Purchase Order DEFE0027428

The U.S. Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground awarded a $7,300 firm-fixed price purchase order contract to Nuphotonics LLC for the delivery of one pump laser in the 405-488 nanometer wavelength range with over 1 watt of pumping power. This laser must meet specific technical requirements, including temperature control and compatibility with infrared thermography and thermoreflectance applications. The contract has a period of performance through January 21, 2025. The contract was...

This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for research on a new concept for terahertz quantum-cascade (QC) lasers. The goal is to demonstrate a chip-scale terahertz quantum-cascade vertical-external-cavity-surface-emitting-laser (QC-VECSEL) capable of delivering scalable continuous-wave output power between 10 and 100 milliwatts or more in a near-diffraction limited output beam. This is a $446,733.69...

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...

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a small business manufacturer, for a 435-nanometer continuous wave laser. The $137,235 contract is intended to support research programs by providing a laser system with specifications including a single-mode, TEM00 output at greater than 0.5 watts, and a secondary 870-nanometer output coupled to a polarization-maintaining fiber with over 4...

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $453,372.25 firm fixed price purchase order to Coherent, Inc. of Santa Clara, California. The contract is for the delivery of a tunable ultrafast laser system with capabilities as specified in the sole source notice of intent. Key requirements of the system under this contract include a regenerative amplifier emitting a minimum of nine millijoules per 100 femtosecond pulse near 800 nanometers, an...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract worth $221,667.64 to Coherent NA, Inc. for a Continuously Tunable Pulsed Laser. This laser will be used by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Geospatial Research Laboratory (GRL) for their ELS3D project in the photonics lab. The contract has specific performance requirements for the laser, including a tunable range of 600 nm to 2600 nm, adjustable pulse width from 100s of femtoseconds...

This is a SBIR Phase III contract awarded by the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command to Forward Photonics LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business and limited liability company. The contract, valued at $1,105,284.00, is for the research, development, and prototyping of high power laser diodes and arrays. Forward Photonics has previous experience providing laser systems and related photonics technologies to various Department of Defense organizations under both prime and...

The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $750,000 firm fixed price purchase order to IPG Photonics Corporation of Oxford, Massachusetts. The contract is for the delivery of six 500 Watt green quasi-CW fiber lasers with a 532 nm central wavelength and water cooled module chassis design under part number GLPN-500-M. Per the original solicitation, the lasers are to be utilized by the Navy and must meet delivery requirements to be determined locations. There is no set-aside...

This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), a defense agency, to Vigo Photonics Corporation, a foreign-owned for-profit organization, for the growth of vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) wafers. The contract, valued at $87,380.00, is set aside for small businesses and has a performance period ending on December 15, 2024. The contract requirements include calibration growths, epitaxy of baseline VCSEL and VCSEL on an epitaxial release...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Army Materiel Command's Army Contracting Command to Layertec GmbH, a German manufacturer, for the delivery of 12 dichroic mirrors and 12 turning mirrors for use in kilowatt-class lasers. The total ceiling value of the contract is $24,821.65, with a required delivery date of December 6, 2024. The mirrors are being procured to support the Advanced Laser Source Development Team at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The dichroic...