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...
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...
This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Nexus Photonics Inc., a small business based in Goleta, California. The $10,996,516.00 contract is part of DARPA's Lasers for Universal Microscale Optical Systems (LUMOS) program, which seeks to develop heterogeneous photonic integrated circuit platforms incorporating on-chip optical gain. The goal is to enable complete photonics functionality on a single substrate for disruptive optical...
This is a $21,685,489.00 federal contract award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY), doing business as SUNY Polytechnic Institute. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for the Lasers for Universal Microscale Optical Systems (LUMOS) program, which aims to develop heterogeneous photonic integrated circuit platforms incorporating on-chip optical gain to enable complete photonics...
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 federal contract award, valued at $1,499,900.00, was granted to Freedom Photonics, LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced photonic components and systems, for research and development under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 2 program. The contract supports research and development efforts related to multi-wavelength laser sources, as outlined in the Statement of Work. Freedom Photonics, a subsidiary of Luminar...
This is a $1,499,767.00 Definitive Contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Science Research Laboratory, Inc. for the development of a COMPACT, EFFICIENT, FIBER-COUPLED HIGH POWER LASER DIODE PUMP MODULE. The contract is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee type and was awarded under DARPA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract has a July 23, 2020 ultimate completion date and was set aside for a small business. No major subcontractors were...
This is a firm fixed-price, definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Freedom Photonics LLC, a for-profit limited liability company located in Goleta, California. The contract is for the development of high-efficiency, 1150 nanometer, steerable, diffraction-limited laser diode arrays to support energy web dominance research under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I program. The potential value of this small business set-aside...
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...
This federal contract award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project with Freedom Photonics, LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced photonic components and technologies located in Goleta, California. The $149,875.37 Firm Fixed Price contract has a completion date of December 31, 2017. As a total small business set-aside, this award reflects Freedom Photonics' capabilities in providing specialized...