This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to G.a. Tyler Associates, Inc. (doing business as The Optical Science Company), a small business located in Santa Ana, California. The contract, valued at $124,966.00, is for the development of a long-range laser communications system for spacecraft in the solar system. The effort involves two components: (1) a spacecraft-based transceiver using small size, weight, and power (SWAP)...
This is a $913,110 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase II contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Optical Physics Company, a small business, for the research and development of an interferometric star tracker system for laser communications (lasercom) beam pointing applications in deep space missions. The star tracker system is intended to stabilize the optical line of sight and provide the appropriate pointing reference to the receiver location, enabling more efficient delivery of the...
This is a $745,878.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded to Vista Photonics, Inc., a small business, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center. The contract is for the development of a semiconductor laser spectrometer under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III. The work will be performed in Las Cruces, New Mexico and is set to be completed by December 31, 2019. Through previous SBIR awards, Vista Photonics has provided NASA...
This is a contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Beyond Photonics, LLC, a small business, to provide research, development, testing, and production of specialized electro-optical equipment and components, primarily to support atmospheric monitoring and analysis applications. The contract, valued at $316,382.00, is a Definitive Contract under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III. It calls for enhancements to an existing SBIR...
This is a $749,910 Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Digital Optics Technologies Inc., a small business corporation. The contract is focused on developing two parallel technologies - an Active Fast Light Optical Gyroscope/Accelerometer (AFLOGA) based on a rubidium vapor Raman laser, and an Active Fast Light Fiber-Optic Sensor (AFLIFOS) based on a fiber...
Photon Systems, Inc. was awarded a $145,661 purchase order by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to deliver deep ultraviolet lasers for Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy in extreme environments under the agency's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I solicitation. The firm fixed price contract has a period of performance from July 25, 2022 through January 25, 2023 and is designated for total small business set aside. The place of...
This is a $125,000.00 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to N.p. Photonics, Inc., a U.S.-based fiber laser manufacturer. The contract is for the development of a high energy, narrow-linewidth, and frequency stable 780 nanometer laser transmitter for high spectral resolution lidar (HSRL) applications. This laser system will enable accurate aerosol and cloud profiling...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Optical Physics Company (OPC) for the development of a compact, lightweight, high-accuracy interferometric star tracker system. The star tracker is intended to enable precise pointing of large space telescopes and autonomous navigation for future NASA space missions, providing milli-arcsecond class pointing accuracy. The total contract value is $748,175,...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Beyond Photonics, LLC, a small business located in Boulder, Colorado. The contract is for the delivery of a Fiber-Coupled PZT-Tunable Swift Laser/Ho:YLF Fiber-Coupled PZT-Tunable Swift Laser with a wavelength of 2052.92nm and a continuous wave single frequency output power exceeding 50mW. This specialized laser system is a critical spare unit for the...
This is a $749,629 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded to Optical Physics Company, a small business, by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for Phase II research and development of "HIGH SPEED PLATFORM NAVIGATION IN GPS DENIED ENVIRONMENTS", which involves advanced optical systems and components for applications such as spacecraft navigation, tracking, and imaging technologies. Optical Physics Company...