This is a firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Voxtel, LLC, a small business manufacturer of goods and R&D services. The contract, valued at $124,996.00, is for the development of compact, high-degrees-of-freedom freeform beam-expander optics. This research is intended to support spaceborne lidar sensor and optics applications for NASA. Voxtel has previously conducted SBIR Phase I...
NASA has awarded a $124,960 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Optimax Systems, Inc. to develop a deflectometry system for improving the efficiency of manufacturing freeform optics. Freeform optics are an integral part of NASA's future optical systems, and reducing the cost of freeform manufacturing is crucial. The goal of this project is to create a multi-camera, multi-monitor deflectometry system that can be integrated into the manufacturing process to...
This NASA SBIR Phase I contract was awarded to Optimax Systems, Inc., a small business manufacturer of high-precision optical components, to determine the feasibility of using non-contact areal optical sensors to measure the surfaces of freeform optics. The $124,882 firm-fixed-price contract aims to develop a metrology method that can rapidly provide feedback on surface condition during the manufacturing of precision freeform optical components, which are in high demand by NASA and other...
This federal contract award, valued at $124,844.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Optimax Systems, Inc., a small business manufacturer of high-precision optical components. The contract supports a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I effort to develop a monolithic freeform telescope system, which could enable more compact, higher-performing, and less-vibration-prone telescope designs for space applications. The contract is for the...
This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Voxtel, LLC, a small business manufacturer of goods and provider of research and development services. The $125,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract is intended to advance the capabilities of spatial filter arrays (SFAs) for use in high-contrast instruments for imaging extrasolar planets. The work involves designing, fabricating, and...
This federal contract award, valued at $125,000.00, was issued by the Shared Services Center to Voxtel, LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced electronics and optics. The contract is for the development of hardened silicon Geiger-mode ladar focal plane arrays for a spacecraft's guidance, navigation, and control system. The goal is to obtain 3D imagery of proximity objects or surfaces using small, low-power ladar sensors suitable for use in deep space environments and planetary...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Nanovox, LLC, a small business concern. The contract is for the research and development of infrared freeform gradient index optics, which are specialized optical components. The contract has a firm fixed price of $124,319.00 and a completion date of February 28, 2021. Nanovox, LLC is a small business that specializes in optics, photonics, and metamaterials,...
This is a $129,991 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Voxtel, LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced electronics and optics. The contract is for the development of an ultra-compact, high-energy, high-repetition-rate, diode-pumped solid-state pulsed laser system operating in the 1500-1600 nanometer spectral band. This laser system is intended to support NASA's remote sensing, mapping, and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a definitive contract valued at $747,554 to Momentum Optics Inc. as part of its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for EO14042 SBIR Phase II Laser Fabrication with Integrated Metrology for Low-Cost Free-Form Optics and will be performed in Longmont, Colorado over a period of approximately two years concluding on April 13, 2024. The contract has a firm fixed price and was set aside for...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Optimax Systems, Inc. to manufacture a monolithic freeform telescope. The contract aims to prove the feasibility of Optimax's optics manufacturing process to produce a freeform optical telescope system with a high-precision freeform surface. This capability enables more compact designs, larger fields of view, and better-performing unobscured systems for space-based...