USDA SBIR (NIFA)

USDA's NIFA-run SBIR/STTR program (Phase I awards $125K-$181.5K, ~$15.5M annual pool) funds Forest Service-relevant wildfire tech, including Parallel Flight Technologies' prescribed-fire drones and Helios Pompano's lightning-strike verification.

Buys

• Detection & sensing
• Forest & fuels
• Prediction & response
• Suppression & aerial

Contracts & solicitations (6)

• USDA SBIR Phase I — Helios Pompano rural wildfire resilience via light
• USDA SBIR Phase 2 — Parallel Flight Technologies large-scale prescribe
• USDA SBIR Phase I — Parallel Flight Technologies: heavy-lift hybrid UA
• USDA SBIR Phase I — Near Space Labs: QuickFire stratospheric-balloon w
• USDA SBIR Phase I — Electra.aero: solar HALE UAS with SAR for fuel-moi
• USDA SBIR Phase I — Geometric Data Analytics: SMoLDER situational-awar

Procurement portal

https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/funding-opportunities/small-business-innovation-research-small-business-technology-transfer