MERLIN LABS INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: AF192-D001

MERLIN LABS INC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$28,051,395
Agency
Department of Defense · Air Force
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase II
Topic
AF192-D001
Solicitation
19.2
NAICS
Place of performance
MA
Period
2019-08-02 → 2020-11-02

Description

Apollo is building a cloud-based operating system that enables traditionally manned aircraft to fly unmanned and autonomously in a variety of airspace, and from nearly any airport. Apollo leverages edge computing and artificial intelligence to provide an innovative, software-first approach to aircraft autonomy. Apollo’s technology has substantial commercial application and we are currently beta testing our software in a variety of aircraft. Apollo will partner with AFWERX, AFRL, and NSW to deploy our autonomous flight software to test a pilot in the loop to showcase our technology’s ability to bridge the manned-to-unmanned acquisitions gap.