Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources
Major Defense Program
Not listed
Pricing Type
Firm Fixed Price
Place of Performance
North Springfield, VA 22151, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Number Of Offers Received
500
Legislative Mandate
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National Interest Action
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Research Type
SBIR Program Phase I Action
Primary Consortia Member
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This is a SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Computational Physics, Inc. for the development of a solid state, rapidly tunable filter based on liquid crystal (LC) etalon technology. The key innovation is reducing the tuning time of the LC etalon from a few milliseconds to 100-500 microseconds, with the primary application being integration into a space-based LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) system, particularly for DIAL (Differential Absorption LIDAR) applications. DIAL is a powerful remote sensing technique used to monitor atmospheric constituents like water vapor, which is critical for climate modeling and weather forecasting. The $121,532.00 firm fixed-price contract has a completion date of February 15, 2019 and is designated as a total small business set-aside.