NASA Awards AstraQua $1.27 Million for Aircraft Health AI

Oct 21, 2026
NASA awarded AstraQua a $1.27 million Phase II contract to advance AstraSense, which monitors aircraft health and informs autonomous operating decisions.

AstraQua said in a press release that NASA awarded it a $1,274,990 Phase II contract to advance AstraSense for electric and hybrid electric aircraft. The work includes advanced air mobility applications.

AstraSense monitors the condition of autonomous systems and provides diagnostics and predictions about equipment health. AstraQua demonstrated the technology on robotic hardware during Phase I of the NASA project.

Phase II will focus on aircraft integration, verification and validation for safety critical uses. The system will use aircraft health data to help autonomous machines decide whether to continue a task, adjust their operation or stop.

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