AURORA ENGINEERING LLC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase III: SBIR PHASE III - MEDOS LLM CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT AND AI ASSURANCE

AURORA ENGINEERING LLC — SBIR Phase III award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Phase III transition / production-path signal

  • Phase III work is typically non-SBIR set-aside follow-on. Seeing AURORA ENGINEERING LLC at Phase III is a strong transition indicator in this domain.
  • Competitors studying dual-use scale-up should treat Phase III firms as graduation benchmarks, not just Phase I/II volume leaders.
  • Obligated amount $200,000. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
  • Tagged technology areas: Artificial Intelligence/ML. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.

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Summary

Aurora Engineering LLC won a $200,000 NASA Phase III SBIR award to advance the MEDOS large language model and strengthen AI assurance processes. This helps small businesses build reliable AI tools for government use.

Amount
$200,000
Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase III
NAICS
541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
Place of performance
MD
Period
2026-07-20 → 2027-07-19

Technology domains

Artificial Intelligence/ML

Description

SBIR PHASE III - MEDOS LLM CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT AND AI ASSURANCE

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