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title: "HERON SYSTEMS, INC. — Capability Statement"
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cage: "1NQH1"
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updated: "2026-11-09T17:28:18.052Z"
generator: "TeamingIndex capability twin 1.0"
legal_name: "HERON SYSTEMS, INC."
dba_name: "HERON SYSTEMS"
primary_naics: "541715"
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claimed: false
tier: "unclaimed"
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# HERON SYSTEMS, INC.

> HERON SYSTEMS, INC. (DBA HERON SYSTEMS) is a SAM.gov-registered entity based in ARLINGTON, VA 22203-1620. UEI U812ZMD7CUK3; CAGE 1NQH1; primary NAICS 541715. Compliance posture not provided. Active SAM registration.

> **Unclaimed profile:** seeded from SAM.gov and USAspending public records. The entity has not claimed it, so capabilities and compliance posture have not been provided.

## Identifiers

- **Legal business name:** HERON SYSTEMS, INC.
- **DBA name:** HERON SYSTEMS
- **UEI (SAM.gov Unique Entity ID):** U812ZMD7CUK3
- **CAGE code:** 1NQH1
- **Entity structure:** Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- **State of incorporation:** MD
- **Website:** <https://www.shield.ai/>
- **TeamingIndex profile:** <https://teamingindex.com/contractor/U812ZMD7CUK3>
- **Profile status:** Unclaimed · seeded from SAM.gov and USAspending public records

## Location

- **Physical address (city, state, ZIP):** ARLINGTON, VA 22203-1620
- **Country:** United States
- **Congressional district:** VA-08

## NAICS & PSC

| NAICS | Title | Primary | Small under SBA size standard (SAM.gov) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 541715 | Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | Yes | No |
| 513210 | Software Publishers | No | No |
| 541330 | Engineering Services | No | No |
| 541511 | Custom Computer Programming Services | No | No |
| 541512 | Computer Systems Design Services | No | No |
| 611430 | Professional and Management Development Training | No | No |

- **PSC codes:** None on file

Size status is NAICS-specific and reflects the entity’s SAM.gov representations; check it against the size standard of the solicitation’s NAICS code.

## Socio-economic status

No socio-economic designations reported in SAM.gov.

Source: SAM.gov entity registration, synced 2026-11-09. Confirm current SBA certification (8(a), HUBZone, WOSB/EDWOSB, VetCert SDVOSB/VOSB) before relying on a status for a set-aside.

## SAM registration & exclusion screening

- **Registration:** Active SAM registration
- **Registration expires:** 2027-08-27
- **Registration activated:** 2026-09-09
- **Exclusion screening (FAR subpart 9.4):** No active exclusion recorded in SAM.gov
- **Teaming eligibility:** Eligible to be proposed as a team member (active registration, no exclusion)
- **Source:** SAM.gov Entity Management, synced 2026-11-09

## Compliance posture

Compliance posture not provided by the contractor.

- Facility clearance: visible to paid members
  - Clearance levels are shown only to paying members; TeamingIndex does not advertise clearances (NISPOM 32 CFR 117.9).

## Contract vehicles

No contract vehicle holdings on file.

## Past performance

- **Total obligated, trailing 36 months (USAspending.gov):** $0
- **Award history:** 0 awards on record

No federal prime awards on record (USAspending.gov).

## Proven teaming graph

- No first-tier sub-award reports name this company yet
- Source: USAspending.gov sub-award reports (FSRS), sync date not recorded. Prime contractors report first-tier subcontracts of $30,000 or more. Amounts are reported sub-award values.

## SBIR/STTR portfolio

- SBIR/STTR awardee — Phase III-eligible for work derived from its SBIR/STTR projects
- 16 SBIR/STTR awards totaling $7.8M: SBIR Phase I 10, SBIR Phase II 6
- By agency: Department of Defense 12, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 3, Department of Homeland Security 1
- SBIR Phase II (Direct to Phase II), Department of Defense (Air Force), 2022, Jan 10, 2022 to Jul 10, 2023: Model Zero - Reinforcement Learning for Policy Transfer into High-Fidelity Environments ($999,821)
- SBIR Phase I, Department of Defense (Navy), 2019, Jun 20, 2019 to Jan 3, 2020: The Readiness+ Cognitive System for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye ($139,487)
- SBIR Phase I, Department of Defense (Army), 2019, May 28, 2019 to Feb 16, 2020: Deep Learning Architecture for a Wide Variety of Sensors ($107,949)
- SBIR Phase I, Department of Homeland Security, 2018, Sep 24, 2018 to Mar 23, 2019: Ground-Based Autonomous Robotic Inspection of General Aviation ($149,838)
- SBIR Phase II, Department of Defense (Defense Health Agency), 2018, Sep 17, 2018 to Feb 16, 2021: Virtual Medical Concierge Application ($998,535)
- SBIR Phase I, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2018, Jul 27, 2018 to Feb 15, 2019: Autonomous Decentralized Coordination of Heterogeneous Unmanned Systems via Adaptive Auctions ($124,745)
- SBIR Phase II, Department of Defense (Defense Health Agency), 2016, Sep 12, 2016 to Feb 11, 2019: Virtual Medical Concierge Application ($999,949)
- SBIR Phase II, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2016, May 17, 2016 to Jun 30, 2018: A Modular Swarm Optimization Framework Enabling Multi-Vehicle Coordinated Path Planning ($749,528)
- SBIR Phase I, Department of Defense (Defense Health Agency), 2015, Sep 22, 2015 to Apr 20, 2016: Virtual Medical Concierge Application ($149,868)
- SBIR Phase I, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2015, Jun 17, 2015 to Dec 17, 2015: A Modular Swarm Optimization Framework Enabling Multi-Vehicle Coordinated Path Planning ($124,992)
- Phase III: Agencies may award follow-on Phase III work without a new competition when it builds on this company’s earlier SBIR/STTR projects. Other work is competed as usual.
- Source: SBIR.gov award data file, as of Nov 12, 2026 (file published Nov 1, 2026)

## FedRAMP offerings

- No FedRAMP Marketplace listing is linked to this company
- Source: FedRAMP Marketplace, sync date not recorded

## Exclusions & screening

- Not yet checked against SAM.gov exclusions (search exclusions on SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/search/?index=ex)
- Source: SAM.gov Exclusions, sync date not recorded
- No confirmed match on the Consolidated Screening List (screened Nov 13, 2026)

## Contract vehicles on federal record

- No contract-vehicle seats on federal record are linked to this company

## GSA CALC+ rates

- No GSA CALC+ awarded ceiling rates on record for this company
- Source: GSA CALC+ awarded ceiling rates, sync date not recorded. Ceiling rates are the most an agency can be charged, not prices paid

## Capabilities & differentiators

No capability narrative published.

## Technical tags

No technical tags published.

## Teaming preferences

- Teaming preferences not published
- **Teaming requests and NDAs:** request an introduction on the TeamingIndex profile (sign-in required): <https://teamingindex.com/contractor/U812ZMD7CUK3>

## Business development contact

No business-development contact published.

## Corporate hierarchy

- No parent entity reported in SAM.gov
- Affiliation with a parent or sister concerns can affect small-business size status (13 CFR 121.103).

## Provenance & disclaimer

- **SAM.gov entity registration** (identifiers, NAICS/PSC, size and socio-economic status, hierarchy, registration and exclusion status): synced 2026-11-09
- **USAspending.gov** (prime award history and trailing 36-month obligations): nightly sync
- **Contractor-provided profile** (capabilities, teaming preferences, self-attested compliance): not provided
- **TeamingIndex verification** (credentials marked “Verified by TeamingIndex”): no verified credentials on record; methodology: <https://teamingindex.com/verification>
- **Blind SPRS:** exact NIST SP 800-171 SPRS scores are published only when the contractor opts in; brackets are cumulative thresholds (SPRS ≥ 0, SPRS ≥ 50, SPRS ≥ 70, SPRS ≥ 85, SPRS ≥ 95, SPRS ≥ 105, SPRS = 110 (perfect)).
- **Before award:** self-attested facts have not been independently verified. Confirm registration and exclusions in SAM.gov, CMMC status and SPRS assessment currency with the contractor (DFARS 252.204-7019, -7020 and -7021), facility clearances through DCSA’s NISS, AS9100-series certificates in the IAQG OASIS database, and FedRAMP authorizations on the FedRAMP Marketplace.
- **Zero CUI:** this document contains no Controlled Unclassified Information. TeamingIndex stores verification metadata only, never SSPs, POA&Ms or DD Form 254s.
- **Machine-readable:** schema.org JSON-LD is embedded in <https://teamingindex.com/contractor/U812ZMD7CUK3>; this twin: <https://teamingindex.com/contractor/U812ZMD7CUK3/capability.md>; site index: <https://teamingindex.com/llms.txt>

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