BLACK SWIFT TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Boulder, CO · Aerospace · Private

S3 UAS, an autonomous uncrewed aircraft designed for extreme-environment Earth observation with long-duration missions, severe-weather capability, and solar-powered autonomous recharge

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · bst.aero

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: Boulder, CO
Total capital: $13.8M

Federal grants: $3.5M; 9 awards · 2017–2025; Rank in peer group#115 of 155
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $10.3M; 52 awards · NASA, Commerce, Defense; Rank in Aerospace#228 of 1335
Granted patents: 0; 1 pending

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jul 2026Federal contractCommerce · Noaa/omao/piad, Black Swift Suas Platform, Operational And Technical Support Services$612K
May 2026Federal contractCommerce · Noaa/omao/piad, Black Swift Suas Platform, Operational And Technical Support Services$16K
Feb 2026Federal contractCommerce · Omao/piad, Black Swift Idiq, Suas Platform, Operational And Technical Support Services$483K
Sep 2025Federal contractNASA · SBIR I Adaptive And Secure Autonomy For UAS: A Modular Approach To Flight Control Machine Learning Integration And Multi-vehicle Coordination$156K
Sep 2025Federal contractNASA · S2 UAS Flight System$90K
Sep 2025Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR I Adaptive And Secure Autonomy For UAS: A Modular Approach To Flight Control Machine Learning Integration And Multi-vehicle Coordination$156K
Aug 2025Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase III - Data Collection Over Costa Rica Volcanoes$81K

Show 54 earlier federal awards

Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$243K
Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · Research And Development.$246K
Jun 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Research And Development.$146K
Mar 2025Federal contractNASA · Tech Support For Aren Project (aerokats & Rover Education Network)$118K
Feb 2025Federal contractCommerce · Noaa/omao/uxsoc/suas Support Services$748K
Dec 2024Federal contractNASA · FY25 Phase III - Demonstrating Persistent IR Measurements Over Wildfires Using Small, Fixed Wing Uncrewed Aircraft$74K
Mar 2024Federal contractNASA · Tech Support For Aren Project$93K
Oct 2023Federal contractDefense · Runway Integrity Validation Through Soil Moisture Measurements From A Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)$1.2M
Sep 2023Federal contractInterior · Multiparametric Volcanic Data Collection Mission$124K
Aug 2023Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase I - Uncrewed Aircraft System Data Assimilation For Improved Wildland Fire Fighting Decision Support$156K
Aug 2023Federal contractCommerce · Noaa AA22-02 Guidance Was Followed For This Acquisition As Iija Funding Is Included. Suas Program Altum Pt Sensor Payload Upgrade To Existing Government Owned Black Swift Technologies S2 Airframe.$19K
Apr 2023Federal contractInterior · Soil Moisture Monitoring Using An L-band Radiometer$14K
Mar 2023Federal contractNASA · Support For Areokats And Rover Education Network (aren) Project - Bst 2023.$90K
Nov 2022Federal contractDefense · Runway Integrity Validation Through Soil Moisture Measurements From A Small Unmanned Aerial Systems$75K
Sep 2022Federal contractNASA · Launcher Hardware For BLACKSWIFT2 UAS$25K
Aug 2022Federal contractNASA · FY22 Ccrpp A Ruggedized UAS For Scientific Data Gathering In Harsh Environments$779K
Jul 2022Federal grantNASA · Phase I · All Weather UAS for Long Term Unattended Environmental Observations$150K
Jul 2022Federal contractInterior · Unoccupied Aircraft Systems Volcano Monitoring Surveys$78K
Mar 2022Federal contractNASA · Support For Aerokats And Rover Education Network (aren) Project$80K
Mar 2022Federal contractNASA · EO-14042 Suas Tracking Of Subtle Volcano Emmission$130K
Dec 2021Federal contractNASA · Support For Aerokats And Rover Project$30K
Dec 2021Federal contractCommerce · UAS Drone Equipment & Tablet For Joe Cione$25K
Nov 2021Federal contractNASA · Aerokats&rover Education Network Support-black Swift Technologies,dated 04/28/2021,DELIVERY Date:the Aeropods Should Be Delivered By 11/01 After Award DATE..11/01-SWIFT Flow Delivery & Aren SUPPORT:$29,950.10. 02/01-CONTINUED Aren Support $19,955.10$50K
Aug 2021Federal contractInterior · Services Of An Unmanned Aircraft System With An L-band Radiometer Sensor$63K
Mar 2021Federal contractCommerce · Provide One Refurbished S1 UAS And Training For Noaa Uxs Division$13K
Feb 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Black Swift: A machine learning software for predicting and improving UAS maintenance schedules$45K
Jun 2020Federal contractNASA · Custom Engineering Services, Payload Integration And Flight Testing For Blackswift Technologies S-2 UAS$14K
Dec 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Atmospheric Sounding UAS$670K
Dec 2019Federal contractDefense · Unmanned Aerial System - Small Business Innovation Research Phase II- Black Swift- So UAS (the Modified UAS For This SBIR Unmanned Aircraft System) Atmospheric Sounding$749K
Sep 2019Federal contractNASA · Black Swift S2$40K
Sep 2019Federal contractInterior · Development Of Sensor Package For Volcano Observation$100K
Aug 2019Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Dynamic Soaring for Persistent Venus Upper Atmosphere Observations$749K
Jul 2019Federal contractDefense · UAS Pitch Day Peo Digital$75K
Jun 2019Federal contractCommerce · This Award Is For The Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II For FY19'S Program Announcement For The Technology Partnerships Office Under Oceanic And Atmospheric Research (oar) In Silver Spring, Md. This Award Is For Proposal 18-2-103.$400K
May 2019Federal contractCommerce · UAS Drone Spare Parts$8K
Jul 2018Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Sensor Fusion and Algorithms for Mapping at Low Altitude Above Rugged Terrain$124K
Jul 2018Federal contractNASA · Although A Large Majority Of The Proposed Systems For Upper Atmospheric Observation Of Venus Have Consisted Of Either Dirigibles [34,35,36] Or Solar-powered Heavier Than Air Vehicles [9,10,11,12], Both Suffer From Their Own Particular Drawbacks And Neither Deal Effectively With The High Wind Speeds. This Work Proposes A Solution Based On Dynamic Soaring, A Proven Method To Extract Energy From Atmospheric Shear That Has Propelled The Fastest Small-scale Aircraft In The World, And Provided The Ene$124K
Jul 2018Federal contractCommerce · This Award Is For The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I For FY2018'S Program Announcement For The Technology Partnerships Office Under The Office Of Atmospheric Research In Silver Spring, Md. This Award Is For Proposal 18-1-103 Entitled "the So UAS, And Air Deployed Solution For Boundary Layer Observations In Turbulent Environments."$120K
Jul 2018Federal contractCommerce · Ige::ot::ige Suas Program Equipment FY18$26K
Jun 2018Federal contractNASA · Black Swift Technologies UAS$26K
Mar 2018Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Improved UAS Robustness Through Augmented Onboard Intelligence$749K
Oct 2017Federal contractNASA · The Focus Of This Ccrpp Proposal Is On Commercializing Two Key Technologies Of The Soil Moisture Mapping Small Unmanned Aircraft System (smm Suas) SBIR Project; (1) The L-band Radiometer And (2) The Superswift Suas. These Two Technologies Represent The Bulk Of The Work In Phase II And Phase Ii-e. Black Swift Technologies (bst) Has Identified A Strong Customer Need For These Technologies. The Majority Of The Investment Is Coming From A NASA Program While The Non-nasa Portion Of The Investment Ali$177K
Jun 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf This Work Will Focus On The Development Of A Highly Capable Avionics Subsystem And Machine Learning Algorithms To Provide Early Warning Of Potential Failures Of Critical Subsystems On Small UAS. This Modular System Will Consist Of Networked Onboard Monitoring Nodes Capable Of Observing Operations And Providing Notification Of Off-nominal Conditions To The Autopilot As Well As The Operator, Mitigating The Risk Of Failure, And Providing Critical Information Regarding Required Mainten$125K
Jun 2017Federal grantNASA · Phase II · A Ruggedized UAS for Scientific Data Gathering in Harsh Environments$723K
Jun 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Black Swift Technologies Proposes The Development Of The Superswift Xt, A Novel Small Unmanned Aircraft System That Meets The Sensing Needs Required For Responding To Or Monitoring Volcanic Ash Clouds. This Tightly Integrated System Will Consist Of An Airframe, Avionics, And Sensors Specifically Designed To Measure Selected Gases And Atmospheric Properties. It Is Based On The Commercial Superswift Airframe And Swiftcore Flight Management System, Which Have Been Proven In The Field T$928K
May 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::xx::igf Mapir 3MPGLOBAL Shutter Camera$41K
May 2017Federal contractCommerce · Igf::ot::igf Lafe 2017 - Experiment Requirements For Penguin Be$35K
Nov 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Flight And Engineering Services, And Assembly Of UAV Plane$50K
Jun 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Accurate Predictive Modeling Of Certain Atmospheric Chemical Phenomena (i.e. Volcano Plumes, Smog, Gas Clouds, Wildfire Smoke, Etc.) Suffers From A Dearth Of Information, Largely Due To The Fact That The Dynamic Qualities Of The Phenomenon Evade Accurate Data Collection. In Situ Measurements Are Currently Made Through The Use Of Ground Sensors And Dropsondes. Ground Sensors, Such As Seismometers, Tiltmeters, In-ground Gas Monitors And Near-field Remote Sensings Instruments[,] Have $125K
Aug 2015Federal contractCommerce · Ground Station.$5K
May 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Two Year Unmanned Aircraft Lease$38K
Jun 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf There Is A Great Need For Better Understanding Of The Continuity Of Atmospheric Processes On Multiple Scales Ranging From Several Kilometers To The Order Of A Meter. Although The General Features Of This Process Are Well-established, They Are Poorly Quantified. This Lack Of Understanding Leads To Significant Uncertainties In The Parameterizations Used In Numerical Models Of Weather Prediction, Pollution Transport And Diffusion, Etc. Improvement Of The Models Is Heavily Dependent Upo$117K
Apr 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Black Swift Technologies Proposes The Continued Development, Testing, Validation, And Delivery Of The Superswift Small Unmanned Aircraft System (suas), With A Highly Capable Passive Microwave Radiometer To Provide Full Coverage Soil Moisture Measurements Over An Area Of 400 Acres Per Flight. Tight Integration Of The Sensor With The Suas Avionics And Airframe Will Enable Precise Flight Control For Low Altitude Missions In The Range Of 15M-30M Above Ground Level (agl) Required For The$875K
May 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Overall Technical Goal Of This SBIR Is The Development Of A Commercially Viable, Small Unmanned Aircraft System (suas) With A Passive Microwave Sensor To Enable High Resolution Mapping Of Soil Moisture Content. Current Remote-sensing Methods For Sampling Soil Moisture Often Fail To Provide Measurements With Adequate Spatial And Temporal Resolution, Or Any Indication Of Moisture Content At Typical Root Depths. This Work Involves The Integration Of Existing Sensor, Airframe, And $123K

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USPTO · 0 granted of 1

May 18, 2017PendingAugmented Reality To Display Flight Data And Locate And Control An Aerial Vehicle In Real TimeUSPTOApplication 15345473

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06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
01 Jul 2026Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
18 Jun 2026Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration

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