Definitive Contract 80JSC022CA012
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- This is a $95,500 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Flawless Photonics, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business and manufacturer of advanced optical fibers. The contract is for the provision of small samples of optical fiber manufactured on the International Space Station, to enable independent government (Department of Defense) characterization testing of the fiber performance compared to...
- Flawless Photonics, Inc. was awarded a definitive contract valued at one million three hundred ten thousand four hundred dollars by the United States Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to continue development of next-generation optical fibers known as SpaceFiber under Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research program. The research will take place in Mountain View, California over a two year period concluding in July 2022 under a firm fixed price arrangement. The contract has...
- This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was made to Freedom Photonics, LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced photonic components and subsystems located in Goleta, California. The $124,969 firm fixed-price contract, awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, calls for the development of a key optical element to enable the next generation of miniaturized, low-cost NASA fiber optic sensor interrogator systems....
- This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Lightwave Consulting LTD, a for-profit international manufacturer, for the delivery of specialized fiber optic components. The $18,950.00 contract is for the production and supply of femtosecond laser-written fiber Bragg gratings, which are crucial for NASA's space exploration initiatives, supporting applications in communications, sensing, and guidance...
- This federal contract award to Physical Optics Corporation (POC) is for the development of the Orbital Fiber Optic Production Module (ORFOM), which will enable the production of low-loss optical fiber in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station (ISS). The $124,998.00 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), aims to design and assemble a prototype fiber draw system that can fit within...
- This federal contract award to Freedom Photonics LLC, a small business manufacturer of photonic components and subsystems located in Goleta, California, is for the development of an Integrated Photonic Engine for Miniaturized Fiber Optics Sensor Interrogators. The contract, valued at $124,935.00, was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The objective is to develop a miniaturized,...
- This is a $149,886 firm fixed price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer and engineering services company. The contract is for adapting 100G optical communications technology to unique NASA small satellite applications as part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program. The contract has a completion date of January 25, 2023 and was awarded on July 25, 2022....
- Freedom Photonics LLC, doing business as Freedom Photonics, has been awarded a $15,000 purchase order contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The firm fixed price contract is to deliver one Instatune II Prototype Unit - Laser to NASA. This prototype laser unit will support NASA's aeronautics and space exploration initiatives. Freedom Photonics will perform the work in Goleta, California with no subcontractors. The contract has a period of...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract worth $51,405.00 to Freedom Photonics, LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced photonic components located in Goleta, California. The contract is for the delivery of six (6) InstaTune C1/1550nm center wavelength lasers to support an experimental build of a data acquisition system for NASA's Hypersonic Transport Project at the Armstrong Flight Research...
- This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Brightlight Photonics, Inc., a small disadvantaged business located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The $155,235.00 contract is for Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and is focused on developing space-ready, chip-integrated titanium:sapphire lasers. The contract has a performance period ending on February 6, 2025 and is set aside for small businesses.
This definitive contract, valued at $3,731,747.00, was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center to Flawless Photonics, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business and manufacturer of advanced optical fibers. The contract is for the In Space Production Applications (INSPA) program, which involves the fabrication of flawless optical fiber preforms in a microgravity environment. The contract has a firm fixed price pricing type and a period of performance ending on November 15, 2025. Flawless Photonics, Inc. specializes in developing cutting-edge optical fiber technologies, particularly ZBLAN (Zirconium-Barium-Lanthanum-Aluminum-Sodium Fluoride) fibers, which offer superior performance characteristics compared to traditional silica-based optical fibers. The contract aims to leverage the microgravity environment to produce high-quality optical fiber preforms for applications in telecommunications, fiber lasers, and remote sensing technologies.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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In Space Production Applications (InSPA) - Fabrication of FlawlessGlass in Microgravity | 80JSC022CA012 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center | Award Notice 1/1 | 9/1/22, 9:00 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P00008 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 4/8/25 | |
| P00006 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 7/25/24 | |
| P00007 | Funding Only Action | ($807k) | 7/25/24 | |
| P00005 | Funding Only Action | $220.3k | 12/13/23 | |
| P00003 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 8/17/23 |