Definitive Contract NNX13CL50C
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- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Systems & Processes Engineering Corporation (SPEC), a veteran-owned small business based in Austin, Texas. The $125,000 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a wind measurement lidar system to improve the flight duration or fuel efficiency of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and light aircraft. The system uses a fiber optic-based, eye-safe wind lidar combined with software to optimize control...
- Beyond Photonics, LLC, a small business based in Boulder, Colorado, was awarded a $1.8 million firm fixed-price contract by NASA's Shared Services Center on June 14, 2017, to develop an advanced eye-safe coherent light detection and ranging (LIDAR) transceiver for wind measurement applications. This contract, set aside for small business participation, supports the Advanced Coherent Detection Wind Space Pathfinder (Wind SP) LIDAR initiative, which aims to advance coherent detection wind...
- The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded a $250,871.70 firm fixed-price purchase order to Vaisala Inc. on February 4, 2026, to conduct a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) demonstration for wake turbulence research in support of the Federal Aviation Administration. Under this contract, which is scheduled for completion by September 30, 2026, Vaisala will install a modern scanning pulsed LiDAR system at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center test site in Burlingame, California...
- This is a $124,381 firm fixed price Phase I SBIR contract awarded by NASA to Sibelloptics, a veteran-owned small business located in Lafayette, Colorado. The contract is for the conceptual design of a compact, efficient, and reliable LIDAR system that can be deployed on various platforms such as balloons, small satellites, CubeSats, and ground-based exploratory systems. The goal is to develop a coherent LIDAR system for wind measurement that can meet the size, weight, power, and reliability...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,863 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Boulder Nonlinear Systems Inc. to develop a compact, low-size, weight, and power (low-SWAP) 3D wind sensor system that can be deployed on small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The goal is to provide wider coverage and cheaper operation for measuring 3D wind vectors, which is critical for understanding climate processes, weather prediction, and planetary...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Systems & Processes Engineering Corporation (SPEC), a veteran-owned small business, for the development of Multi-Channel Long-Range Wind LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) remote-sensing technologies. The $124,689.00 firm-fixed-price contract has a completion date of November 19, 2021. SPEC has received prior prime contract awards...
- Aeromancer Technologies Corporation, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business in Washington, D.C., was awarded a $124,969.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for the development of a 3D LIDAR Global Airspeed Sensor (3D-GLAS) for remote optical sensing of three-component airspeeds in wind tunnel applications. This SBIR Phase I contract will fund requirements...
- This SBIR Phase II contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Aeromancer Technologies Corporation, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business based in Washington, D.C. The contract, valued at $749,998.00, is for the development of a 3D Global LIDAR Airspeed Sensor (3D-LGAS) using aerosol correlation velocimetry for standoff sensing of high-resolution, spatially and temporally resolved three-component global airspeeds. The...
- This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Herndon, Virginia. The $124,924 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a configurable, multi-beam, 1.5 micron Doppler LIDAR sensor enabled by high-speed non-mechanical beam steering. This new LIDAR technology is intended to provide enhanced performance and reduced size, weight, and power...
- Truweather Solutions, Inc., a veteran-owned small business based in Albany, New York, was awarded a $1.22 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by NASA's Shared Services Center on July 27, 2023, for multipurpose Doppler lidar measurements. The contract, structured as a firm-fixed-price definitive contract with a completion date of December 30, 2026, is set aside for total small business participation. Doppler lidar technology enables precise measurement of wind...
THE CAPACITY OF COHERENT LIDAR SYSTEMS TO PRODUCE A CONTINUOUS, REAL-TIME, 3D SCAN OF WIND VELOCITIES VIA DETECTION OF BACKSCATTER OF ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS IN CLEAR-AIR CONDITIONS GIVES THIS TECHNOLOGY A CLEAR ADVANTAGE OVER OTHER TECHNOLOGIES. LIDAR HAS PROVEN ITS VALUE IN A NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING THE DETECTION OF CLEAR-AIR TURBULENCE, WIND SHEAR, AND AIRCRAFT WAKE VORTICES. OF INTEREST UNDER THIS NASA SUB-TOPIC IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIDAR SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF DETECTING AND MEASURING AIRCRAFT WAKE VORTICES IN ORDER TO ENHANCE AIRCRAFT SEPARATION CRITERIA. TO PERFORM THIS TASK WELL A LIDAR MUST HAVE CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS AND BE PAIRED WITH A HIGHLY OPTIMIZED WAKE PROCESSING ALGORITHM. KEY AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE: - PULSE ENERGY / PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCY (PRF) COMBINATION TO ADEQUATELY SAMPLE A REGION OF SPACE CONTAINING THE WAKE VORTICES. - PULSE WIDTH FOR OPTIMALLY SAMPLING THE WAKE DISTURBANCE. DETERMINATION OF THE OPTIMAL RANGE RESOLUTION FOR MEASURING WAKES IS ALGORITHM DEPENDENT AND IS AN AREA OF CURRENT RESEARCH. - SCANNER CAPABLE OF EFFICIENTLY SCANNING THE REGION OF INTEREST. THE SCANNER NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO REPORT THE ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH ACCURATELY SO THAT WAKE POSITIONS CAN BE ESTIMATED. - RAW DATA ACQUISITION AND SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR GENERATING RANGE RESOLVED DOPPLER SPECTRAL ESTIMATES. PROCESSING SHOULD PRODUCE PERIODOGRAMS OVER THE 2D OR 3D REGION OF INTEREST WITH ADEQUATE FREQUENCY RESOLUTION, VELOCITY BANDWIDTH AND WITH MINIMAL DISTORTION. - WAKE VORTEX ALGORITHM FOR DETECTING, TRACKING AND ESTIMATING THE CIRCULATION STRENGTH AND POSITION OF THE VORTICES FROM THE DOPPLER SPECTRAL ESTIMATES. SIBELLOPTICS PROPOSES A PHASE 1 SBIR TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF ITS COMPACT, INNOVATIVE FIBER LIDAR SENSOR, NOW IN PHASE II DEVELOPMENT, TO DETECT AND MEASURE WAKE VORTICES USING SPATIALLY DEPENDENT SPECTRAL MATCHED FILTER ALGORITHMS SIMILAR TO THOSE CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED FOR NASA BY COHERENT RESEARCH GROUP.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| 2 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 6/19/13 | |
| 1 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 6/17/13 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $198.2k | 5/23/13 |