<p>The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a purchase order to Jasr Systems, LLC for $139,905.00 on March 13, 2026, under the Total Small Business set-aside for Phase I SBIR work on LIDAR tomography for remote sensing. Place of performance is Solana Beach, California. The order carries firm fixed pricing and an ultimate completion date of September 13, 2026.</p>
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1.8 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract to Arete Associates, a Northridge, California-based advanced science and engineering firm specializing in sensing solutions for national security applications. Under this total small business set-aside contract, Arete will develop a dual-purpose laser range finder and lidar sensor, with work to be completed by October 2027. The contract employs a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing...
This is a $179,967.79 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Arete Associates, a small business manufacturer based in Northridge, California. The contract, which has a completion date of October 12, 2025, is for the development and demonstration of data fusion algorithms that enable joint tracking between traditional imaging sensors and neuromorphic sensors. This effort, titled "Event Based Data Fusion for Temporal Super Resolution in Image...
The federal contract award is to Arete Associates, a small business manufacturer, to provide a low-SWAP (size, weight, and power) dual-mode laser range finder (LRF) and long-range LiDAR (LRL) for ranging and 3D imaging from high-speed aerial platforms. The $179,983.12 fixed-price contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program, Phase I. This contract supports research and development efforts related to sensor systems,...
<p>The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a purchase order to Geneva Technologies, Inc., a woman-owned small business, on March 6, 2026, for $197,586.84 under a total small business set-aside. Work is performed in Monument, Colorado. The purchase order covers Evaluating Return and Structural Environmental Regimes (ERASER) research with a firm fixed-price structure and completion targeted for November 6, 2026.</p>
The U.S. Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,998.16 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Arete Associates, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of a next-generation laser designator system. Arete Associates is a science and engineering company that provides research, engineering, and sustainment services for defense and intelligence agencies. As part of this effort, Arete...
<p>The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a purchase order to Arctop, Inc. for $1,249,982 on August 16, 2024. The order carries a total small business set-aside designation. Work is performed in Westchester, California. The order funds optimization of warfighter training through cognition-adaptive simulations. Ultimate completion is scheduled for May 18, 2026. The contract is priced firm fixed price.</p>
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Arete Associates, a small business manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract, valued at $149,998, is for Phase I research and development related to a long-range adaptive active sensor system. Arete Associates, doing business as Arete, is an advanced science and engineering company that specializes in innovative sensing solutions for national...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $149,913.65 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Arete Associates, a small business manufacturer, for ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT FOR WFOV MISSION DATA PROCESSING under the SBIR Program Phase I. This contract, with an ultimate completion date of April 21, 2017, is part of Arete's larger work with the Navy, including a $92.9 million indefinite delivery vehicle for engineering services and sustainment support for the COBRA Block 1 system....
<p>The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a purchase order to Rydberg Technologies Inc., a small business, on August 15, 2025, for $179,968.85 under a total small business set-aside. Work will be performed in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The order funds Phase I research for preliminary design, modeling, and evaluation of a packaged 778.1 nm photonic integrated circuit laser with sub-10 kHz linewidth. The ultimate completion date is May 14, 2026. Pricing is firm fixed price.</p>