Definitive Contract FA945120C0021
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- This is a Firm Fixed Price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to General Opto Solutions, LLC, a minority-owned and Asian-Pacific American-owned limited liability company. The $149,259.99 contract is for the development of double-clad fully crystalline fibers to support high energy laser research and development efforts. General Opto Solutions has previously collaborated with federal agencies and prime contractors on R&D...
- This is a $1,999,985.54 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to General Opto Solutions, LLC, a minority-owned, for-profit limited liability company. The contract is for the development of "Crystalline Cladding and Crystalline Core Fiber for High Energy Laser", which is relevant to the Army's research and development efforts. The contract has a completion date of...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $378,821 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract to OFS Fitel, LLC OFS Laboratories Division for the development of scalable higher order mode fiber amplifiers. The work will be performed in Somerset, New Jersey under the contract that runs from February 2009 through May 2010. As part of its research into advanced optical technologies, the Air Force lab utilized an existing Government-Wide Acquisition Contract...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Interfiber Analysis LLC, a small disadvantaged business, for the multi-parameter characterization of optical fibers for high power fiber lasers. The firm-fixed-price contract, valued at $662,833.00, was awarded on September 25, 2017, with a completion date of December 2, 2019. The contract involves research and development work related to the performance...
- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $999,761 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract to Optical Engines, Inc. for the development of a multi-kilowatt fiber laser monolithic component suite. The contract has a completion date of March 27, 2024 and is not set aside for any specific business type. Optical Engines, Inc. is a manufacturer of advanced laser technologies, including fiber lasers, amplifiers, and directed energy systems, that has worked extensively with the AFRL on the...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $674K definitive contract to Freedom Photonics LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced photonic components located in Goleta, California, to develop ultra-high brightness diode lasers enabled by beam combining and scaling. The contract, awarded on June 10, 2020, with a completion date of September 10, 2021, utilized cost-plus fixed fee pricing and was not set aside for small businesses, despite the contractor's small business status. This work...
- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $650,000 Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) contract to Optelligence LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the development of "TOWARDS 1000G OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER BASED ON EMERGING MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED PHOTONICS." The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, has a period of performance ending on March 25, 2024. Optelligence LLC specializes in photonic integrated circuits for machine learning...
- This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Freedom Photonics, LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced photonic components and subsystems based in Goleta, California. The $513,408.00 contract is for the development of high-power semiconductor lasers capable of operating at high temperatures, which can support various government research programs, including LIDAR remote sensing, quantum information processing, and high-energy...
- This is a federal contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Freedom Photonics LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced photonic components and systems based in Goleta, California. The $592,827 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract is for the development of "Next Generation High Efficiency Diode Lasers" and does not have a set-aside designation. Freedom Photonics specializes in photonic integration platforms and semiconductor laser technologies. They have received...
- This is a delivery order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Freedom Photonics, LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced photonic components and subsystems. The contract, valued at $493,965.00, is for the development of high-power semiconductor lasers capable of operating at high temperatures. This contract is not designated as a set-aside. As a prime contractor, Freedom Photonics has received multiple federal contract and grant awards to support research and...
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded General Opto Solutions, LLC a $497K cost-plus-fixed-fee contract in June 2020 to develop and deliver clad crystalline fibers for high energy laser applications. The 18-month effort, which concluded in January 2022, was performed in State College, Pennsylvania, and focused on producing ultra-high thermal conductivity rare earth doped clad crystalline fibers to support the Department of Defense's directed energy weapon systems research and development initiatives. No set-aside designation was applied to this definitive contract. General Opto Solutions is a minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned optical fiber manufacturer that has established itself as a specialized supplier to the defense research community since 2004. The company's expertise in crystalline fiber technology and previous work on double-clad fiber innovations for power-scalable fiber lasers made it well-positioned for this Air Force award. This contract represents part of the company's broader engagement with federal agencies on advanced laser materials, as evidenced by its subsequent $1.9 million Army cooperative agreement in 2022 focused on novel solid-state laser materials aligned with Department of Defense directed energy capabilities.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Ultra High Thermal Conductivity Fibers for High Energy Lasers | FA9451-20-C-0021 | Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory | Award Notice 1/1 | 7/13/20, 6:42 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00002 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 7/18/25 | |
| P00001 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 6/8/21 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $497.0k | 6/10/20 |