This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Voxtel, LLC, a small business manufacturer of goods and provider of research and development services. The contract is valued at $754,999.00 and aims to advance the technology readiness level of 3D flash lidar technologies suitable for NASA mission requirements. This includes fabricating, characterizing, and testing a high-sensitivity InGaAs avalanche photodiode 3D...
This is a $129,997 firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Voxtel, LLC, a small business manufacturer of specialized optics and electronics. The objective is to develop a highly sensitive 640x480-element flash LADAR (laser detection and ranging) camera capable of 100 Hz update rates and 5 cm range precision. The camera will leverage Voxtel's proven readout integrated circuit and avalanche...
This is a $123,214 firm-fixed-price STTR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to the small business Voxtel, LLC. The contract is for the development of a low-cost, high-pixel-density avalanche photodiode detector array technology sensitive in the 0.9-1.7 micron spectral range that can achieve near-single-photon sensitivity at room temperature. This technology is intended to address NASA's need for space-hardened planetary entry, descent, and landing (EDL) and proximity-operations sensors. The...
This federal contract award, valued at $125,000.00, was issued by the Shared Services Center to Voxtel, LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced electronics and optics. The contract is for the development of hardened silicon Geiger-mode ladar focal plane arrays for a spacecraft's guidance, navigation, and control system. The goal is to obtain 3D imagery of proximity objects or surfaces using small, low-power ladar sensors suitable for use in deep space environments and planetary...
Voxtel, LLC, a small business manufacturer, was awarded a $124,999 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a low-noise, high-efficiency, high-dynamic-range photon-counting sensor based on silicon single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) technology. This sensor is intended to address NASA's need for next-generation spaceborne lidar systems capable of both atmospheric and ocean profiling, enabling advanced retrievals of dense...
This is a $129,995 fixed-price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Voxtel, LLC, a small business manufacturer of specialized optics and electronics based in Hillsboro, Oregon. The contract is for the development of a compact, high-resolution, time-resolved intensified image sensor called the Hybrid Intensified Solid-State Pixelated Anode Detector (ISPAD). This sensor is intended to address the challenges of in-situ planetary instrument development, which...
This is a $129,991 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Voxtel, LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced electronics and optics. The contract is for the development of an ultra-compact, high-energy, high-repetition-rate, diode-pumped solid-state pulsed laser system operating in the 1500-1600 nanometer spectral band. This laser system is intended to support NASA's remote sensing, mapping, and...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Freedom Photonics LLC, a manufacturer of photonic components and subsystems located in Goleta, California. The objective is to develop a 1550-nanometer sensitive photon-counting detector array with integrated time-tagging electronics, suitable for free-space optical communications in NASA missions such as the Lunar Laser Communication...
This is a $122,910 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services. The contract is for the development of a 2U CubeSat-based 3D imaging photon-counting LIDAR system capable of long-range (>100 km) topology and rendezvous sensing for NASA's upcoming asteroid, comet, and planetary exploration missions. The LIDAR system is designed to provide unprecedented performance at a fraction of the...
This is a firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Voxtel, LLC, a small business manufacturer of goods and R&D services. The contract, valued at $124,996.00, is for the development of compact, high-degrees-of-freedom freeform beam-expander optics. This research is intended to support spaceborne lidar sensor and optics applications for NASA. Voxtel has previously conducted SBIR Phase I...