Definitive Contract HR001123C0034
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- This federal contract award is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Tunoptix Inc., a for-profit small business organization. The $222,418.00 Firm Fixed Price contract is for research and development of meta-optical imaging technologies, which leverage computational techniques and advanced optical components to enable aberration-free, lightweight, and efficient imaging systems. The contract is a...
- This definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract valued at one million four hundred ninety thousand seven hundred ninety dollars and fifty-two cents ($1,490,790.52) was awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to Tunoptix Inc. of Seattle, Washington. The effort involves continued research under the Small Business Technology Transfer program's Phase II for meta-optical computational imaging systems aimed at enabling large aperture,...
- This is a $1,673,061.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded to Tunoptix, Inc., a for-profit small business, by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for research and development work on meta-optics imaging technology, including developing compact meta-optical imaging systems, fabricating large aperture visible metalenses, and advancing meta-optical computational imaging. The contract has a period of performance through...
- Triton Systems, Inc. was awarded an $849,966 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to conduct research on fundamental limits of nonlinear optical effects for metalenses with high optical materials. The contract is associated with DARPA's Defense Sciences Office Broad Agency Announcement, which sought innovative basic or applied research concepts across four technical domains including frontiers in mathematics, computation and design as...
- Glint Photonics, Inc., a small business specializing in advanced lighting technologies, was awarded a $1.25 million Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on September 7, 2023. The award is designated as a total small business set-aside and carries a definitive contract structure with cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing. The contract extends through December 31, 2025, and supports research and development activities to be...
- Optonica LLC, a woman-owned small business specializing in advanced optics and photonics technologies, has been awarded a $1.8M SBIR Phase II contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop GIPAT (Gimbal-Integrated Phased-Array Transceiver), an advanced tactical communications system. The award, made on September 8, 2025, carries a completion date of October 7, 2028, and is structured as a firm fixed-price definitive contract under the Small Business set-aside...
- This $124,030 firm fixed price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Tunoptix Inc. supports the development of meta-optical spectral imaging via computation for compact lightweight hyperspectral imaging. The award is associated with the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and has a total small business set aside designation. Under this contract, Tunoptix will deliver prototypes and research to advance NASA's goals of developing more efficient and effective imaging technologies...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract valued at $2.30 million to Awareability Technologies, LLC, a small business based in Columbus, Ohio. The contract, which was awarded on November 21, 2024, with completion scheduled for December 20, 2026, supports development of a microstructured target for high-efficiency X-ray production in response to DARPA Topic HR0011ST2023D-01. The award is structured as a definitive...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Trex Enterprises Corporation, doing business as Ophthonix. The $997,205.00 cost plus fixed fee contract is for research and development of "Aperture Synthesis Partially Coherent Passive Illumination" technologies. As a small business set-aside, Ophthonix was selected to continue its work on this advanced photonics and imaging project following a...
- 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...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Tunoptix, Inc., a small business specializing in advanced optical technologies, a $1.5 million cost-no-fee Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract on March 27, 2023. Under this total small business set-aside, Tunoptix will conduct fabrication and testing of large aperture achromatic visible metalenses for imaging applications, as well as research on asymmetric visibility via designer obscurants and computational photonics. The work is scheduled for completion by June 30, 2025, and will be performed in Seattle, Washington. This award represents DARPA's continued investment in meta-optics and computational imaging technologies through its SBIR/STTR programs, which fund innovative research from small businesses and research institutions. Tunoptix's selection builds on the company's established track record in developing compact, lightweight optical systems for defense and space applications. The Phase II designation indicates progression from earlier feasibility studies, reflecting confidence in the technical approach and commercial potential of the metalens technology. The contract supports DARPA's broader objectives of advancing photonic capabilities for military sensing and imaging systems.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) | HR001119S0035 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | Pre-Solicitation 1/1 | 3/1/19, 4:04 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00002 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 4/25/25 | |
| P00001 | Exercise an Option | $500.0k | 4/5/24 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $1.0m | 3/24/23 |