SBIR/STTR Research Award
Manned-Unmanned Teaming
Award amount
$49,807Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Volans-i, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2019-01-31
- Contract end date
- 2020-01-31
- UEI
- KYWZTK5A2CC6
- Solicitation number
- 18.3
- Topic code
- AF183-001
Research abstract
Volans-I operates a fleet of VTOL, autonomous logistics UAS, capable of autonomous navigation and delivery of mission critical supplies (10-20 lbs) over the horizon and from distances in excess of 500 miles. Their systems are able to conduct fully autonomous deliveries in numerous austere conditions including moving target ship-to-ship operations as well as GPS and communications denied environments. They are the most advanced long-range drone delivery company in the commercial sector and have raised over $20M in venture capital from the world’s top venture capitalists (such as the first investors in Airbnb, Snapchat, Dropbox, etc.) to develop and manufacture their suite of capabilities. To date, Volans-I has successfully completed over 200 real world missions, logging over 1000 flight hours.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- 24 Hour Continuous Small Unit Autonomous UAS Resupply
- Research and Testing of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for the Delivery of Food and Supplies in Support of Contingency Operations
- Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Autonomous UAS Network with AI Driven Wearable Device Control
- Manned-Unmanned Teaming
- Deep Error Prediction
- Siege Breaker: Manned-Unmanned Teaming
- Manned-Unmanned Teaming
Research funding history
4 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2019–2020). Reported award amounts total $1,699,163. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense