This is a SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a small business, for the development of a suite of laser-based diagnostics to measure velocity and temperature simultaneously in high enthalpy flows relevant to reentry flight. The $124,955 firm-fixed-price contract covers the first phase of the project, which aims to determine the best technique for measuring in highly dissociated regions near the stagnation point,...
This federal contract award from NASA's Langley Research Center (LARC) is for the procurement of a pulsed laser system for particle image velocimetry (PIV). The $87,400 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded to Lumibird Photonics USA, Inc., a small business and global manufacturer of laser systems. The contract has a completion date of October 31, 2015. Lumibird Photonics USA has provided laser systems to various federal agencies through both prime and subcontractor roles, including an...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $45,357.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Lavision, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of laser imaging systems and measurement equipment. The contract is for the delivery of a portable, compact, pulsed, q-switched Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Nd:YAG) particle image velocimetry (PIV) laser to support research activities at the NASA Glenn Research Center. The laser must meet specific technical...
Metrolaser, Incorporated has been awarded a $179,855.70 firm fixed price purchase order by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop a non-intrusive optical emission based sensor for health monitoring of high enthalpy flow facilities. The small business set-aside contract will run from June 21, 2023 through March 21, 2024. As part of the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I, Metrolaser will research and deliver a prototype sensor to monitor the...
The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $535,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Newton Research Labs, Inc. for an underwater encapsulated scanning laser velocimeter model ULV750UW. The laser must meet minimum specifications for use under pressures up to 265 psi to support design and analysis of acoustic coating and flank array materials for submarine systems, as requested in Solicitation N66604-21-Q-0134 issued by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport....
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Applied University Research, a for-profit small business manufacturer located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The $124,985 firm-fixed-price contract is for developing and demonstrating the use of laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) and complementary LDV (COMPLDV) techniques to make particle position-resolving and flow velocity profile...
The Department of the Navy Naval Observatory awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to Toptica Photonics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for a laser system that outputs light at 657.459nm with at least 700mW of power. This $148,793.40 contract supports the Naval Observatory's investigation of atomic clock technology using optical spectroscopy on a calcium atomic beam. The laser will be used to drive a specific transition within calcium that serves as the frequency reference, as part of the...
This is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a small disadvantaged and minority-owned business. The contract, valued at $149,925.00, is for research and development of simultaneous time-resolved gas and particle flow measurements in a multiphase blast. Metrolaser has extensive experience providing optical diagnostic solutions and measurement technologies to various...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order for one (1) LaVision high-speed laser system to Lavision, Inc., a manufacturer of fluid mechanics and diagnostics equipment, for $465,427.00. The award was made without a set-aside and was for a system capable of interfacing with Lavision's existing particle image velocimetry (PIV) system. The original solicitation was issued as a sole-source procurement under...
This is a $402,942.21 federal contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the development of a hypervelocity projectile scanner for aeroballistic ranges under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Phase II. The contract has a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing type and a completion date of May 3, 2019. Metrolaser specializes in optical...