Polaris Aero, a safety intelligence platform provider, announced its reception of a NASA Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award, supporting NASA’s System-Wide Safety Project for its Airspace Operations and Safety program.
NASA’s SBIR program aims to “merge the overarching potential of small firms with the legendary intellect of NASA,” according to the program’s website.
As part of Phase I of the program, Polaris Aero will receive $150,000 in funding to research A.I. integration into its cloud-based VOCUS Safety Intelligence Platform. The platform, hosted by Microsoft Azure, consolidates Polaris Aero software applications to enable users to create a more proactive approach to aviation safety, the company says.
“The integration of A.I. into our VOCUS safety platform will provide next-generation capabilities to help transform aviation from a compliance-based industry into one that’s intelligence-based,” Polaris Aero CEO Chris Connor says.
Additionally, the research aims to increase the safety capabilities of NASA’s In-Time Aviation Safety Management System.
After six months, Phase II of the SBIR program will see $850,000 in funding over the course of 24 months. During Phase II, NASA and its award recipients develop prototypes of the products to eventually reach commercialization during Phase III, it says.
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