<p>The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $179,999.12 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to Heroica Technologies, LLC, a minority-owned, woman-owned, Hispanic American-owned small business, for the development of a Computer-Aided Tool for Wrapping Periodic Elements onto Curved Surfaces. This STTR Phase I contract supports the AFRL's research and development efforts. The contract has a period of performance ending on April 28, 2025 and was awarded on July 26, 2024.</p>
Heroica Technologies, LLC was awarded a definitive contract valued at approximately $750,000 by the United States Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct research on tunable biospired spatially varying random photonic crystals under Phase II of the Small Business Technology Transfer program. The prime contractor will perform work at its Lakewood, Colorado facility from September 2020 through June 2023 under the firm fixed price contract, which has a total small business set...
This is a $179,988.86 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Digital Optics Technologies Inc., a small business, under the SBIR Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of a HITRAN-TRAINED SYSTEM FOR RAPID MEASUREMENT OF GROUND-TO-AIR ATMOSPHERIC. This is a research and development contract focused on advanced optics, photonics, and inertial navigation technologies, which are core competencies of Digital Optics Technologies Inc. The...
This is a $179,960 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Oblate Optics Inc., a small business specializing in advanced optical engineering and research. The contract is for the development of inverse-designed, lightweight, planar focus lenses for visible to long-wave infrared (VIS to LWIR) hyperspectral imaging applications. This research and development effort is aimed at creating innovative optical solutions that can...
This is a $1,500,000.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Spectral Imaging Laboratory (Spilab), a woman-owned small business located in Pasadena, California. The contract is for the development of bio-inspired optics for a multi-aperture hypersonic seeker under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Phase II. The contract has a period of performance through August 30, 2021. This award is a total small business set-aside,...
This is a $149,958.00 small business set-aside contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Freedom Photonics, LLC, a manufacturer of advanced photonic components and systems. The contract is for Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and is focused on fiber optic networking technology for advanced payloads. As a prime contractor, Freedom Photonics has received numerous SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards from agencies such as...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Lickenbrock Technologies, Inc., a Woman-Owned Small Business. The $779,972.00 contract is for SBIR Phase II research and development of a Real-Time Multiframe Blind Deconvolution (MFBD) system for imaging through atmospheric turbulence. The research is part of the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program, which provides funding for small businesses to develop and...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Nanohmics Inc., a small for-profit technology company based in Austin, Texas. The $1,249,999.78 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a Wide Field of View Multiwavelength Metalens under a Total Small Business set-aside. Nanohmics has a history of securing SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards with various government agencies, leveraging...
This is a $149,999.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Voxtel, LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced electronics and optics. The contract is for research and development of "HETEROGENEOUS AND GRADIENT ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES" to support AFRL's mission. Voxtel has previously received SBIR awards from AFRL and NASA for related work in areas such as ladar receivers, beam expanders, and...
This is a $149,999.00 firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Srico Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business based in Columbus, Ohio. The contract is for research and development of optical materials processing for high linearity electro-optic modulators, which are critical components for advanced photonic technologies, optical communications, and defense-related applications. As an SBIR...