Definitive Contract HR001115C0023

Ultra-Low Loss Technologies, Inc. was awarded a $4.4 million firm fixed price definitive contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop lasers for universal microscale optical systems (LUMOS) under the agency's Microsystems Technology Office program. The contract aligns with DARPA's solicitation seeking innovative research proposals to develop heterogeneous photonic integrated circuit platforms incorporating on-chip optical gain across three technical areas. Work...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $8,174,896 firm-fixed price contract to Quintessent Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, to develop the Lasers for Universal Microscale Optical Systems (LUMOS) program. The LUMOS program aims to bring efficient on-chip optical gain to highly-capable integrated photonics platforms and enable complete photonics functionality on a single substrate for disruptive optical microsystems. This contract supports research, development, and...

The U.S. Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground awarded a $7,300 firm-fixed price purchase order contract to Nuphotonics LLC for the delivery of one pump laser in the 405-488 nanometer wavelength range with over 1 watt of pumping power. This laser must meet specific technical requirements, including temperature control and compatibility with infrared thermography and thermoreflectance applications. The contract has a period of performance through January 21, 2025. The contract was...

Army Research Laboratory awarded a purchase order to Leonardo Electronics US Inc. for eight high-power, high-brightness laser diode bar stacks valued at $113,600, with an award date of September 30, 2025 and completion date of March 20, 2026. Performance takes place in Hyattsville, Maryland. The procurement originated from Army Materiel Command's market research solicitation W911QX25QA090, issued July 24, 2025. The laser diode bar stacks meet specifications including minimum 5-kilowatt output...

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a small business manufacturer, for a 435-nanometer continuous wave laser. The $137,235 contract is intended to support research programs by providing a laser system with specifications including a single-mode, TEM00 output at greater than 0.5 watts, and a secondary 870-nanometer output coupled to a polarization-maintaining fiber with over 4...

The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded a $1,455,182 firm-fixed price definitive contract to Applied Energetics, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of advanced laser and photonics systems, for the development of a Tactical Ultrashort Pulse Laser (USPL) for U.S. Marine Corps platforms. This contract has a completion date of November 10, 2025 and did not utilize a small business set-aside. The contract stems from a broad agency announcement published by ONR, ONRG, and the Marine...

The Army Research Laboratory, through the Department of the Army Materiel Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, awarded a $75,000 firm fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. on August 7, 2025, for the procurement of a specialized 532-nanometer pump laser system. The equipment is designed to drive a continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator (OPO) cavity and must meet stringent technical specifications, including an output bandwidth of less than 100 kilohertz linewidth and a...

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $453,372.25 firm fixed price purchase order to Coherent, Inc. of Santa Clara, California. The contract is for the delivery of a tunable ultrafast laser system with capabilities as specified in the sole source notice of intent. Key requirements of the system under this contract include a regenerative amplifier emitting a minimum of nine millijoules per 100 femtosecond pulse near 800 nanometers, an...

Photon Systems, Inc., a small business, received a $872,984 grant from NASA to develop a deep ultraviolet (DUV) light emitting triode (LET) source emitting in the 230-240 nm spectral range. This DUV-LET technology is intended to enable new compact trace organic and water ice detection instruments for future NASA lander missions to ocean worlds, primitive bodies, and asteroids. The DUV-LET source, which is over 250 times smaller and lighter than the DUV laser currently used on the Mars 2020...

This $107,840.00 firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Lighthouse Photonics Incorporated, a manufacturer of diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) laser systems. The contract is for the delivery of one Sprout-G-12W and one Sprout-H-10W 532nm DPSS laser systems with integrated power supplies, coolers, adapter plates, and noise elimination technology. This award was made without a set-aside designation and has a completion...