Heron Systems, Inc.
Multi-sensor fusion system using deep learning to interpret and track targets from radar, lidar, and camera inputs with explainability and uncertainty quantification
- Sector
- Defense
- Headquarters
- California, MD
- Total capital
- $10.8M
- Federal grants
- $1.1M
- 4 awards · 2016–2019
- Rank in peer group#74 of 89
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $9.7M
- 16 awards · Defense, NASA
- Rank in Defense#402 of 1442
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractDefense · Model Zero - Reinforcement Learning For Policy Transfer Into High- Fidelity Environments.$1.0M
- Federal contractDefense · Phase I SBIR With Heron Systems Inc.$108K
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$139K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Deep Learning Architecture for a Wide Variety of Sensors$108K
- Federal grantHomeland Security · Phase I · Ground-Based Autonomous Robotic Inspection of General Aviation$150K
- Federal contractDefense · Dha 15.1 SBIR 2ND Phase II Medical R&d Contract For Proposal H2-0372, Titled "virtual Medical Concierge Application" ERMS18106001$984K
- Federal contractDefense · Offensive Swarm Enabled Tactics (offset) Sprint 2 - Swarm Autonomy$445K
Show 12 earlier federal awards
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Autonomous Decentralized Coordination of Heterogeneous Unmanned Systems via Adaptive Auctions$125K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf$2M
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Dhp SBIR Ph II H2-0152, Awarded To Heron Systems$1.0M
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · A Modular Swarm Optimization Framework Enabling Multi-Vehicle Coordinated Path Planning$750K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf DHP15-0003 Proposal H1151-003-0094$150K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Advancement Of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) With Computing Power And Communications Hardware Has Enabled An Increased Capability Set For Multi-vehicle 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 The Multi-agent Cooperative Engagement (mace) Framework That Enables Collaborative Resource Allocation, Task Allocation, An$125K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase I - Po$150K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Darpa SBIR Phase II - Heron Systems Inc$1.5M
- Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1.7M
- Federal contractDefense · Heron Systems Inc - SBIR Phase I$150K
- Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Topic N112-101$150K
- Federal contractDefense · SBIR P1$80K
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Standing among 89 peers
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Defense
- Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Sources
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