Definitive Contract FA955012C0077

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to Novawave Technologies, Inc., a small business. The contract, valued at $599,999, seeks to develop a compact, dual-channel, mid-infrared laser spectrometer for planetary atmosphere exploration. The device will be able to measure numerous trace gases without requiring cryogenics, using novel fiber-coupled, solid-state lasers. This contract is a follow-on to the initial Phase I SBIR award...

This federal contract award to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) aims to develop a miniaturized shortwave infrared (SWIR) spectrometer using quantum dot absorptive filter arrays. The goal is to create a robust, portable spectrometer with fast acquisition capabilities, suitable for space applications. The $289,999.98 award does not have a set-aside designation and is being funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This contract builds on MIT's expertise...

This is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Nanohmics Inc., a small for-profit technology company based in Austin, Texas. The contract, valued at $124,984, is for the development of a real-time spectrometer using photonic integrated circuit (IC) interferometric capabilities in the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) spectral band. This compact, low size, weight, and power (SWAP) spectrometer is intended to...

This $600,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) will fund the development of an ultra-compact, on-chip integrated spectrometer using metasurface technology. The goal is to create a high-resolution, high-sensitivity spectrometer with a small footprint that can be integrated into photonic circuits. This aligns with NASA's technology roadmap needs for compact, energy-efficient optical instruments and sensors to...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian agency within the Department of Commerce, awarded a $249,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Vector Atomic Inc. for the development of a Low Power Dual Comb Spectrometer. This contract, which has a completion date of January 10, 2025, was awarded on September 11, 2024 and was not set aside for any particular business size or type. The spectrometer system must contain two fully self-referencable fiber frequency...

This STTR Phase II contract was awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to Omega Optics, Inc., a minority-owned small business located in Austin, Texas. The $999,999 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a "Monolithic Slow Light Enhanced Chip-Integrated Absorption Spectrometer from 3-15 Microns" under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. Omega Optics has previously supported the Department of...

This $1,649,411 firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Spectrum Photonics Inc., a small business, to develop a compact, low-cost long wave infrared hyperspectral sensor for spacecraft. This contract was issued under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. Spectrum Photonics has a history of successfully executing SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contracts for various Department of Defense entities,...

Spectral Sciences Inc. was awarded a $749,998 firm fixed price definitive contract by the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to provide radiometric calibration services and research under STTR Phase II funding. As part of its mission to develop technologies for national security space applications, AFMC Research Lab utilizes STTR funding to support small businesses in the maturation of research ideas that have both military and commercial potential. Under this contract, Spectral...

This contract award to Pacific Microchip Corp., a small business entity, is for the development of a low-power, radiation-tolerant Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) based spectrometer under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The ASIC aims to achieve a 4GHz bandwidth and 8192 usable frequency bins while consuming less than 1.5 watts of power, providing significant improvements over the field programmable arrays, analog-to-digital converters, and other discrete...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Microtek Inc., a small, minority-owned, and disadvantaged business, in the amount of $124,670.00. The contract is to develop a compact, energy-efficient, and inexpensive multi-band spectrometer that can provide high spectral resolution comparable to a conventional Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, but in a much smaller size and weight, by leveraging...