This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Cross Trac Engineering, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation. The $1,074,886 contract supports the development of a free space optical communications and ranging system with precision pointing capabilities for 3U and larger CubeSats. The system is designed to enable CubeSat swarm and constellation missions by enabling...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center is for the development of optical intersatellite communications systems for CubeSat swarms. The contract, valued at $324,999.00, was awarded to Cross Trac Engineering, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract is a Definitive Contract with a Firm Fixed Price pricing type and has a completion date of July 31, 2022. The contract was awarded under the Small Business...
This is a $124,935.00 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to Cross Trac Engineering, Inc., a small business. The contract is for research and development of an optical precision navigation, timing, and communications system for small spacecraft swarms. This contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which funds technology development by small businesses. Cross Trac...
This is a $124,928 firm-fixed price Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cross Trac Engineering, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract is for the development of a free space optical communications and ranging system as a 1U module for CubeSats, enabling precision pointing and laser crosslinks at ranges up to 1,000 km with data rates of 100 Mbps or greater. This effort aligns...
This is a $149,984.00 SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Cross Trac Engineering, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract is for the development of a "Precision Scanning Star Tracker for Spin Stabilized Spacecraft" and is designated for 100% small business participation. Cross Trac Engineering has received multiple previous SBIR awards from NASA and the Air Force Research Laboratory...
This is a $742,905.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Shared Services Center (SSC) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Multi3D Inc., a small business manufacturer. The contract is for the development of a beam-steering metasurface antenna to support lunar soil moisture sensing under NASA's Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. The contract has a period of performance ending on August 15, 2023. This award builds on Multi3D's prior work with NASA,...
This is a $1,498,941.00 Firm Fixed Price STTR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Nuvotronics, Inc., a small business manufacturer of high frequency electronic products. The contract is for the development of a compact, low-loss millimeter wave system leveraging Nuvotronics' Polystrata technology to reduce the size and weight of components for CubeSat applications. The goal is to increase the number of frequency bands that can be served by a...
This is a firm fixed price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Freedom Photonics LLC, a manufacturer of photonic components and subsystems located in Goleta, California. The $124,993 contract is for the development of miniaturized free space optical communication transceivers for CubeSats under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which provides funding for small businesses to engage in federal research and...
This is a $190,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services. The contract was set aside for small businesses and is for Phase III of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, specifically for the development of a Low Cost Optical Terminal (LCOT) Transceiver. Fibertek has provided specialized laser, sensor,...
This STTR Phase III contract, awarded by NASA's Earth Science Technology Office to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer, aims to develop an engineering version of a UV laser for future space-based remote sensing measurements. The $4,600,476 contract seeks to advance the laser system to Technology Readiness Level 6 by performing analysis and testing to verify that current diode pump technology can support the required 14 billion shot laser system lifetime, which is 10 times higher than...