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AstraQua completed its NASA SBIR Phase I effort for AstraSense, delivering the required technical work, demonstration material, development plan, requirements documentation, and supporting reports. Internal closeout documentation identifies the performance period as September 29, 2025 through March 27, 2026.

The effort followed NASA’s September 2025 Phase I award for “AstraSense: AI-Driven Health Predictions for Sustainable Aviation.”

What the Phase I Effort Established

The completed effort established a foundation for continued development of AI-driven health awareness for electrified-aircraft systems and supported AstraQua’s subsequent Phase II proposal.

AstraSense is intended to connect real-time diagnostics and prognosis with an aircraft’s remaining capability. This health-intelligence agent contributes to AstraQua’s broader autonomy architecture; integrated mission replanning and fleet recovery require further application-specific development and validation.

Concept infographic showing degradation detection, diagnosis, prognosis and remaining operational capability.
Concept infographic: from early signals to actionable predictive-health forecasts.

AstraQua builds intelligence for systems that must keep operating when power, compute, and connectivity are limited.

Why Completion Matters

Completing Phase I demonstrates execution against a federal R&D program and creates a documented technical baseline for follow-on work.

Learn more about AstraSense and opportunities for aviation collaboration.

AQFM™ is the intelligence foundation we are developing for a modular autonomy architecture, with AstraSense contributing specialized health intelligence.

Loay Elbasyouni is an award‑winning NASA engineer best known for helping fly the first helicopter on Mars as a lead engineer on the Ingenuity mission. His career spans breakthrough work in electrification, robotics, and autonomy across NASA, Blue Origin, and the automotive industry. As Founder and CEO of AstraQua, he is now advancing AI‑powered autonomous systems built to operate reliably where energy, connectivity, and conditions define success.