This is a $129,370 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Space Optics Research Labs, LLC, a small business located in Merrimack, New Hampshire. The contract is for the delivery of custom off-axis parabolic mirrors and flat mirrors in support of directed energy and sensor platforms. Space Optics Research Labs has received over $500,000 in prior federal contracts, primarily from Department of the Navy entities, for...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $80,270.00 Firm Fixed Price purchase order to Photon Gear, Inc. for high numerical aperture microscope objectives. The contract has a completion date of January 2, 2020 and was not set aside for any special designation. As a prime contractor, Photon Gear, Inc. specializes in optical engineering services, specialized lens assemblies, telescopes, microscope objectives, and other precision optical equipment for government agencies including...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Optipro Systems, LLC, a manufacturer of precision optics fabrication equipment and metrology systems. The $124,961 award will support the design, manufacture, and testing of a precision rotary axis for Optipro's Ultraform Finishing (UFF) optical fabrication platform. The goal is to improve the capability to rapidly remove residual grinding and machining marks, as well as sub-surface damage, on X-ray optical...
This firm fixed price purchase order for $36,072.24 was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to 603 Optx, LLC of Surry, New Hampshire. The contract calls for 603 Optx to deliver optical quality mirrors coated to provide 95% reflectance over the wavelength range of 4-15 micrometers, as described in the sole source justification notice. No set-aside designation was applied. Performance will take place at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center by...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center to Optical Coating Laboratory, LLC (Ocli) for $382,356.00. The contract requires Ocli to provide services to strip a protected, enhanced silver coating from a 1.3m Zerodur mirror and recoat it with a protected aluminum coating optimized for a specific spectral bandpass. The contract has an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2025 and did not utilize...
This is a $88,513 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command to Nu-Tek Precision Optical Corp., a manufacturer of high-quality precision optics and optical components based in Aberdeen, Maryland. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for the delivery of an aluminum plano mirror. Nu-Tek Precision Optical Corp. has a history of providing specialized optical solutions for various U.S. government programs, particularly in the areas of defense,...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Knight Optical USA LLC, a small disadvantaged business. The $81,100 contract is for the delivery of 12 custom-sized, AR-coated germanium optical windows to be used in infrared cameras for NASA launch operations. Knight Optical has a history of providing similar specialized optical components under prior federal contract awards, including for the Department of the Navy. This contract does not...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Photon Gear, Inc. of Ontario, New York for the delivery of a RELAY LENS. The contract, valued at $91,242.00, has an ultimate completion date of July 11, 2016. Photon Gear, Inc. is an optical lens design and manufacturing company that specializes in custom optics and laser interferometry. This contract award did not utilize a set-aside designation. Photon Gear, Inc. has previously provided optical...
The U.S. Department of the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Optimax Systems, Inc., a small business manufacturer of high-precision optical components located in Ontario, New York. The contract, valued at $50,990.00, is for the delivery of G3A plano-convex lenses with a period of performance through October 31, 2024. Optimax Systems specializes in custom optics for aerospace, defense, and semiconductor industries, and has a history of...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Optimax Systems, Inc. to manufacture a monolithic freeform telescope. The contract aims to prove the feasibility of Optimax's optics manufacturing process to produce a freeform optical telescope system with a high-precision freeform surface. This capability enables more compact designs, larger fields of view, and better-performing unobscured systems for space-based...