Purchase Order 80NSSC18P2478

This is a $1,899,629.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Georgia TECH Applied Research Corp (GTARC) on February 6, 2020. The contract is for a "PHOTONIC PHASED ARRAY TRADE STUDY AND INTEGRATION" and does not have a set-aside designation. GTARC is a non-profit research organization affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology that frequently serves as a prime contractor and subcontractor on major defense programs,...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Omega Optics, Inc., a minority-owned small business located in Austin, Texas. The $122,580 firm-fixed-price contract is for the research and development of a novel 2D tunable coherent combined vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (TCC-VCSEL) array monolithically integrated with a surface-normal slow-light photonic crystal waveguide array. This novel design...

This SBIR Phase I contract, awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer, seeks to develop a modular optical ground station architecture capable of scaling to hundreds of gigabits per second (Gbps) data rates from lunar and near-Earth orbits. The objectives are to support NASA's deep space and near-Earth optical communications needs by developing key technologies to dramatically increase data volumes, while adhering to the Space Communications and...

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)...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $1.435 million other transaction agreement to Genxcomm Inc. of Austin, Texas. The contract is for the development of photonics enabled simultaneous transmit and receive capabilities for high bandwidth electronic warfare systems under the STAR POWER program. Performance will take place in Austin through December 2022. The Research Laboratory seeks technologies to advance electronic attack and protection capabilities....

This is a $262,280 firm fixed price delivery order contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command to Telspan Data, LLC, a for-profit manufacturer, for a Fibre Channel-GigE Real-Time Filter Upgrade. The work is to be performed in Concord, CA. Telspan Data is a provider of ruggedized telemetry technologies and data systems supporting the Department of Defense and U.S. Air Force's flight testing and aircraft monitoring activities. This delivery order is part of a single...

This is a firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Photon Sciences, Incorporated, a small for-profit manufacturer and developer of advanced photonics technologies based in Plano, Texas. The contract, valued at $124,827, is for the research and development of a new high-speed optical communication technology that integrates an electro-absorption modulator with a surface-emitting laser. This solution aims to address the...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Beam Engineering for Advanced Measurements Co., a woman-owned small business. The $2,999,442 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a large optical telescope based on high-efficiency thin film planar diffractive optics. This contract is part of the AFRL's efforts to advance optical technologies for defense and space applications. Beam Engineering has...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $269,435 Other Transaction Agreement to Toptica Photonics Inc. to conduct Risk Reduction Testing into Single Sideband Modulation Methods for a Raman Fiber Amplifier capable of incorporating into a Sodium Beacon Laser prototype. Toptica Photonics Inc. will perform the work in Canandaigua, New York over a period of one year and five months beginning on March 30, 2022 and ending on July 7, 2023. The contract utilizes...

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