This is a $100,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a for-profit research and development company. The contract builds upon PSI's previous SBIR Phase II work on a novel ophthalmic imaging platform to characterize and monitor potential visual impairment observed in long-duration spaceflight. The Phase II-X program has two main objectives: 1) Demonstrate...
This federal contract award to Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a small business, is for the development of an advanced optical imaging platform to comprehensively examine the eye's posterior segment (retina/choroid) using non-invasive techniques. The $124,991 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract is funded by the Shared Services Center (SSC), a civilian agency. The platform will leverage Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and PSI's proprietary Confocal Line-Scanning...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $245,000.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Heidelberg Engineering, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit, woman-owned small business, for the development of a miniaturized Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) device, referred to as the "mini OCT prototype." This procurement is being conducted under FAR Part 12 and Part 13, with NASA/Johnson Space Center as the procuring center and the performance location...
This is a $149,966 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a for-profit research and development company. The contract is for the development of a Photonic Integrated Raman Spectrometer (PIRS). The award has a firm fixed price and is set to be completed by August 25, 2023. PSI has extensive experience supporting various federal agencies through both contract and grant awards,...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a small business, for the development of a Doppler-compensated integrated photonic time-bin entanglement transceiver under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. The contract has a total ceiling value of $124,981.00 and a completion date of September 30, 2021. PSI is a for-profit research and development company that specializes in advanced...
Physical Sciences Inc. was awarded a definitive contract valued at $749,966 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to perform research and development of deep neural network algorithms for upsampling surface images under Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research program. The work will be conducted by Physical Sciences Inc.'s Andover, Massachusetts division over a two-year period concluding in July 2023 under a firm fixed price arrangement. The...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $245,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Heidelberg Engineering, Inc. of Franklin, Massachusetts. The purpose of this contract is to deliver a prototype mini optical coherence tomography device with macula head fixation capability. This appears to be a small business set-aside awarded under NASA's general procurement authority to develop ophthalmic imaging technology for potential use in human...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Heidelberg Engineering, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit, woman-owned small business. The $245,000.00 contract is for the development of a Mini Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Prototype with Optical Nerve Head (ONH) fixation capability, to support NASA's research in simulated microgravity conditions and potential applications for monitoring...
Photon Systems, Inc. was awarded a firm fixed price definitive contract valued at $1,118,379 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to address the need for spacecraft microbial monitoring for long duration human missions. This Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract builds upon a previous Phase I proposal and will result in the development of a near-real-time, in-situ, reagentless sensor for use on the International Space Station and future spacecraft...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $149,782 Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase I contract to 2PI Inc., doing business as 2PI Optics, a for-profit technology company based in Newton, Massachusetts. The contract is for the development of a chip-scale, large-aperture, ultra-wide-angle LIDAR system. This is a Firm Fixed Price contract with a completion date of September 2, 2024. The contract was a total small business set-aside, indicating the...