Definitive Contract FA881926CB006
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- General Atomics has been awarded a $599,987 firm fixed price definitive contract by the United States Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct analysis and prediction of free space optical coverage within the battlespace. This contract is being performed by General Atomics in Longmont, Colorado as part of Phase II of the Small Business Innovative Research program. The purpose of this SBIR Phase II contract is to further develop and deliver technology and capabilities analyzed...
- The Department of the Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation a $13.1 million firm fixed price contract for research and development of a hosted payload. The contract was awarded under the FreeSol Broad Agency Announcement solicitation seeking innovative technical concept papers addressing space and cyber technologies to ensure capabilities against emerging threats. Northrop Grumman will perform work in Azusa, California through...
- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1.25M firm-fixed-price purchase order to Spacerake, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based small business specializing in advanced optical communication technologies. Under this Total Small Business set-aside contract, Spacerake will develop low-cost free space optical (FSO) communication systems for Group-1 and Group-2 unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The contract, awarded on May 23, 2025, is scheduled for completion by November 23, 2026,...
- This federal contract award is for the development of an "AGILEBEAM RECONFIGURABLE FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM" by SA Photonics, LLC, a small business manufacturer. The $149,995.00 firm-fixed-price contract was awarded on July 23, 2018 by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory, with a completion date of April 11, 2019. The contract is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research project, part of the government's efforts to...
- This is a $999,914.60 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to Freedom Photonics LLC, a small business manufacturer of photonic components and subsystems located in Goleta, California. The contract is for the development of a high-speed free-space optical link for cryogenic focal plane array read-out, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. This specialized photonics technology...
- This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Freedom Photonics, LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced photonic components, modules, and subsystems. The $1,499,666.00 contract supports the development of "ROBUST TRANSCEIVER MODULES FOR FEMTOSECOND-LEVEL, FREE-SPACE OPTICAL TIME AND FREQUENCY TRANSFER TO MOBILE PLATFORMS" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract has a total small...
- This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Freedom Photonics LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced photonic components, modules, and subsystems located in Goleta, California. The $749,993.00 contract is for the development of high-speed optical fiber data-links to support space-based cryogenic read-out integrated circuits under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. This contract is designated as a total small...
- This is a delivery order under contract FA252121D0003/FA252124F0130, awarded by the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) of the U.S. Air Force to Full Spectrum Operations LLC, a veteran-owned small business. The $777,028.21 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract provides Eastern Western Operational Communication Services Support for the Fiscal Year 2024 Orbital Test Vehicle program at Patrick Space Force Base in Florida. Full Spectrum Operations LLC has subcontracted portions of the work to American...
- This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Wavefront Vision Inc., a self-certified Small Disadvantaged Business, for research, development, testing, and production of advanced electro-optical, infrared, and other sensor systems and components under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract, valued at $149,995.00, is for Free-Space Optical Communications (FSO) and its remote detection, location...
- This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 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 $933,927.00 fixed-price contract is for the development of next-generation optical modems for NASA based on the robust and efficient return-to-zero differential phase-shift keying (RZ-DPSK) modulation format. The approach...
The Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a $2,488,941 definitive contract to Aalyria Technologies, Inc. for research, design, development, and testing of a next-generation freespace optical modem prototype on March 20, 2026, under firm fixed price and no set-aside. The effort spans two phases over 24 months, with ultimate completion on March 19, 2028. Work includes engineering services, prototype fabrication, integration, and demonstration. Place of performance is El Segundo, CA. The originating solicitation is the FreeSol Broad Agency Announcement issued by the Space Systems Command Advanced Technologies Branch, seeking innovative solutions addressing space and cyber technologies to counter emerging space threats and support United States Space Force strategic objectives. The BAA encompasses five research areas: resiliency technologies, space domain awareness, counterspace capabilities, battle management command control and communications, and advancing exercises, tests, and training environments. The government anticipates total funding of up to $99 million over five years across all awards under the BAA. Full and open competition applies.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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FreeSol Broad Agency Announcement | FA8819-24-R-B003 | Department of the Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center | Solicitation 1/1 | 2/22/24, 8:02 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $1.2m | 3/11/26 |