AELIUS EXPLOITATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase III: SBIR PHASE III EFFORT FOR AELIUS TO MAINTAIN, UPGRADE AND MODERNIZE EXISTING T-38 UNIT TRA
AELIUS EXPLOITATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC — SBIR Phase III award from Department of Defense.
Phase III transition / production-path signal
- Phase III work is typically non-SBIR set-aside follow-on. Seeing AELIUS EXPLOITATION TECHNOLOGIES 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.
- At $6,685,007, this is a large obligation for typical SBIR Phase sizing — worth reviewing for scope breadth and teaming opportunity.
- Tagged technology areas: Modeling & Simulation. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
Summary
Aelius Exploitation Technologies LLC received over $6.6 million from the Air Force to maintain and upgrade T-38 training simulators. This Phase III SBIR contract focuses on modernizing existing unit training devices used for pilot instruction.
- Amount
- $6,685,007
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase III
- NAICS
- 336413 · OTHER AIRCRAFT PARTS AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING
- Place of performance
- VA
- Period
- 2025-09-19 → 2026-11-30
Technology domains
Description
SBIR PHASE III EFFORT FOR AELIUS TO MAINTAIN, UPGRADE AND MODERNIZE EXISTING T-38 UNIT TRAINING DEVICES (UTD) IAW SECTION J, ATTACHMENT 1, STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW).