This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC22K1904, was granted by the Shared Services Center (an alternate name for a federal agency) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for a research project titled "TECHNOLOGY MATURATION FOR A HIGH-SENSITIVITY AND HIGH-RESOLVING POWER X-RAY SPECTROMETER". The $3,785,210.00 grant-funded contract has an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2025 and does not have a set-aside designation. MIT, a world-class private research...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Microtek Inc., a small, minority-owned, and disadvantaged business, in the amount of $124,670.00. The contract is to develop a compact, energy-efficient, and inexpensive multi-band spectrometer that can provide high spectral resolution comparable to a conventional Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, but in a much smaller size and weight, by leveraging...
This federal contract award, valued at $600,000.00, was granted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to raise the technology readiness level of 4.7-terahertz local oscillators. The project aims to develop single-mode distributed feedback lasers with characteristics suitable for powering a 9-element heterodyne receiver array that can observe the dominant 63-micron atomic oxygen emission line. This line is an important probe...
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 federal contract award, with a ceiling value of $3,524,578.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the development of diffraction-limited Wolter X-ray telescope optics. The award is not set aside for a specific business type. The contract is focused on developing advanced X-ray telescope optics, which have potential applications in space exploration and astrophysics research. As a premier research...
This federal contract award, valued at $550,768.00, was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois to produce an integrated on-chip spectrometer prototype operable at far-infrared (100 to 200 micron) wavelengths. The spectrometer will be integrated with a kinetic inductance device (KID) detector array, allowing for compact light dispersion and detection in a single device. The University of Chicago will design and fabricate the detectors, while...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for $150,000.00. The contract is for research and collaboration work on developing methods to synthesize quantum dots, with performance located at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. MIT is a world-class private research university that frequently partners with the U.S....
This federal contract award, valued at $1,299,873.00, was granted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency. The contract is for the development of "HIGH-PERFORMANCE, BROADBAND, LARGE-AREA, MONOLITHIC CMOS X-RAY SENSORS" and has a completion date of November 6, 2027. The contract is categorized as a grant for research and does not have a set-aside designation. MIT is a premier private research university known for its...
This federal contract award, valued at $920,000.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to continue their successful program in fabricating, testing, and combining soft X-ray polarimeter components. The goal is to develop a system to measure the polarization of astrophysical X-ray sources at energies below 1 kiloelectron volt (keV). The contract work involves improving, assembling, or fabricating components...
This $1,226,784 federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop "Adaptive High-Order Wavefront Control Algorithms for High-Contrast Imaging on the Decadal Survey Testbed". The contract is for research and development work and is not set aside for any specific business type. MIT is a premier private research university known for its cutting-edge scientific and technological...