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AI-Enabled Incident Response System with sUAS and Human Copilots (AIRS-COP)
SAM.gov (U.S. federal contract opportunities) · the publisher calls it «Sources Sought»
FHWA issued a sources-sought notice seeking capability statements for AIRS-COP, an AI-enabled sUAS and human-copilot system for autonomous first-response in highway incidents, to be prototyped and flight-tested. The response deadline was 15 October 2026 and the notice is now archived as closed, so it is no longer open for responses. (machine-written summary)
- Deadline
- 15 Oct 2026 (time: see source)
- Source text: «Response deadline (SAM.gov data field): 15 October 2026 22:00 EDT»
- Need owner
- Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
- References
- 693JJ3-26-SN-0010
- What is needed
- The objective of this purchase order is to design, develop, and flight-test a smart copilot system including smart sUAS, TMC and law enforcement officers for highway incident first responder services.
- Who is sought
- All potential sources, regardless of whether they are large or small in accordance with the NAICS size standard are encouraged to submit a capabilities statement in response to this Sources Sought notice.
- Maturity
- This purchase order will develop a prototype, followed by future pilot implementation testing, of an AI-Enabled Incident Response System with sUAS and Human Copilots (AIRS-COP).
- How to respond
- SUBMIT RESPONSES TO: jason.motala@dot.gov
- Access
- Norwegian suppliers: not stated — check the access terms
- Membership required
- Not stated
- Funding
- Not stated
- Source text: «It is anticipated that the potential resulting solicitation will result in a single award labor hour with cost-reimbursable travel research and development award.»
- Possible follow-on
- It is anticipated that the potential resulting solicitation will result in a single award labor hour with cost-reimbursable travel research and development award.
- Commitment
- The purpose of this notice is to obtain information, for planning purposes, regarding: the availability and capability of qualified sources to perform the work
- Published by the source
- 2026-09-30
Sources
- Attached document · Official publisher: https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/1c23484fccd1492cb85f62a4a012a000/download · read 2026-11-04
- Publisher page · Official publisher: https://sam.gov/opp/9d008ee9dbb14065902212ea83db49b5/view · read 2026-11-04
- Formal notice · Official publisher: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9d008ee9dbb14065902212ea83db49b5/view · notice in our contracts register
Changes
- 2026-11-04 · Summary: "The US Federal Highway Administration is seeking capability information from potential sources for an AI-enabled sUAS incident response system with human copilots, to be prototyped and flight-tested. Responses are due 15 October 2026 at 22:00 EDT to jason.motala@dot.gov, and the notice is explicitly not a solicitation." → "FHWA issued a sources-sought notice seeking capability statements for AIRS-COP, an AI-enabled sUAS and human-copilot system for autonomous first-response in highway incidents, to be prototyped and flight-tested. The response deadline was 15 October 2026 and the notice is now archived as closed, so it is no longer open for responses."
- 2026-11-04 · Need: "This purchase order will develop a prototype, followed by future pilot implementation testing, of an AI-Enabled Incident Response System with sUAS and Human Copilots (AIRS-COP)." → "The objective of this purchase order is to design, develop, and flight-test a smart copilot system including smart sUAS, TMC and law enforcement officers for highway incident first responder services."
- 2026-11-04 · maturity text: "This purchase order will develop a prototype, followed by future pilot implementation testing" → "This purchase order will develop a prototype, followed by future pilot implementation testing, of an AI-Enabled Incident Response System with sUAS and Human Copilots (AIRS-COP)."
- 2026-11-04 · Status in the source: "open" → "closed"
- 2026-11-04 · follow on text: "followed by future pilot implementation testing" → "It is anticipated that the potential resulting solicitation will result in a single award labor hour with cost-reimbursable travel research and development award."
- 2026-11-04 · no commitment text: "This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations." → "The purpose of this notice is to obtain information, for planning purposes, regarding: the availability and capability of qualified sources to perform the work"
- 2026-11-04 · relevance reason: "The notice seeks sources to develop and flight-test an AI-enabled small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) for highway incident response." → "The call seeks an AI-enabled small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) for highway incident response, so it is relevant."
- 2026-10-10 · supersedes contracts: null → 1
Last checked against the source 2026-11-04.