Definitive Contract HR001115C0054

This $11,141,206.13 federal contract was awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop a Direct On-Chip Digital Optical Synthesizer (DODOS) that can convert radio frequency (RF) to optical frequency with high precision. The objective is to create a compact, low-power optical synthesizer with programmable frequency resolution of one part in 10^14. MIT is the prime contractor, with several subcontractors including...

Digital Optics Technologies Inc. has been awarded a $167,462 firm fixed price definitive contract by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command. The contract is set aside for total small businesses and supports research under the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I effort entitled "Anomalous Dispersion Enhanced Inertial Sensors Using Raman Depletion Resonance." To be performed in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, the work involves...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $499,925 grant to the University of Southern California (USC) to design a chip-scale optoelectronic synthesizer that can generate extremely high frequency (EHF) signals from 30-300 GHz with high spectral purity. The three-year research project will involve developing a mode-locked laser testbed, fabricating photonic integrated circuit (PIC) components for optical filtering and pulse shaping, and demonstrating the generation of...

This is a $7,810,229.00 definitive Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Analog Photonics LLC, a Boston-based high technology company specializing in advanced silicon photonics technologies. The contract is for the Optical Phased Arrays at Scale (OPAS) project, which will manufacture optical phased arrays and integrated lidar demonstrators at a domestic, advanced node photonics fabrication facility. The contract has an ultimate...

This is a $6,008,719 firm-fixed-price contract awarded to Hqphotonics Inc., a for-profit company based in Pasadena, California, by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The contract is for the development of compact, low-noise microwave frequency synthesizers to enable advanced sensing and communication applications under DARPA's Generating RF with Photonic Oscillators for Low Noise (GRYPHON) program. The contract has a period of performance through September 11, 2026. This...

This is a $26,579,196.00 firm fixed price definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Analog Photonics LLC, a Boston-based high technology company specializing in advanced silicon photonics. The contract is for the Modular Optical Aperture Building Blocks (MOABB) and Arrayed Rapid Gigascale Optical System (ARGOS) programs, which are focused on developing optical technologies, including silicon photonic phased arrays, optical sensing, free space optical...

This is a $147,130.17 firm fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Analog Photonics LLC, a small business based in Boston, MA. The contract is for the development of a "Silicon Photonics Optogenetic Transceiver System (SPOTS) for Rapid Cortical Pattern Generation" under DARPA's SBIR program. As a prime contractor, Analog Photonics has previously been awarded federal contracts from agencies including the Department of the...

This is a $344,887 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Optalysys LTD, a for-profit organization based in Great Britain, United Kingdom. The contract falls under DARPA's Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Seedling program and aims to apply groundbreaking optical processing technology to solve partial differential-style equations that form the basis of large-scale simulations used in earth systems modeling. The contract does not have a set-aside...

This is a $246,468 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Naval Strategic Systems Programs to Digital Optics Technologies Inc., a small business corporation specializing in advanced optics, photonics, and inertial navigation technologies. The contract, which has a firm fixed price, is for research and development work related to the 873AUTHORITY program. The work will be performed in Rolling Meadows, Illinois and is expected to be completed by November 14,...

This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Digital Optics Technologies Inc., a small business corporation, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract, valued at $179,987.27, is for the development of an atomic ring laser gyroscope using a critically tuned negative dispersion to meet the objectives outlined in the solicitation. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and an ultimate completion...