LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED — Department of Defense SBIR Phase III: SWIFT AND QUIET AIRFIELD ASSESSMENT DEVICE (SQUAAD) SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SB
LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED — 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 LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED 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 $369,928. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Tagged technology areas: Sensors & Sensor Fusion. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
Summary
Luna Innovations won a Phase III SBIR award from the Air Force to develop the SQUAAD device, which quickly and quietly checks airfield conditions. The roughly $370k contract helps turn earlier research into a practical tool for military runway assessment.
- Amount
- $369,928
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase III
- NAICS
- 541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
- Place of performance
- VA
- Period
- 2024-12-19 → 2026-08-31
Technology domains
Description
SWIFT AND QUIET AIRFIELD ASSESSMENT DEVICE (SQUAAD) SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PHASE III