Aviation operators turned consultants.
Cignus is an SBA 8(a) MBE/DBE-certified aviation technology consultancy working alongside the agencies, authorities, and operators who run the airspace — translating ground-truth operational experience into the systems that make aviation safer, more efficient, and more resilient.
Our history
Built on operations, not slideware.
Founded in 2007, Cignus has grown from a focused systems-engineering shop into a full-spectrum aviation technology consultancy serving NASA, the FAA, airport authorities, airlines, and international civil-aviation customers across four continents.
Our team has stood up runway-safety pilots, designed terminal-area airspace, modelled airport master plans, and shipped the analytics platforms that turn operational data into safer, more efficient operations.
Our mission
Move aviation forward — safely.
We pair aviation domain depth with the engineering rigour to design, build, and operate the systems airports, airlines, and federal agencies depend on. Our proprietary Helios platform ties this work together into a single, AWS-native decision-support fabric.
Certifications
SBA 8(a) Certified
US Small Business Administration's 8(a) Business Development program for socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses.
MBE / DBE Certified
Minority Business Enterprise and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise certifications across multiple state and federal jurisdictions.
Leadership
The people behind the work.
Decades of combined experience across NASA, FAA, airlines, airport authorities, and international operators.
Federal Contracting
Contract vehicles
Cignus delivers under a portfolio of federal contract vehicles spanning small-business set-asides, IDIQ awards, and prime/sub support arrangements.
8(a) STARS III
Multiple-award IDIQ providing technology solutions to federal agencies from qualified 8(a) small businesses.
SE2025 — SIR 1 (R&MA)
Subcontractor on the OASIS Large Business Awardee track for Reliability, Maintainability & Availability.
SE2025 — SIR 2 (SE)
Member of small-business awardee teams (Veracity Engineering, A3T, LST) for Systems Engineering.
PSS — Program Support Services
Subcontractor to SAIC supporting FAA Program Support Services.
SeaPort-NxG
Navy electronic platform for acquiring support services across 22 functional areas.
eFAST
FAA preferred contracting vehicle for small-business technical and engineering services.
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