The U.S. government agency Shared Services Center has awarded a $840,129 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to 3D-Sensir Inc., doing business as Acqubit, for the development of asynchronous Geiger-mode photon counting arrays to support deep space optical communications. This definitive, firm-fixed-price contract has a period of performance through June 16, 2026. 3D-Sensir Inc. is a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business that provides specialized electro-optical...
This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to 3D-Sensir Inc., doing business as Acqubit, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The $149,229 firm-fixed-price purchase order is for the development of asynchronous Geiger-mode photon counting arrays to support deep space optical communications, under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. 3D-Sensir Inc. has previously received other SBIR and prime...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Coherent Applications, Inc., a Hispanic American-owned for-profit organization. The contract, valued at $123,736.00, is for the development of an advanced wide bandwidth coherent light detection and ranging (LIDAR) receiver that will enhance sensitivity and reduce support hardware complexity. The receiver will provide high-resolution...
This federal contract award for NNX17CL58P was made by NASA's Shared Services Center to the small disadvantaged business Discovery Semiconductors, Inc. The $100,000 firm fixed price contract is for Phase I of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a universal LIDAR system. The proposed LIDAR will operate at 2050 nm wavelength with programmable pseudorandom modulation to provide tunable resolution and sensitivity, enabling diverse NASA applications such as rocket plume...
This federal contract award, valued at $159,631.00, was made by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Senseics Corporation, a small, for-profit business. The contract is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project titled "EXTREMELY LOW SWAP", which is focused on developing a low-cost, size, weight, and power (low-SWAP), radiation-hard, time-of-flight lidar or infrared radiometry system on a chip for Earth orbit and...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Advr, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Bozeman, Montana. The contract, valued at $749,916.00, is for the development and delivery of a compact, space-qualified, diode-based seed laser system that uses a digital controller to enable autonomous acquisition of the required wavelength for multiwavelength flight and space-based Light...
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Advanced Scientific Concepts, LLC for the development of a common configurable 3D Flash LIDAR sensor under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program. The goal is to advance the underlying Focal Plane Array (FPA) and laser technologies to enable a subsequent Phase II demonstration of the common Flash LIDAR sensor, which NASA has identified as a key technology for autonomous entry, descent,...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Voxtel, LLC, a small business manufacturer of goods and provider of research and development services. The contract is valued at $754,999.00 and aims to advance the technology readiness level of 3D flash lidar technologies suitable for NASA mission requirements. This includes fabricating, characterizing, and testing a high-sensitivity InGaAs avalanche photodiode 3D...
This $124,686 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Sigma Space LLC, a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of a next-generation 3D imaging LIDAR (IML) system suitable for a wide range of space applications, including orbital mapping, proximity operations, entry/descent/landing, rendezvous/docking, and space debris search and...
This is a $122,910 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services. The contract is for the development of a 2U CubeSat-based 3D imaging photon-counting LIDAR system capable of long-range (>100 km) topology and rendezvous sensing for NASA's upcoming asteroid, comet, and planetary exploration missions. The LIDAR system is designed to provide unprecedented performance at a fraction of the...