This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Apre Instruments Inc., a for-profit optical metrology company. The $124,679 firm-fixed-price contract involves developing a "low coherence, spectrally modulated, spherical wavefront probe for nanometer level free-form metrology." This novel interferometric technology aims to address the metrology challenges associated with measuring freeform optics with large surface...
This SBIR Phase II contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Apre Instruments Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company. The contract, valued at $730,603.00, is for the development of an innovative low-coherence probe capable of rapidly measuring freeform optical surfaces with nanometer-level precision and high slope acceptance angles. This capability meets NASA's need to measure optical components ranging from 0.5 cm to 6 cm in...
This firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Apre Instruments Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, in the amount of $124,466.00. The contract is for the development of a "HIGH-SPEED, MODE-HOP INSENSITIVE SCI SOURCE FOR LOW COHERENCE WAVEFRONT PROBE FOR NANOMETER LEVEL FREE" under the SBIR program. This contract has a total small business set-aside designation, indicating that it was awarded...
This SBIR Phase I contract was awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Apre Instruments Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of optical metrology instruments. The $125,000 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of an "innovative, low coherence probe for rapid measurement of free-form optical surfaces" using a novel spectrally controlled interferometry technique. The key innovations include a high surface slope acceptance angle up to 20 degrees (potentially 60 degrees) and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $150,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Optipro Systems, LLC, a manufacturer of precision optics fabrication equipment and metrology systems. The contract, which is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order, is for research and development related to "Ultrahigh Precision CTE Measurements". As an SBIR Phase I award, this contract is set aside for small businesses. Optipro Systems has...
This is a firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Optipro Systems, LLC, a manufacturer of precision optics fabrication equipment and metrology systems. The $124,985.00 contract is for the development of an advanced nanometer coordinate measuring machine. Optipro Systems has previously provided specialized metrology machines, interferometric probes, polishing and...
This is a $124,975 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Optipro Systems, LLC, a small business manufacturer of precision optics fabrication equipment and metrology systems. The contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and covers research, development, and fabrication of advanced optical systems and enabling technologies for extreme ultraviolet (EUV), optical, and infrared (IR)...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $150,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Highri Optics, Inc. of Piedmont, California under its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I solicitation. Highri Optics will conduct research to develop standards for inspection and calibration of cylindrical wavefront interferometry in support of NASA's goals. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and will be performed in Piedmont, California...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Optipro Systems, LLC, a small business manufacturer of precision optics fabrication equipment and metrology systems. The $900,000 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a "Wide Range Interferometric Probe" to support optics research and development. The contract is set aside for small businesses and the work will be performed in...
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....