Delivery Order FA945108D0206-0001

The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $40,335 firm fixed-price purchase order to Space Optics Research Labs, LLC on January 23, 2025, for the procurement of precision optical components supporting critical Department of Defense high-energy laser programs. The contract, issued under part number OAP28.543-04.531-06, calls for the delivery of a concave off-axis parabolic mirror and an MMOA-6 mirror mount with alignment flat, which are essential optical measurement and diagnostic system components...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Welch Mechanical Designs, LLC, a small business manufacturer of custom, high-precision optics and provider of diamond turning services. The $97,821 fixed-price contract is for the development of an innovative and cost-effective process to directly polish the substrate of high-performance optical-quality metal mirrors, eliminating the need for nickel...

This contract award to Boulder Nonlinear Systems Inc. is for the development of a programmable phase nulling interferometer that extends the capability of a computer generated hologram (CGH) to null test a range of meter class telescope mirrors. The $113,030.00 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) requires the construction of a brassboard Twyman-Green interferometer system with a 512x512 spatial light modulator...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Optipro Systems, LLC, a manufacturer of precision optics fabrication equipment and metrology systems. The $124,961 award will support the design, manufacture, and testing of a precision rotary axis for Optipro's Ultraform Finishing (UFF) optical fabrication platform. The goal is to improve the capability to rapidly remove residual grinding and machining marks, as well as sub-surface damage, on X-ray optical...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Beam Engineering for Advanced Measurements Co., a woman-owned small business. The $2,999,442 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a large optical telescope based on high-efficiency thin film planar diffractive optics. This contract is part of the AFRL's efforts to advance optical technologies for defense and space applications. Beam Engineering has...

This is a $129,370 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Space Optics Research Labs, LLC, a small business located in Merrimack, New Hampshire. The contract is for the delivery of custom off-axis parabolic mirrors and flat mirrors in support of directed energy and sensor platforms. Space Optics Research Labs has received over $500,000 in prior federal contracts, primarily from Department of the Navy entities, for...

This SBIR/STTR Phase I research and development contract, awarded by the Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency, tasks Optical Engines, Inc., a manufacturer of laser solutions and optical components, with developing high power etched air taper combiner technology for next generation monolithic fiber amplifiers. The $150,000.00 firm fixed price contract is set aside for small businesses. Through past prime contracts, Optical Engines has provided fiber laser components and systems to...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Omega Optics, Inc., a minority-owned small business located in Austin, Texas. The $122,580 firm-fixed-price contract is for the research and development of a novel 2D tunable coherent combined vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (TCC-VCSEL) array monolithically integrated with a surface-normal slow-light photonic crystal waveguide array. This novel design...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Army Materiel Command's Army Contracting Command to Layertec GmbH, a German manufacturer, for the delivery of 12 dichroic mirrors and 12 turning mirrors for use in kilowatt-class lasers. The total ceiling value of the contract is $24,821.65, with a required delivery date of December 6, 2024. The mirrors are being procured to support the Advanced Laser Source Development Team at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The dichroic...

NASA's Johnson Space Center awarded a $389.4K firm fixed-price purchase order to Optical Coating Laboratory, LLC (OCLI), a Santa Rosa, California-based optical component manufacturer and division of Viavi Solutions Inc., for specialized mirror refurbishment services. The contract, awarded on March 7, 2025, with completion targeted for March 3, 2026, requires OCLI to strip a protected enhanced silver coating from a 1.3-meter Zerodur mirror and recoat it with a protected aluminum coating optimized...