Definitive Contract 80NSSC20C0394

Ultra-Low Loss Technologies, Inc. was awarded a $4.4 million firm fixed price definitive contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop lasers for universal microscale optical systems (LUMOS) under the agency's Microsystems Technology Office program. The contract aligns with DARPA's solicitation seeking innovative research proposals to develop heterogeneous photonic integrated circuit platforms incorporating on-chip optical gain across three technical areas. Work...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,926.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Freedom Photonics LLC, a manufacturer of photonic components and subsystems located in Goleta, California. The objective of this contract is to develop a novel Geiger-mode silicon germanium (SiGe) receiver that can detect photons in the wavelength range of 1000 nanometers to 1600 nanometers, suitable for free-space optical communications in NASA...

This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to perform early-stage research on an innovative hybrid integrated photonics platform for adaptive discrete multi-carrier optical communications in a space-based free-space optical environment. The $499,997.00 grant will support the development of silicon photonic transceiver components for a coherent laser optical communication and/or relay...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Freedom Photonics LLC, a manufacturer of photonic components and subsystems located in Goleta, California. The objective is to develop a 1550-nanometer sensitive photon-counting detector array with integrated time-tagging electronics, suitable for free-space optical communications in NASA missions such as the Lunar Laser Communication...

This SBIR Phase I contract, awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer, seeks to develop a modular optical ground station architecture capable of scaling to hundreds of gigabits per second (Gbps) data rates from lunar and near-Earth orbits. The objectives are to support NASA's deep space and near-Earth optical communications needs by developing key technologies to dramatically increase data volumes, while adhering to the Space Communications and...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Photon Sciences, Incorporated, doing business as Photon Sciences Inc., a for-profit manufacturer and developer of photonics technologies. The contract, valued at $124,999.00, is for research and development of a new optical communication technology to enable exascale computing and large-scale numerical simulation. Specifically, the contract aims to address...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Vescent Technologies Inc., a precision laser manufacturer based in Golden, Colorado. The $124,087 firm-fixed-price contract is for the design, testing, and delivery of ultra-low size, weight, and power (SWAP) micro-laser communications (MILC) modules for high-bandwidth (>Gbps) free-space data links. These modules will utilize Vescent's proprietary...

This federal contract award was issued by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Ram Photonics LLC, a small business limited liability company. The $123,773 firm-fixed-price contract is for Phase I of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a highly efficient laser transmitter for space-borne missions. The proposed approach aims to generate only one optical pulse per symbol, eliminate electro-optic modulators, and use a nearly lossless fiber architecture to...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $650,000 Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) contract to Optelligence LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the development of "TOWARDS 1000G OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER BASED ON EMERGING MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED PHOTONICS." The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, has a period of performance ending on March 25, 2024. Optelligence LLC specializes in photonic integrated circuits for machine learning...

This federal contract award, with ID NNX16AD15G, was issued by a civilian government agency to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). The $499,989.00 grant funds the development of a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) transceiver capable of supporting user-selectable data rates from 10 Mbps to 500 Gbps for space optical communications. The PIC will combine a silicon photonic (SiPh) receiver with a hybrid-integrated indium phosphide (InP) transmitter and local oscillator on a...