Purchase Order FA830715M0074

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by NASA to Quinstar Technology, Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop a high-efficiency, solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) operating at Ka-band frequencies for high data rate, long-range space communications. The proposed 20 W amplifier with 60% power-added efficiency (PAE) is designed to utilize gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon carbide (SiC) device technology and a switching mode of operation (Class-F) to...

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Custom MMIC Design Services, Inc. (now part of Qorvo Texas, LLC) to develop advanced radio frequency (RF) technologies for future space communications and sensor applications. The contract, valued at $692,131.00, focuses on the design and development of high-efficiency, high-linearity 10 to 20 watt solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) operating in the Ka-band frequency range. The goal is to produce...

This is a $124,387 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to E Beam Inc., a veteran-owned small business based in Beaverton, Oregon. The contract is for the research and development of a miniature Ka-band klystron amplifier suitable for use in CubeSat satellites. The amplifier is required to have 400 MHz of bandwidth, output at least 32 watts of power, and occupy a very small footprint of 0.4-inch diameter and less than 0.5-inch length. E Beam Inc. is leveraging its expertise...

This firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), a defense agency, to Qorvo US, Inc. for the delivery of 5,000 Ku-band silicon core chips. The chips are to be used in active steerable antenna arrays for satellite communication applications, and must have the capability to amplify, phase shift, and switch signals for both transmission and reception. The total ceiling value of the contract is $97,900.00. The contract was awarded on a sole-source basis under...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to NuWaves LTD., doing business as NuWaves Engineering, a veteran-owned small business manufacturer located in Liberty Township, Ohio. The contract is for the design, simulation, and prototyping of a high-efficiency, linear radio frequency (RF) C-band power amplifier to provide range extension for NASA's Control and Non-Payload Communication (CNPC) transceiver...

The Department of the Air Force awarded a $329,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Comtech Satellite Network Technologies, Inc. to procure three high power amplifiers for use by the 527th Space Aggressor Squadron. The amplifiers must operate within 5.850 to 14.50 GHz, produce output powers of 325 Watts for C and Ku-band and 450 Watts for X-band, and comply with Military Standard 188-165A. There was no set-aside for this procurement. Comtech will deliver the three amplifiers under the 60-day...

This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to E Beam Inc., a veteran-owned small business. The definitive, firm-fixed price contract is valued at $749,543 and was issued under NASA's SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase II. The contract is for the research, development, and delivery of an ultra-compact 35.7 GHz klystron amplifier that can be used for remote sensing on CubeSats. The amplifier is designed to provide over 32...

Raytheon Company, through its Raytheon Missile Systems division, has been awarded a firm fixed price purchase order by the Naval Supply Systems Command for $65,824 to deliver a KU band amplifier. The contract has no set aside designation and calls for delivery of the amplifier to Tucson, Arizona by January 2025. Raytheon will perform as the prime contractor, drawing on its extensive experience providing missile systems, precision munitions, radar technologies and other products to the Department...

This federal contract award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory is for the development of dual Ka/Q-band low noise amplifiers under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase I. The $149,473.00 fixed-price purchase order was awarded on August 2, 2017 to Custom Mmic Design Services, Inc., a division of Qorvo Texas, LLC (DBA Qorvo US, Inc.). This small business contract supports the development of components for next-generation wireless...

This is a firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, a Defense agency, to Satellink Inc., a veteran-owned small business manufacturer located in Garland, Texas. The contract, valued at $28,750.00, is for the repair of low noise amplifiers (LNA). The contract has an ultimate completion date of June 1, 2025. Satellink Inc. has received multiple federal contracts and delivery orders from the U.S. military, including a $377,372 indefinite delivery,...