Purchase Order 80NSSC26P1223

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a purchase order to Applied Nanotools Inc. for $63,707.00 on June 13, 2026, for silicon-based photonics integrated circuits (PICs) for laboratory testing in support of the AstroPIC project, with a firm fixed price and no set-aside. Work is performed at Applied Nanotools' facility in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The order covers fabrication of 56 photonic integrated circuit devices using electron-beam write lithography, diced from NASA-provided silicon photonic...

<p>NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a purchase order to Photomachining, Inc. for $35,884.00 on January 20, 2026, for picosecond laser processing system upgrade and installation. The award stems from a Total Small Business set-aside Special Notice posted January 13, 2026 (due January 16, 2026). Work is performed in Pelham, New Hampshire, with completion targeted for September 20, 2026. The order is firm fixed-price with no further pricing adjustments.</p>

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a purchase order to Axiom Optics Inc. for $28,500 on July 22, 2026, to supply a SPAD512 FPGA Black-Box Access Package for the LISTO project. The order, issued without set-aside, calls for one unit of part number AX-51CC-BB-512, a Sensor Control &amp; Readout FPGA Black-Box Access Package that provides access to the binary data stream for 1-bit imaging following sensor readout, with sensor control and readout logic delivered as a black-box component. Work...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), procuring through the Shared Services Center, awarded a $899,995 definitive contract to Brightlight Photonics, Inc. for Phase II SBIR development of space-ready chip-integrated titanium:sapphire lasers on August 6, 2025, under a total small business set-aside. Brightlight Photonics is a small disadvantaged business. The contract carries firm fixed price terms and a ceiling value of $899,995. Place of performance is East Cambridge, MA. The...

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $749,997 definitive contract to Photon Sciences, Incorporated for development of a low-cost, low-power, low-latency 1602 nm 100 Gbps NRZ laser electro-absorption modulator for a 7.2 Tbps transmitter on April 28, 2022, under a total small business set-aside. The award funds an SBIR Phase II effort. Place of performance is Plano, TX. The contract carries a firm fixed price structure and an ultimate completion date of October 27, 2024. In fiscal year 2022,...

The U.S. Navy's Naval Air Warfare Center awarded Spark Photonics Design, Inc., a small business specializing in integrated photonics, a $1.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract on March 6, 2023, for research and development services under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The definitive contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside, carries a ceiling value of $1,699,990.96 and runs through March 3, 2027. Work will be performed in Waltham,...

Freedom Photonics LLC, a small business manufacturer of photonic components and subsystems, was awarded a $124,992 firm-fixed-price STTR Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract, which is set aside for small businesses, aims to develop a hybrid integration platform that combines high-performance active optical components with low-cost silicon photonics for space-based photonic applications. This work will be performed in...

Freedom Photonics LLC, a small business subsidiary of Luminar Technologies Inc. located in Goleta, California, was awarded a $42,825 firm fixed-price purchase order on March 17, 2025, by NASA's Shared Services Center for a 5-Freedom Photonics Instatune Laser with a 1527 nm starting wavelength (Model FP4209-C1). The contract is scheduled for completion by May 19, 2025, and will support research activities at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center. This award followed a sole-source Special Notice...

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $849,408 definitive contract to New Integration Photonics on July 23, 2024, for development of an ultra-high resolution integrated arrayed waveguide spectrometer with reusable delay lines for exoplanet detection, under a total small business set-aside. The contract is firm fixed price with an ultimate completion date of October 22, 2026. Work is performed in Chevy Chase, MD. This is a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II award supporting advanced...

This is a $184,924 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Freedom Photonics LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced photonic components and technologies, under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program. The contract supports the development of Phase II-E work related to a prior SBIR Phase II contract (80NSSC17C0036) for photonic integration and laser technologies. As a total small business set-aside, this award reflects Freedom Photonics'...