This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), a defense agency, to Quartus Engineering Incorporated, a small business. The $1,990,059.00 contract is for SBIR Program Phase II research and development in support of aerospace and mechanical systems design, test, analysis, drafting, and production. Key areas include extreme ultraviolet, optical, and infrared telescopes, as well as structural engineering and dynamics analysis for flight vehicles. The...
The Department of the Air Force awarded a $4.275 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against the AFOTEC Test Services IDIQ to Qualis Corporation for support of the Space Based Missile Warning program. Under the contract, Qualis and its major subcontractors Quantum Research International and DI Technologies will provide analytical, engineering, cyber and space expertise to assist Space Training and Readiness Delta Detachment 4 in oversight of key SBMW programs including the Space Based...
Quartus Engineering Incorporated, a San Diego-based small business specializing in aerospace and mechanical systems engineering, has been awarded a DEMETER Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract valued at $3.88 million by NASA's Shared Services Center. This definitive contract, awarded on September 21, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of June 5, 2026, represents a firm fixed-price engagement with no set-aside designation applied. The work will be performed at...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by NASA to Quartus Engineering Incorporated, a small business subchapter S corporation, for SBIR Phase II research and development. The contract is for advanced optical systems and fabrication/testing/control technologies for EUV/optical and IR telescopes, with a ceiling value of $1,134,344.00 and a period of performance through November 30, 2023. The contract was set aside for small businesses. Quartus Engineering has significant expertise in...
<p>This is a $1,500,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Sensorq Technologies Inc., a small business, for research and development under the Quantum Inspired Telescope Imaging for Space Situational Awareness (QUINTISSA) program. The contract has a completion date of April 17, 2027 and was awarded on April 11, 2025. It is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside.</p>
This is a $2,780,592.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation. The contract, titled "QUANTIFYING UTILITY OF AEROSPACE DERIVATIVES (QUAD)", is part of the Aerospace Systems Air Platform Technology Research (ASAPTR) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) vehicle. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. As the prime contractor, Northrop...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded to Anametric, Inc., a small business technology company in Austin, Texas, by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The objective of this Phase II contract is to develop a remote identification system based on quantum interactions in a physically unclonable function (QPUF). The contract has a ceiling value of $1,820,579.00 and a completion date of December 9, 2026. The contract is set aside...
Quspectra Inc., a small business based in San Diego, California, was awarded a $156.4K Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract by the Civilian Shared Services Center on September 29, 2025. The contract is designated as a total small business set-aside under a firm fixed-price structure and calls for the development of a high-sensitivity quantum spectrometer designed for autonomous biological analysis. The work is expected to be completed by March 27, 2026, establishing a...
Quartus Engineering Incorporated, a small business based in San Diego, California, has been awarded a $147.6K Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract by NASA's Shared Services Center for work on deformable membrane telescope optical design, wavefront correction, and analysis. This firm fixed price contract, set aside for small businesses, is scheduled for completion by October 29, 2026, and represents a continuation of the company's specialized work in advanced space...
This is a $99,460 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Quartus Engineering Incorporated, a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract is for Phase III of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, focused on "DEFORMABLE MEMBRANE TELESCOPE OPTICAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS". This contract is part of a larger effort by NASA to develop advanced space telescope technologies, building on prior SBIR Phase I and II...