Interior's $10 million single-award BPA (awarded May 19, 2023, through May 18, 2028) has supported 44 task orders valued at $5.7 million combined potential value against its ceiling. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service's $7.25 million single-award Fire and Aviation Management BPA (awarded May 4, 2022, through May 3, 2027) has generated 21 task orders worth $3.1 million combined potential value. A third Department of Agriculture BPA (contract 1202SA22T9601, awarded September 23, 2022) carries 21 task orders valued at $5.4 million. Additionally, the company holds a $7.5 million Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Contract with NOAA (awarded September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2028) for UAS platforms and sensors, and a $480,000 three-year BPA with the Department of Interior for WATTS PRISM LITE systems (awarded October 26, 2023, through April 10, 2025). These vehicles represent Drone Amplified's primary procurement channels; together they establish recurring, multi-year access to its three largest customer agencies.

Activity has accelerated over the past four years: 14 awards in 2022 to 34 in 2024, then 16 in 2025 and 17 year-to-date in 2026 (through mid-July). Of 118 total awards in the source, 23 carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months with a combined potential value of $3.7 million—a modest recompete cliff relative to the overall portfolio, though the Interior and NIFC BPAs themselves do not reach their ceiling dates until 2027 and 2028 respectively. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $52.2 million, with $20.7 million obligated to date (40% drawn).

Drone Amplified appears as a subcontractor in three sub-awards, all placed by Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., for Skydio and DUI UAS equipment and bundles (October 2024, June 2024, and January 2024). The company also received a sub-grant from San Jose State University Research Foundation in March 2024 for human systems integration research supporting NASA aeronautics missions. These sub positions are marginal relative to the prime footprint and represent ad-hoc vendor relationships rather than a characteristic posture. The company's award distribution by NAICS and PSC reflects its specialization: Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (79 awards) and Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components (73 awards by PSC) dominate, with Support Activities for Forestry (23 awards) capturing the fire-management integration work. No significant teaming relationships with other primes are evident in the source; Drone Amplified operates as a standalone vendor delivering hardware and integration services directly to federal agencies.