This is a $711,654 Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Beyond Photonics, LLC. The contract is for the development of "Autonomous Alignment Advancements for Eye-Safe Coherent LIDAR", which involves research, development, testing, and production of specialized electro-optical equipment and components to support atmospheric monitoring and analysis applications. As a small business,...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $1,054,982.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Freedom Photonics LLC, a small business located in Goleta, California. Through this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract, Freedom Photonics is developing a low-cost, widely tunable semiconductor laser for use in various light detection and ranging (LIDAR) applications and greenhouse gas sensing schemes. The contract is for the "Widely Tunable Semiconductor...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $749,898.00 Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase II contract to Fibertek, Inc. to develop a state-of-the-art, space-qualified laser transmitter for a flash LIDAR system. The contract aims to significantly reduce the size, weight, and increase the efficiency of the laser transmitter compared to the previous design used in the Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance Technology (ALHAT) demonstrator program. Key...
This SBIR Phase II contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Beyond Photonics, LLC, a small business. The $896,715 firm fixed-price contract is for the development of autonomous alignment technology to improve the performance and reliability of coherent LIDAR systems, which have applications for NASA's remote 3D space wind measurement goals. The technology aims to enable lower-cost, more autonomous LIDAR systems that can maintain...
This is a Definitive Contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Freedom Photonics, LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced photonic components and modules. The $749,981 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of high-reliability, space-qualified LIDAR source packages under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III program. Freedom Photonics, a subsidiary of Luminar Technologies, Inc., specializes...
This is a $122,910 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services. The contract is for the development of a 2U CubeSat-based 3D imaging photon-counting LIDAR system capable of long-range (>100 km) topology and rendezvous sensing for NASA's upcoming asteroid, comet, and planetary exploration missions. The LIDAR system is designed to provide unprecedented performance at a fraction of the...
This federal contract award, valued at $1,099,715.00, was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Shared Services Center to the small business prime contractor Freedom Photonics, LLC. The contract is for the development of a "Widely Tunable Fast Semiconductor Laser Seed Source at 1030nm for LIDAR Remote Sensing," which is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II research project. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract. Freedom...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract worth $149,991.00 to Aktiwave LLC, a small business based in Rochester, New York. The contract is for the development of a monolithic Q-switched waveguide laser fabricated by ultrafast laser inscription to be used as a pulsed light detection and ranging (lidar) source. This specialized research and development work supports NASA's objectives in the areas of space...
This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Beyond Photonics, LLC, a small business, for the development of a long-range compact economical lidar system for wind profiling under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The total potential value of the contract is $149,986.00, and the period of performance is from the award date of August 3, 2023, to the completion date of February 2, 2024....
This is a $124,951.00 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Beyond Photonics, LLC, a small business. The contract is for the development of a compact power amplifier for hybrid fiber/bulk wind lidar transmitters under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract has a completion date of March 1, 2021. As a prime contractor, Beyond Photonics has previously received multiple SBIR and...