The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $8,660,433.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Nexus Photonics Inc., a small business based in Goleta, California. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for the Generating RF with Photonic Oscillators for Low Noise (GRYPHON) program. The goal of the GRYPHON program is to develop compact, low-noise microwave frequency synthesizers to enable advanced sensing and communication applications. This contract will run...
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 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract award from the Naval Air Warfare Center to Nexus Photonics Inc., a for-profit small business based in Goleta, California. The $294,359.44 firm-fixed-price contract supports early-stage research and development of photonic integrated circuit platforms, lasers, optical systems, and related technologies. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation. Nexus Photonics has previously received SBIR and Small Business...
This is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, to Nexus Photonics Inc., a for-profit small business. The contract has a firm fixed price of $239,618.00 and a completion date of November 6, 2023. The contract is designated as a total small business set-aside and involves research and development of photonic technologies, including photonic integrated circuits, lasers, and optical systems, to support the...
This is a $149,692 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Nexus Photonics Inc., a for-profit photonics technology company based in Goleta, California. The contract is for the development of "heterogeneously integrated chip-scale bi-photon sources with high heralding efficiency", which aligns with the AFRL's research interests in photonic integrated circuits, lasers, and related technologies. This is a small...
This $849,274 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center (an alternate name for a U.S. government agency) to Nexus Photonics Inc., a for-profit small business providing photonics technologies and R&D services. The contract is for the development of "SPECTROSCOPY-GRADE LASERS AND PICS OPERATING AROUND 674 NM", which supports the agency's innovation initiatives across defense, intelligence, and civilian...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Nexus Photonics Inc., a small business based in Goleta, California. The $149,362 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a heterogeneous photonic integrated circuit (PIC) platform operating around 670 nanometers. The contract is set aside for small businesses. Nexus Photonics specializes in advanced photonics technologies, including designing specialized photonic...
This is a $238,805.00 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command to Nexus Photonics Inc., a for-profit small business. The contract is for research and development of photonic technologies, such as photonic integrated circuits, lasers, and terahertz generators, to support innovation initiatives across defense, intelligence, and civilian government agencies. As a Phase I STTR award, this contract funds early-stage...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC24PB498, was issued by the Shared Services Center of a civilian U.S. government agency to Nexus Photonics Inc., a for-profit small business organization. The $149,985.00 Firm Fixed Price contract is for FY24 SBIR Phase I-III/V research and development of "Nonlinear Sources for Entanglement and Squeezing", with a period of performance through September 8, 2025. The contract was set aside for small businesses and does not identify any...
Nexus Photonics Inc. has been awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at one million four hundred ninety-one thousand eight hundred one dollars by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to deliver a silicon nitride-based heterogeneous photonic integrated circuits platform operating around 670 nanometers. This award is being made under Phase II of the Small Business Technology Transfer program to further the development and demonstration of this technology...