Purchase Order 1333ND20PNB680688

Honeywell International Inc. was awarded a $7,138,113 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop a prototype optical lattice clock based on photonic integrated circuits (LOCPIC). The goal is to create an atomic clock that is over 1,000 times more stable than commercial clocks, with a very compact form factor and low power consumption. This award stems from a Broad Agency Announcement issued by the Defense Advanced Research...

This is a $200,000 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Vector Atomic Inc., a small business specializing in quantum technology development. The contract is for the GENERATE ULTRASTABLE OPTICAL AND RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) SIGNALS FROM A CENTRAL HUB CONTAINING AN OPTICAL ATOMIC CLOCK project, which is funded under a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research effort. The contract has a completion date of November 5,...

This is a Phase II SBIR contract awarded by NASA to Aosense, Inc., a small business manufacturer of quantum sensing technologies. The $749,331 contract is for the development of a free-space, two-way optical time transfer system compatible with global-scale synchronization of current-generation optical atomic clocks. In Phase I, Aosense demonstrated the required performance using existing hardware and developed a fully-integrated module design. Under this Phase II contract, Aosense will...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $1,672,978.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to HRL Laboratories, LLC, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, for the development of an Atomic Clock with Enhanced Stability (ACES). This effort aims to provide unprecedented frequency and timing accuracy on low size, weight, and power platforms, particularly portable battery-powered clocks with minimal calibration time and accurate performance in relevant Department of Defense operating...

This federal contract award to the Regents of the University of Colorado (CU), valued at $8,290,029.00, is for the development of an optical-atomic-clock performance in an ultracompact package using scalable and manufacturable atomic and photonic components. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, a defense agency, without a set-aside designation. The prime contractor, CU, has a robust federal contract and grant portfolio, and will be supported by subcontractors...

This federal contract award, valued at $6,731,051.00, was issued by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Coldquanta, Inc. (doing business as Infleqtion), a small business located in Boulder, Colorado. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for the development of the Atomic Clock with Enhanced Stability (ACES) program, which aims to provide unprecedented frequency and timing accuracy on low size, weight, and power (SWAP) platforms. The key objectives...

This federal contract award to HRL Laboratories, LLC, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, was issued by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop ultra-small, low-power, fieldable clocks that can maintain their timing precision for one week. The $13,168,360.00 contract has an ultimate completion date of March 31, 2028 and is a Definitive Contract with a Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing type. There is no set-aside designation for this contract. As subcontractors, Omax...

The Department of the Navy Naval Observatory awarded a $129,600 firm fixed price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc. for an HP controller for an HP TA-SHG. The solicitation sought MOGLABS laser systems to upgrade the repump laser system powering the Navy's rubidium fountain clocks. Providing more efficient light delivery and reduced maintenance downtime, the lasers would improve clock performance while potentially lasting longer than existing diode-based systems, representing long-term cost...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,899,842.29 Firm Fixed Price contract to Mesa Quantum Systems, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to develop chip-scale quantum sensors, specifically atomic clocks, to provide resilient positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities independent of GPS under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. This direct-to-Phase-II contract aims to advance alternative Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) solutions for...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded Vescent Photonics LLC a $1.5 million firm fixed price contract to deliver a compact, high-performance optical clockwork for quantum timing under STTR Phase II funding. The contract has a total small business set aside designation. Vescent Photonics will perform the work in Golden, Colorado through March 2023 to further develop technologies supporting the Air Force's research into quantum-based timing solutions. No major...