The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $5.7 million definitive contract to Lockheed Martin Corporation to develop an Asynchronous Geiger Mode LADAR Receiver. This contract was awarded under the Laboratory's broader $49.9 million Laser Radar Innovative Development and Research program and Air Force Research Laboratory's Broad Agency Announcement seeking proposals for electro-optical component and technology advances to support synthetic aperture LADAR,...
This is a $11,950,095.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to DRS Network & Imaging Systems LLC, a subsidiary of the Italian aerospace company Leonardo SPA. The contract is for Phase I of the Laser Radar Technology program, which is focused on developing advanced sensor technologies for the U.S. military. The contract does not have a set-aside designation, reflecting DRS Network & Imaging Systems' status as a large,...
This is a delivery order under the ADVANCED LADAR TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH (ALTAR) task order contract, awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Leidos, Inc. The delivery order has a ceiling value of $5,922,200.00 and covers advanced research and development of ladar (laser radar) technologies. The order does not have a set-aside designation, indicating Leidos was awarded the contract competitively as a large business prime contractor. Leidos serves as the prime contractor, with...
This federal contract award was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation Electronic Systems, a major defense contractor, to develop and demonstrate a prototype three-dimensional (3-D) laser detection and ranging (LADAR) imaging system. The purpose is to significantly improve non-cooperative combat identification (NCID) capabilities over current forward-looking infrared (FLIR) and video imaging systems. The $6,089,446.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee...
This contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Raytheon Company's RVS Division located in Goleta, California. The $5,205,062.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for the design, integration, and testing of a fast framing LADAR (laser detection and ranging) short-wave infrared camera. This work supports advanced sensor development for defense applications. The contract has no set-aside designation. Raytheon, a leading aerospace and defense contractor, frequently...
This is a $124,829 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Advanced Scientific Concepts, Inc., a small business manufacturer located in Santa Barbara, CA. The contract is for the development of a miniaturized 3D flash LIDAR sensor to enable safe autonomous landing and hazard avoidance capabilities for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in national airspace. This sensor technology is an extension of the 3D flash LIDAR used in NASA's ALHAT system for autonomous lunar...
This is a $7,641,616.50 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Leidos, Inc. for research and development of advanced laser detection and ranging (LADAR) technologies. The contract supports the ALTAR program, which focuses on developing innovations in areas such as space communications, autonomous systems, high-powered electromagnetic technologies, quantum sensing, and advanced sensor systems. This delivery order is part of a larger...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Advr, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Bozeman, Montana. The contract, valued at $749,916.00, is for the development and delivery of a compact, space-qualified, diode-based seed laser system that uses a digital controller to enable autonomous acquisition of the required wavelength for multiwavelength flight and space-based Light...
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...
The Systems & Processes Engineering Corporation (SPEC) was awarded a $1.5 million definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to conduct research and development on a Miniature Long Range LADAR system under Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. As part of its mission to develop ballistic missile defense technologies for the Department of Defense, the MDA issued this SBIR Phase II solicitation seeking proposals for compact LADAR...