This federal contract award to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for $278,842.95 focuses on the development of quantum networking and sensing capabilities using a diamond nanophotonic circuit. The research aims to overcome limitations in current quantum networking schemes using nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond by integrating NV centers with optical nanocavities to enhance photon emission and collection efficiency. The goal is to create a self-contained quantum processor...
This is a $50,000.00 firm fixed-price Purchase Order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Guided Particle Systems Inc., a small business, for the development of a conceptual design of a fieldable quantum communications network focused on the coastal air-land-sea environment. The contract is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research effort. Guided Particle Systems Inc. has previously supported the AFRL through SBIR Phase I and II contracts for mobile quantum...
This STTR Phase II contract for $749,983.00 was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Quantum Applied Science & Research Inc. (Quasar), a small business. The contract is for the development of a closed-loop feedback control system for transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Major subcontractors include Soterix Medical Inc., a manufacturer of neuromodulation devices, and the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC), a...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $149,993.17 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Vector Atomic Inc., a small business, for the Circuit Integration for Robust Quantum Information Technology Scalability (CIRQUITS) program. Under this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract, Vector Atomic will develop precision, ultra-low noise laser control electronics with low cost, size, weight, and power to broadly...
This is a $109,992 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Secrecy Labs LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the "SECURING TOMORROWS BATTLESPACE: ADVANCED MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS WITH POST-QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY" project, which falls under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program's Phase I research effort. The contract has a completion date of August 19, 2024 and was awarded on May 17, 2024....
This is a definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, also known as Virginia Tech, for $399,997.00. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, is for research in accordance with the statement of work on the "Automatic Generation of Anti-Specifications from Exploits for Scalable Program Hardening." Virginia Tech has subcontracted a portion of the work to The Pennsylvania State...
The U.S. Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Nanomatronix LLC, a small business subchapter S corporation, on December 5, 2020. The $149,997.00 contract is for the development of a ruggedized, low-swap, high-bandwidth and protocol reconfigurable fiber optic communications network for electric aircraft, as part of a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research project. Nanomatronix LLC has previously...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a $1,499,785.00 firm-fixed-price Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract to Qubitekk, Inc. for the development of quantum entanglement technology on drones. Qubitekk, a small business manufacturer, will provide quantum networking components and systems, including quantum encryption technology, narrow-spectrum two-photon sources, and bi-photon sources, to support quantum computing and communications research and...
This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Army Contracting Command (ACC) Aberdeen Proving Ground to RTX BBN Technologies, Inc. (doing business as BBN Technologies), a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies Corporation. The $3,466,440.68 contract provides research and development (R&D) services for the FY 2009 Technical Architecture Strategy (TAS) program, focused on advancing technologies for the 2020 TAS. The contract does not have a set-aside designation and was awarded on July...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Nanomatronix LLC, a small business concern, under the SBIR program. The contract has a potential value of $49,994.00 and is for the development of a multi-key crypto module enabled by asynchronous polymorphic circuits. Nanomatronix LLC is a technology company that provides research and development services related to various areas, including cryptography,...