Purchase Order 80NSSC23PA042

This federal contract award is for the Enthalpy Probe Plasma Diagnostic System, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Langley Research Center to Tekna Plasma Systems Inc., a for-profit manufacturer based in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The $89,150.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract does not have a set-aside designation and has a final completion date of January 31, 2016. The Enthalpy Probe Plasma Diagnostic System is likely a component or technology used...

This is a $149,996.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT), a small business manufacturer. The contract is for the development of a laser-based diagnostic system to study plasma-surface interactions, with a completion date of August 31, 2023. The contract is set aside for small businesses. ACT is performing a subcontract with Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a state...

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $409,102 purchase order to Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc. of Westerville, Ohio. The firm fixed price contract is to provide a cryogen-free magnet transport probe and accessories in support of research at the Army Research Laboratory and Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate Power Components Branch. The original solicitation sought a cryogen-free magneto-transport probe station capable of...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a minority-owned small business located in Laguna Hills, California. The contract, valued at $149,979.00, is for the measurement of neutral xenon using two-photon radar resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) and laser-induced fluorescence. The contract was awarded on February 15, 2017, with a completion date of December 14, 2017....

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $331,668 firm fixed price definitive contract to Technical Communities, Inc. Testmart Division for the delivery of laser systems and multimeters. The solicitation sought brand name Keysight laser equipment and accessories for the Air Force Research Laboratory located in Rome, New York, to be delivered within 16 weeks. Technical evaluation criteria included price and technical compliance with an attachment listing...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $528,775 purchase order to LR TECH Inc. to procure two Fourier Transform Spectrometer systems with environmental enclosures. The solicitation sought these spectroradiometer systems for atmospheric sounding applications at the NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. The systems must operate from -10 to 60 degrees Celsius with specified radiance uncertainty and scan speeds, meeting mirror stability requirements. LR...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract valued at $157,760.00 to Toptica Photonics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for the delivery of a wavemeter system. The system consists of a tunable laser wavelength meter with 8 input channels, an iodine-stabilized Nd:YAG laser, and associated control and integration hardware. The Government determined that Toptica Photonics was the sole source that could meet the...

This is a SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a small business, for the development of a suite of laser-based diagnostics to measure velocity and temperature simultaneously in high enthalpy flows relevant to reentry flight. The $124,955 firm-fixed-price contract covers the first phase of the project, which aims to determine the best technique for measuring in highly dissociated regions near the stagnation point,...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract for a WS8 wavemeter to Toptica Photonics Inc., a manufacturer of high-end laser systems for scientific and industrial applications. The $98,855.00 award was made on June 9, 2020, with a completion date of November 12, 2020. The wavemeter, with specific technical requirements including a measurement range of 330-1180 nm and high accuracy, was sole-sourced to Toptica Photonics as...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,912 firm fixed price purchase order to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business, to develop diagnostic tools to characterize plasma-material interaction in high-enthalpy facilities under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Metrolaser specializes in optical diagnostic solutions for defense and aerospace applications and has supported various Department of...