The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a purchase order to Thorlabs, Inc. for a high-speed, research-grade spectral-domain OCT system valued at $86,995.75, with award date September 25, 2026 and ultimate completion date November 30, 2026. The system is designed for rapid 3D mapping of chicken tissues in woody breast research. Place of performance is Germany. The equipment includes turnkey optical coherence tomography capability with A-scan rate of at least 240 kHz, imaging depth of at least 1 mm in tissue or water, axial resolution of 2.3 micrometers or better, user-changeable objective lens configurations with working distance up to 25 mm, application software, and C++ software development kit. The acquisition originated from solicitation 1232SA26Q1189, posted August 12, 2026 with quotations due August 24, 2026.