The U.S. Department of the Johnson Space Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price contract worth $2,342,533.00 to United Semiconductors, LLC, a woman-owned small business manufacturer of advanced semiconductor materials. The contract is for the "In-Space Production of Semimetal-Semiconductor Composite (SSC) Crystals" and does not have a set-aside designation. United Semiconductors, LLC specializes in innovative crystal growth technologies for aerospace, defense, and emerging technology...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $750,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Intelliepi IR, Inc., a small business manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for the development of advanced Type-II strained layer superlattice (SLS) materials for high operating temperature Mid-Wave Infrared (MWIR) applications. As a small business manufacturer, Intelliepi IR, Inc. has been awarded over...
The U.S. government agency, Shared Services Center, awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II IGNITE contract to Astral Forge, LLC, a small disadvantaged business, woman-owned limited liability company. The $899,803.00 firm fixed price contract is for the development of a high-temperature microgravity assisted crystal growth furnace for in-space manufacturing of low defect wide bandgap semiconductors. This SBIR Phase II award supports the agency's mission-critical research and...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,697,798 Firm Fixed Price contract to Lux Semiconductors, Inc., a small business microelectronics startup, through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is designated as a total small business set-aside and has a completion date of February 18, 2024. The contract focuses on advancing the manufacturing readiness of Lux Semiconductors' proprietary "System-on-Foil" electronic packaging platforms, which...
This is a $149,850.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Physical Sciences Inc., a for-profit research and development company. The contract is for the development of "orientation-patterned semiconductor crystals with low insertion loss and high resistance to laser damage." This represents a specialized technical research effort related to advanced materials and optical systems....
This is a $180,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), a defense agency, to Intelliepi IR, Inc., a small business manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of a Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) reactor, which will be used to produce specialized infrared detector materials, avalanche photodiodes, and light-emitting diodes to support various Department of Defense and NASA...
This is a $1,899,973.80 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded to Fuceltech Inc., a minority-owned small business manufacturer, by the Department of the Army. The contract is designated as a total small business set-aside and is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, specifically Phase II. The contract is for the development of Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Semiconductor Lasers, with a period of performance ending on January 31, 2027. Fuceltech Inc., doing business as...
This is a $1,249,183 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Lux Semiconductors, Inc., a small business microelectronics startup, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for advancing the manufacturing readiness of smart substrates for system-on-foil advanced packaging, which supports the development of flexible, conformal electronics and radio frequency antenna arrays. The...
The U.S. Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a firm-fixed-price STTR Phase I contract to Innovative Advanced Materials, Inc., a small business, for the development of III-nitride ternary alloy substrates for next-generation ultraviolet (UV) applications. The contract has a potential value of $150,000.00 and a completion date of April 13, 2018. This award is part of the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, which facilitates the transfer of...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,248,001.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Bright Silicon Technologies, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced optical and laser technologies. The contract is for the Precision Assembly of Laser Communication Arrays (PALCA), which involves developing innovative photonic solutions for national defense needs. This contract is set aside for small businesses and contributes to Bright Silicon...