Definitive Contract W911QY10C0089

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase II research and development contract awarded by the U.S. Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Optowares Inc., a subsidiary of Photonwares Corp. The $999,934.88 contract is for developing a conductive transmissive coating to enhance the absorption of thin film solar cells. Optowares, a for-profit manufacturer of fiber optic equipment and components, has received multiple prime contracts and subcontracts from...

This is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Freedom Photonics, LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced photonic components. The $749,996.00 contract is for the development of a "High-Sensitivity Monolithic Silicon CMOS APD and ROIC", which involves advanced photonic technologies such as semiconductor laser arrays, photonic integrated circuits, and avalanche photodiode (APD) arrays. As a subsidiary...

This is a $999,914.60 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to Freedom Photonics LLC, a small business manufacturer of photonic components and subsystems located in Goleta, California. The contract is for the development of a high-speed free-space optical link for cryogenic focal plane array read-out, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. This specialized photonics technology...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a Firm Fixed Price purchase order to Transwave Photonics, LLC, a small business located in Austin, Texas. The $179,988.36 contract is for the development of all-passive nonreciprocal optical power limiters under the SBIR Program Phase I. Transwave Photonics specializes in advanced photonics, optics, and laser technologies, and has previously received numerous SBIR and STTR contracts from defense agencies for cutting-edge research in areas such as...

Applied Optimization, Inc. was awarded a firm fixed price definitive contract valued at $750,000 by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to design, optimize, and demonstrate breadboard prototypes of bio-inspired spatially varying photonic crystals that optimize tunability, self-collimation, and transmission of light. The purpose of this effort is to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The University of Dayton Research Institute was identified as a major subcontractor...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,994.00 firm fixed-price purchase order for a "NOVEL SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVEN THREE-PHOTON RYDBERG ANTENNA" to Freedom Photonics LLC, a small business manufacturer of photonic components and subsystems located in Goleta, California. This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research contract leverages Freedom Photonics' expertise in advanced photonic integration, semiconductor lasers, and...

This federal contract award, valued at $5,454,371.06, was issued by the U.S. Department of Defense's Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to the prime contractor, Advanced Thin Films, Inc., doing business as Precision Photonics. The contract is an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) under the CORNERSTONE program, which focuses on the development of laser weapons systems. The award includes the provision of a coating chamber and the fabrication of damage management systems (DMS)...

This is a federal contract awarded by the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research to Nova Photonics Inc., a small business research and development company specializing in optics and photonics. The $986,759 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for the development of an optical filter for submarine laser communications under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase II. The contract has a completion date of September 11, 2015 and is designated as a Total...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Plasmonics Inc., a small disadvantaged business, with a potential value of $149,666.00. The contract is for the development of a plasmonic metamaterial approach to infrared scene projection. Plasmonics Inc. will be supported by a subcontractor, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), who will provide simulation and design...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Trex Enterprises Corporation, doing business as Ophthonix. The $997,205.00 cost plus fixed fee contract is for research and development of "Aperture Synthesis Partially Coherent Passive Illumination" technologies. As a small business set-aside, Ophthonix was selected to continue its work on this advanced photonics and imaging project following a...