This is a $124,918 firm fixed-price STTR Phase I research and development contract awarded by the Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency to Radiabeam Technologies, LLC, a small business, for the development of a compact, transportable racetrack cyclotron for heavy-ion radiation testing of electronics. The work will be performed in Santa Monica, CA. Radiabeam Technologies is a provider of particle accelerator components and systems, with experience supporting research programs for...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $346,704 firm fixed price contract to Radiasoft LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Boulder, Colorado. The contract, titled "HIGH AVERAGE POWER ELECTRON BEAMS FROM A NOVEL COMPACT PLASMA WAKEFIELD ACCELERATOR," was awarded on April 1, 2015 with a completion date of March 31, 2018. Radiasoft is a small business that specializes in scientific computing for particle beams and X-rays, providing advanced modeling tools,...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Radiabeam Technologies, LLC, a small business based in Santa Monica, California. The contract, worth $179,767.00, is for the development of an L-Band modulator for an X-Band linear accelerator. This contract supports AFRL's mission in the area of advanced accelerator technologies for scientific research, medical applications, and national security. Radiabeam Technologies...
This is a $150,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of "HIGHLY DOPED GLASS ENABLED HIGH REPETITION RATE, HIGH AVERAGE POWER USPL SOURCES", which are specialized ultrafast pulsed laser systems. The prime contractor is N.p. Photonics, Inc., a small business fiber laser company based in Tucson, Arizona. This SBIR Phase I research contract...
This is a task order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) under the ACTIVE ELECTRO-OPTICAL AND INFRARED RESEARCH EFFORT. The contract has a total ceiling value of $3,576,299.77 and a performance period ending July 31, 2025. It is not set aside for any small business categories. The prime contract supports AFRL's electro-optical and infrared research initiatives. Key subcontractors include Advalue Photonics (fiber laser...
General Atomics has been awarded a definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract valued at approximately $692,000 by the United States Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to deliver HIGH REP RATE INTEGRATED NLTLS FOR STEERABLE, SCALABLE EFFECTS (HI-RRINSSE) from July 2022 through April 2024. This award is in response to the Air Force Research Laboratory's Open Proposal Research Announcement for High Power Electromagnetics Sources and Components, which seeks proposals to support research and...
This is a $11,935,266.98 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research to HII Mission Technologies Corp, a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. The contract provides research and development support for experimental and theoretical physics, numerical simulations, design and development of advanced high-energy lasers, laser fusion, and high energy density plasmas, supporting the Navy's Nike and Electra high energy exciter laser systems. The contract was awarded...
This is a $645,730.05 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order awarded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to Fisica Applied Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies, Inc. The contract is for short pulse gamma shielding modification services, with a performance period ending on January 31, 2016. There is no set-aside designation for this award. As the prime contractor, Fisica Applied Technologies specializes in advanced defense and commercial technologies, including...
This is a five-year Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to fund research in the Pulsed And Continuous wave Innovation For Integration and Effects Research (PACIFIER) program. The contract was awarded to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. and has a ceiling value of $36,043,319. No set-aside designation was used. The research areas of interest under this BAA include high-energy laser development, propagation modeling, vulnerability assessments,...
This contract award, valued at $750,000.00, was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Optical Engines, Inc., a small business manufacturer of laser solutions and optical components. The contract is for the development of an "Ultra Low Size-Weight-and Power-Consumption (SWAP) Multi kW Directed Energy Laser Blade (LASERBLADE)." This contract falls under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II Action and is a firm-fixed-price purchase order. The...