US Air Force awards Enigma Aerospace USD 1.25 million SBIR
A US Air Force Phase II SBIR award funded validation of Enigma Aerospace's Phoenix autonomous logistics aircraft.
Evidence notes
- The Phase II award totals USD 1,249,757 under contract FA8649-25-P-0255.
- The project uses the Phoenix P100 subscale aircraft to de-risk the full-size Phoenix P-1000 design.
- Work covers simulation, hardware-in-the-loop autonomy validation, integration and a culminating autonomous flight demonstration.
Company context
Enigma Aerospace develops autonomous cargo aircraft and logistics command-and-control software for contested environments. Founded in 2023 and based in Burlington, Massachusetts, it is developing the Phoenix P-1000 runway-independent aircraft and Strata software for distributed defence and commercial delivery.