Polymath Robotics Inc.

Polymath Robotics Inc. designs and manufactures ground-based autonomous vehicles for military flightline operations and develops autonomy software for the Air Force Research Laboratory as a prime contractor, operating exclusively under total small business set-asides. Based in San Francisco, California, the company has concentrated its federal footprint entirely with the Air Force Research Laboratory across three awards totaling $2.6 million in combined potential value since late 2023.

Polymath's capability portfolio centers on autonomous ground vehicles for airfield maintenance and foreign object debris detection. Representative work includes a $1.24 million firm fixed price definitive contract awarded April 1, 2026, for a rapid-deploy autonomous flightline maintainer vehicle with ultimate completion June 1, 2027; a $1.25 million purchase order awarded August 16, 2024, for ground-based autonomous vehicles conducting flightline foreign object debris inspections with completion by May 18, 2026; and a $75 thousand Small Business Innovation Research Phase I award from December 11, 2023, for autonomy software development in ground operations (completed March 15, 2024). All three awards carry firm fixed price structures and fall under applied research or experimental development within the National Defense R&D Services category.

Customer concentration is absolute — the Air Force Research Laboratory accounts for 100% of recent awards and combined potential value. One award, valued at $1.2 million, reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore faces recompete risk. Polymath operates as a pure prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the current portfolio. The vendor has not been awarded a parent vehicle contract, IDIQs, or GWACs; all work flows through direct purchase orders and definitive contracts with AFRL.