Definitive Contract NNX08CA21C

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...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $499,972.64 grant to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to design and test a prototype chip-based, centimeter-scale, metasurface optical antenna with 4 pi steradian electronic beam steering capability operating in the C-band. The design is based on gate-tunable plasmonic reflectarray metasurfaces that enable beam steering of 1550 nanometer light reflected from a tunable phased array metasurface. Tunability arises...

This federal contract award was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Beam Engineering for Advanced Measurements Co., a woman-owned small business. The $99,961 grant is for research and development of a "thin-film, nearly weightless broadband diffractive waveplate lens" that can provide advanced imaging capabilities for NASA observation and exoplanet detection missions. This innovative optical technology aims to enable the construction of very large aperture...

Beam Engineering For Advanced Measurements Co., a woman-owned small business, was awarded a $124,464.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of vector vortex waveplates (VVWs) with expanded spectral capabilities, including into the ultraviolet range, to enable improved proximity glare suppression for coronagraphy...

This is a firm fixed-price delivery order awarded by NASA's Glenn Research Center to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, through its Military Aircraft Systems division doing business as Aerospace Systems. The $154,322 contract is part of the larger Research and Technologies for Aerospace Propulsion Systems 2 (RTAPS2) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential of electronically steered or switched multiple beam antenna systems...

This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by NASA's Goddard Space Center to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. for the James Webb Space Telescope project. The $66,361,364.00 contract covers the design, development, fabrication, assembly, integration, and testing of the Aft Optics System (AOS) Source Plate Assembly (ASPA), Tinsley closeout, optical integration and testing, and special studies. The contract work supports the James Webb Space Telescope, a major NASA observatory...

This is a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Rochester for an effort led by Professor James R. Fienup. The purpose is to apply refined phase retrieval algorithms to support NASA's image-based wavefront sensing and control (WFSC) for alignment of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) during ground testing, commissioning after launch, and telescope maintenance. This $203,000.00 contract is intended to reduce the risk of...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $746,290.00 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract to Beam Engineering For Advanced Measurements Co., a woman-owned small business, under the SBIR Program Phase II. The contract is for the development of a non-mechanical beam steering system, with an anticipated completion date of October 30, 2023. Beam Engineering's expertise includes advanced optical technologies and materials, such as lidar, waveplates, and energy webs employing planar optics. This...

The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $63,420 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Space Optics Research Labs, LLC for beam expanding optics. This sole-source award was made under a competitive solicitation for specialized optical components and systems primarily in support of directed energy and sensor platforms. Space Optics Research Labs, a for-profit limited liability company, is the original equipment manufacturer and sole provider of the required beam expander. The award does not...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Beam Engineering For Advanced Measurements Co., a woman-owned small business, for the Compact SAL/SAR Acquisition and Processing System (Phase 1) as part of the SBIR program. The $149,985.00 contract is focused on research and development of advanced optical technologies and materials. As a prime contractor, Beam Engineering has received previous SBIR and STTR awards from...