Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources
Major Defense Program
Not listed
Pricing Type
Firm Fixed Price
Place of Performance
Bozeman, MT 59715, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Number Of Offers Received
500
Legislative Mandate
Not listed
National Interest Action
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Research Type
SBIR Program Phase I Action
Primary Consortia Member
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This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Advr, Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation, to develop a frequency-agile, stand-alone, space-hardened diode-based seed laser. The goal is to create a U.S.-manufactured platform suitable for seeding next-generation Nd:YAG lasers used in high-priority aerosol missions, trace gas and methane sensing, and future exploration programs. The $124,958 firm-fixed-price contract was set aside for small businesses and aims to demonstrate the feasibility of programmable Doppler-shift compensation and provide a baseline design for a space-qualified, frequency-agile laser system to achieve Technology Readiness Level 6 by the end of the anticipated Phase II effort.