Definitive Contract MSFC0199904DNAS899081

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Optimax Systems, Inc. to manufacture a monolithic freeform telescope. The contract aims to prove the feasibility of Optimax's optics manufacturing process to produce a freeform optical telescope system with a high-precision freeform surface. This capability enables more compact designs, larger fields of view, and better-performing unobscured systems for space-based...

This is a $749,910 Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Digital Optics Technologies Inc., a small business corporation. The contract is focused on developing two parallel technologies - an Active Fast Light Optical Gyroscope/Accelerometer (AFLOGA) based on a rubidium vapor Raman laser, and an Active Fast Light Fiber-Optic Sensor (AFLIFOS) based on a fiber...

This SBIR Phase II contract with a ceiling value of $785,000.00 was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Boulder Environmental Sciences and Technology, LLC, a small business. The goal is to develop a deployable, offset-fed paraboloidal mesh reflector antenna that can operate onboard small, low-cost satellites like CubeSats at frequencies up to 100 GHz. The contract aims to fully test the performance characteristics of a prototype antenna with an aperture greater...

This is a SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the Shared Services Center to Advanced Nanophotonics, LLC, a small business, for the development of "Next Gen Components for Exoplanet Detection and Characterization Technologies." The contract is a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract with a ceiling value of $899,871.00 and a completion date of August 2, 2026. The SBIR program funds small businesses to develop innovative technologies, and this Phase II award indicates the company has...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Morphoptic Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the development of additively produced telescope mirrors. The $1,249,879.00 Firm Fixed Price contract aims to fabricate precision curvature polished mirrors and incorporate them into a novel telescope prototype to support the U.S. Space Force (USSF) and U.S. Air Force (USAF) needs for smaller and less costly...

This is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Triton Systems, Inc. The contract is for $149,910.00 and is focused on establishing a scalable and mass producible manufacturing platform to produce ground-based high-performance telescopes at low cost. Triton Systems, a Massachusetts-based global product development and venturing company, will perform the research and development work at its...

This is a $1,898,602 fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Hart Scientific Consulting International L.L.C. (Hartsci), a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract is for the demonstration of a laser-guided wavefront compensation system in the uplink beam of a sodium guide star launch telescope. This award is part of AFRL's efforts to advance adaptive optics and atmospheric turbulence...

This contract award to Boulder Nonlinear Systems Inc. is for the development of a programmable phase nulling interferometer that extends the capability of a computer generated hologram (CGH) to null test a range of meter class telescope mirrors. The $113,030.00 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) requires the construction of a brassboard Twyman-Green interferometer system with a 512x512 spatial light modulator...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Beam Engineering for Advanced Measurements Co., a woman-owned small business. The $2,999,442 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a large optical telescope based on high-efficiency thin film planar diffractive optics. This contract is part of the AFRL's efforts to advance optical technologies for defense and space applications. Beam Engineering has...

This is a $189,971 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Outpost Technologies, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract is for the Telescope for Autonomous and Remote Universal Surveillance (TAURUS) project, which involves the development of a specialized telescope system. The work is being performed in Huntsville, Alabama, and the anticipated completion date is January 27, 2025. This contract is set aside for small...