Definitive Contract W911QX13C0140

The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a purchase order to Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc. for a 67 GHz microwave source on May 15, 2026, with a ceiling value of $223,591.50. Work is performed in Germany. The microwave source will support NIST's Photonics and Optomechanics Group in characterizing piezoelectric microwave acoustic resonators for research into materials, dynamics, and loss mechanisms at frequencies up to 67 GHz, with applications to next-generation 5G and...

General Microwave Corporation, a division of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., has been awarded a $539,980 firm fixed price delivery order by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center to provide digitally tuned oscillator production. The contract has a period of performance from September 2020 through June 2021. General Microwave Corporation will deliver the oscillators from its facility in Syosset, New York in support of the Air Force Sustainment...

This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to Stable Laser Systems Inc., a small business manufacturer located in Boulder, Colorado. The $94,367.00 contract is for the delivery of a high-finesse optical reference cavity that will operate simultaneously at three wavelengths (1560 nm, 1060 nm, and 780 nm) with a cavity finesse exceeding 150,000 in each wavelength region. This specialized laboratory equipment will support NIST's...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. for a single frequency laser valued at $37,400.00 on September 2, 2025. The order calls for a 1396 nm continuous wave laser system with optical frequency stability less than 100 MHz per Kelvin, short-term linewidth of 100 kHz or less, optical fiber coupled output, and an electronic controller with current and temperature control and modulation capabilities for NIST's Quantum & Nonlinear...

Stable Laser Systems Inc., a Boulder, Colorado-based small business manufacturer of precision laser systems, has been awarded a $389,644 firm fixed-price definitive contract to develop Phase III of a very simple set of auxiliary lasers for a deployable strontium ion clock. The contract, awarded on October 16, 2024, carries a total small business set-aside designation and is funded through a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center. Work will be performed at the contractor's location in...

The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime awarded a $305,178 firm fixed price purchase order to General Microwave Corporation for the delivery of 19 non-crystalline oscillators. General Microwave Corporation, a division of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, will deliver the oscillators from its facility in Syosset, New York to the DLA Distribution Center in Warner Robins, Georgia within 160 days of the December 20, 2022 award date. The solicitation sought these items, identified as...

The Air Force Sustainment Center awarded a delivery order valued at $1.36M to General Microwave Corporation (operating as the Kratos Microwave Electronics Division) on September 22, 2025, for the production of Digitally Tuned Oscillators (DTO), NSN 5955-01-466-6451, with a completion deadline of February 20, 2027. The contract utilizes firm fixed-price pricing and carries no set-aside designation. Performance will take place in Israel. General Microwave Corporation, a subsidiary of Kratos...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $27,436 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Quinstar Technology, Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit small business, to provide cryogenic microwave circulators. The circulators must meet specific technical requirements including a minimum frequency of 3 GHz or below and 30 dB or higher signal isolation. This is a sole-source award as Quinstar Technology is the only known commercial vendor that can meet the government's needs. The...

Oewaves, Inc., a small business manufacturer, was awarded a $125,000 firm-fixed-price contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop and demonstrate an extended cavity ultra-stable 436 nm diode laser system for long duration space applications. The laser system will be based on a semiconductor laser locked to a monolithic microcavity using self-injection locking, providing complete suppression of mode hops. The laser is intended to serve as an optical local...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research, a defense agency, to Stable Laser Systems Inc., a small business manufacturer of precision laser systems and optical components. The $62,917.00 contract is for the delivery of a "STABLE LASER CAVITY" and has a completion date of November 15, 2024. Stable Laser Systems Inc. specializes in providing highly stable, narrow linewidth laser systems, optical cavities, frequency combs, and...