Federal Contractor Profile
Heron Systems, INC.
Federal contracting record: $7.3M obligated across 15 awards from 3 agencies, FY 2016–2026.
Company Profile
UEI (Unique Entity Identifier)
U812ZMD7CUK3
CAGE Code
1NQH1
Parent Organization
Heron Systems, INC.
Address
22685 THREE NOTCH RD STE B, CALIFORNIA, MD, 206193042
First Federal Award
Oct 7, 2015
Most Recent Award
Oct 14, 2025
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Top Federal Agencies
- $6.3M
Department of Defense
12 awards · 85.9% of total
- $874K
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2 awards · 12.0% of total
- $150K
Department of Homeland Security
1 awards · 2.1% of total
Top NAICS Activity
- $5.0M
541715
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
8 awards
- $2.3M
541712
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)
5 awards
- -$3K
541330
ENGINEERING SERVICES
2 awards
Recent Federal Awards
| Date | Agency | NAICS | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2022 | Department of DefenseFA8750 AFRL RIK | 541715 | MODEL ZERO - REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR POLICY TRANSFER INTO HIGH- FIDELITY ENVIRONMENTS. | $1000K |
| Oct 23, 2019 | Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV | 541715 | IGF::OT::IGF | $900K |
| Aug 20, 2019 | Department of DefenseW4GG HQ US ARMY TACOM | 541715 | PHASE I SBIR WITH HERON SYSTEMS INC. | $108K |
| Jun 20, 2019 | Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV | 541715 | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | $139K |
| Feb 5, 2019 | Department of DefenseDEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | 541715 | OFFENSIVE SWARM ENABLED TACTICS (OFFSET) SPRINT 2 - SWARM AUTONOMY | $159K |
| Sep 10, 2018 | Department of Homeland SecurityDOM NUCLEAR DETECT OFF ACQ DIV | 541715 | IGF::OT::IGF SBIR PHASE I AWARD | $150K |
| Sep 10, 2018 | Department of DefenseW4PZ USA MED RSCH ACQUIS ACT | 541715 | DHA 15.1 SBIR 2ND PHASE II MEDICAL R&D CONTRACT FOR PROPOSAL H2-0372, TITLED "VIRTUAL MEDICAL CONCIERGE APPLICATION" ERMS18106001 | $999K |
| Aug 17, 2018 | Department of DefenseDEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | 541715 | OFFENSIVE SWARM ENABLED TACTICS (OFFSET) SPRINT 2 - SWARM AUTONOMY | $286K |
| Jul 20, 2018 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 541715 | AS ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY EVOLVE INTO HIGHLY ADVANCED, MULTI-MISSION SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF MANNEDUNMANNED TEAMING EFFORTS, OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE PRACTICAL REAL-WORLD AUTONOMOUS INTERVEHICLE COORDINATION BECOMES FEASIBLE. DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS SUCH AS SEARCH AND RESCUE ARE POISED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF COLLABORATING UNMANNED ASSETS TO PROVIDE RISK REDUCTION AND NECESSARY STAND-OFF FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. FULLY CUSTOM SOLUTIONS ARE NOT NECESSARY, AS COLLABORATIVE CAPABILITIES CAN BE ACHIEVED BY LEVERAGING EXISTING OR EMERGING UAVS TO PERFORM THE PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE TASKS REQUIRED. TO ACHIEVE FEASIBILITY, HERON SYSTEMS PROPOSES GLUE, A NOVEL DECENTRALIZED VIRTUAL AUCTIONEER FRAMEWORK ENABLING AUTONOMOUS RESOURCE AND TASK ALLOCATION OF COORDINATED, HETEROGENEOUS UNMANNED ASSETS. PHASE 1 WORK FOCUSES ON SOFTWARE ALGORITHM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CONCEPTUALLY DEMONSTRATING GLUE AGAINST KEY TASKS THAT MAKE UP A SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION. HERON SYSTEMS WILL LEVERAGE ITS EXISTING PLUG AND PLAY ROBOTIC ARCHITECTURE, THE MULTI-AGENT COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT (MACE) FRAMEWORK, AS A FOUNDATION FOR PROVIDING THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACHIEVE A REALISTIC SITL SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT. THE PROPOSED SOLUTION PROVIDES THE NECESSARY MODULARITY ENSURING ROBUSTNESS TO FUTURE SOA ADVANCES IN AUTONOMY. THIS FURTHER PROVIDES AN ABILITY TO REMAIN VEHICLE AGNOSTIC ENABLING SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF COTS VEHICLES. | $125K |
| Jun 11, 2018 | Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV | 541715 | IGF::OT::IGF | $1.2M |
| Sep 8, 2016 | Department of DefenseW4PZ USA MED RSCH ACQUIS ACT | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF DHP SBIR PH II H2-0152, AWARDED TO HERON SYSTEMS | $1000K |
| Jun 29, 2016 | Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV | 541712 | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | $281K |
| May 17, 2016 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF THE ADVANCEMENT OF UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS (UAS) WITH COMPUTING POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS HARDWARE HAS ENABLED AN INCREASED CAPABILITY SET FOR MULTIVEHICLE COLLABORATIVE OPERATIONS. BY COOPERATIVELY ALLOCATING UNMANNED RESOURCES, VEHICLE TASKING, AND PLANNING THE SUBSEQUENT VEHICLE PATHS, THE EFFICIENCY OF UAS OPERATIONS CAN BE MAXIMIZED. HERON SYSTEMS PROPOSES TO DEVELOP THE MULTI-AGENT COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT (MACE) FRAMEWORK INTO A MATURE PROTOTYPE THAT ENABLES COLLABORATIVE RESOURCE ALLOCATION, TASK ALLOCATION, AND PATH PLANNING FOR UNMANNED SYSTEMS OPERATING IN DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS SUBJECT TO DIVERSE COMMUNICATION CONDITIONS. THIS PHASE 2 WORK WILL FOCUS ON REFINING THE PATH PLANNING PORTION OF MACE AS WELL AS MATURING THE RESOURCE AND TASK ALLOCATION LIBRARY DEVELOPED DURING PHASE 1. THE PATH PLANNING ARCHITECTURE WILL DEFINE KEY MODULES TO PLAN PATHS TO A GLOBAL OBJECTIVE, ASSESS POTENTIAL OBSTACLES, AND AVOID COLLISIONS WHILE MAINTAINING PROGRESS TOWARDS THE GLOBAL OBJECTIVE. THE FRAMEWORK WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN A MODULAR FASHION TO ALLOW A PLUG-AND-PLAY CAPABILITY FOR THE RESOURCE/TASK ALLOCATION AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE PATH PLANNING PIPELINE, GIVING END USERS THE FLEXIBILITY TO EXPLORE OTHER METHODS FOR UAS COLLABORATION. AT THE CONCLUSION OF PHASE 2, THE MACE FRAMEWORK WILL BE DEMONSTRATED USING HERON SYSTEMS? HWIL SIMULATION/STIMULATION ENVIRONMENT. ONCE VERIFIED VIA THE HWIL ENVIRONMENT, THE MACE FRAMEWORK WILL BE DEPLOYED ONBOARD SEVERAL AERIAL ASSETS AND TESTED AGAINST SCENARIOS SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TOWARDS PRECISION AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS. | $750K |
| May 16, 2016 | Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV | 541712 | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | $281K |
Subawards Received
Heron Systems, INC. also receives subaward dollars from other prime contractors. Aggregated from USAspending sub-award reporting (FY2016-FY2026).
Top 3 Primes Paying Heron Systems, INC.
- Systems & Technology Research LLC$8.2M
3 subawards
- $1.3M
- J. F. Taylor, INC.$693K
3 subawards
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