Fishers, IN — Pierce Aerospace, a global leader in drone Remote Identification technologies, announced that it was awarded a $10 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) subcontract from Amentum, a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, to support evolving requirements from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T).
This subcontract was awarded as a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III award
under Amentum’s Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s (DoD IAC) multiple-award contract (MAC) vehicle. DoD IAC MAC task orders (TOs) are awarded by the U.S. Air Force’s 774th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron to develop and create new knowledge for the enhancement of the DTIC repository and the R&D and S&T community. This new subcontract provides opportunities to test and evaluate Pierce Aerospace’s advanced Remote Identification capabilities.
Through this subcontract, Pierce Aerospace is deploying its market-leading Remote ID detection, tracking, and identification systems and software to various geographies with multiple departments and agencies
participating. Pierce Aerospace’s solutions, including the YR1 Remote ID Sensor, are designed to provide
commercial and government end users with an affordable means to monitor airspace for Remote ID
broadcast messages, filling gaps in airspace awareness. Pierce Aerospace’s solutions can be layered with
other capabilities to provide a holistic approach to airspace safety and security.
“We are incredibly grateful for this opportunity to serve various United States agencies that are now using
our Remote ID capabilities to enhance their airspace awareness,” said Aaron Pierce, CEO and co-founder of Pierce Aerospace. “This award marks a big step in the evolution of end users’ airspace missions, and we look forward to continuing to evolve and enhance that mission as we deploy these systems.”
“Remote ID has been coming for a long time. We started work on this path in 2017 and built many of the
capabilities we now deploy to end users via the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) SBIR program that we started with the U.S. Air Force via AFWERX,” said Pierce. “The Amentum team leaned forward and worked with us to make this award an SBIR Phase III subcontract, extending our abilities to serve end users today and into the future. Using an SBIR Phase III vehicle to scale Remote ID is the exact sort of path that Congress envisioned for the SBA’s SBIR program.”
Remote ID is the ability of a drone to broadcast its identification and location information and is an FAA requirement. The FAA codified Remote ID as a rule on January 15, 2021, and began enforcement of Remote ID on March 16, 2024. More information on Remote ID can be found here.
About the DoD IAC Program
“The DoD IAC, sponsored by the Defense Technical Information Center, provides technical data management and research support for DoD and federal government users. Established in 1946, the IAC program serves the DoD science & technology (S&T) and acquisition communities to drive innovation and technological developments by enhancing collaboration through integrated scientific and technical information development and dissemination for the DoD and broader S&T community.”
About Pierce Aerospace
Pierce Aerospace, a Techstars-backed company, is a Remote ID service provider focused on the practical and robust integration of Remote ID services into the UAS ecosystem. As an Industry Leader, Pierce Aerospace serves on the FAA’s Drone Safety Team, ASTM F38 Committee on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, the FAA’s Remote ID Cohort, and the FAA Detection and Mitigation Advanced Rulemaking Committee. Funds from the U.S. Air Force and the State of Indiana support Pierce Aerospace’s Remote ID technology, which was nominated as Indiana’s Innovation of the Year by Techpoint. Pierce Aerospace was awarded the Techpoint Mira Award as Indiana’s most innovative tech team. The company is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, the racing capital of the world.
Visit www.pierceaerospace.net
About Amentum
Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the
United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. Our people apply undaunted curiosity, relentless ambition and boundless imagination to challenge convention and drive progress. Our commitments are underpinned by the belief that safety,
inclusion and well-being are integral to success. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, we have more than
53,000 employees in approximately 80 countries across all 7 continents.
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