Purchase Order 80NSSC23PB035

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to Novawave Technologies, Inc., a small business. The contract, valued at $599,999, seeks to develop a compact, dual-channel, mid-infrared laser spectrometer for planetary atmosphere exploration. The device will be able to measure numerous trace gases without requiring cryogenics, using novel fiber-coupled, solid-state lasers. This contract is a follow-on to the initial Phase I SBIR award...

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services. The $899,851 contract is for the development of a novel laser transmitter for planned airborne and space-based active remote sensing missions, specifically focused on differential absorption lidar (DIAL) measurements of atmospheric water vapor and methane. This...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $319,644.98 firm fixed price definitive contract to Toptica Photonics Inc. for the delivery of three Toptica Photonics laser systems. The solicitation sought a rack-mountable narrow linewidth laser at 455.5nm with over 60mW output, two frequency-doubled amplified laser systems at 585.5nm and 614.3nm each with over 200mW output, and installation and labeling services to meet research needs. Place of performance will be...

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded an Other Transaction Agreement to Toptica Photonics Inc. for the development of a sodium beacon laser prototype, with a ceiling value of $11.1 million and an ultimate completion date of November 2, 2026. Toptica Photonics, a small business manufacturer of advanced laser systems headquartered in Pittsford, New York, will perform the work at its Canandaigua, NY facility. The sodium beacon laser represents a critical technology for adaptive optics...

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Southwest Sciences Inc., a small business, for the development of an airborne instrument to measure carbonyl sulfide (OCS) in the atmosphere. The instrument uses a room temperature interband cascade laser operating in the 4800-4900 nm region, which has substantially reduced power requirements compared to quantum cascade lasers in the same spectral region....

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $127,913 firm fixed-price purchase order to Beyond Photonics, LLC on December 11, 2024, for the development and delivery of a Fiber-Coupled PZT-Tunable Swift Laser system with specific technical parameters including a wavelength of 2052.92nm and continuous wave single frequency output power exceeding 50mW. The contract, with an ultimate completion date of January 30, 2026, was issued as a sole source procurement under FAR Parts 12 and 13 after NASA...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by NASA to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer specializing in advanced photonics and engineering services. The $1,649,351 contract focuses on developing prototype laser components for airborne water vapor and ozone differential absorption lidar (DIAL) systems. Specifically, Fibertek will deliver a water vapor DIAL transmitter with a tunable output at 936 nm and a wavelength converter for ozone DIAL...

This firm fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract was awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to Boston Applied Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Ioptron) for the development of a compact, all solid-state, diode-pumped 2-micron laser system. The laser system is intended to be used for remote sensing of laser/lidar technology and global environment monitoring applications. The $99,981 contract has a set-aside designation for small businesses. It aims to develop a cost-effective and reliable 2-micron...

NASA awarded an $828.5K Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Longwave Photonics LLC, a minority-owned small business based in Mountain View, California, for development of a high-power terahertz quantum-cascade VECSEL-based local oscillator source. The contract, awarded August 7, 2019, with completion targeted for May 2, 2023, addresses a documented need identified across multiple NASA missions and instruments—including AURA/Microwave Limb Sounder, SOFIA/upGREAT, and...

This is a $900,000 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Longwave Photonics LLC, a minority-owned small business based in Mountain View, California. The contract, which is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II, is for the development of a compact, frequency-agile, phase/frequency locked, and power-stabilized quantum cascade laser (QCL) system with over 2 milliwatts of power output. The system is...