Purchase Order FA860125P0175
- Not listed
- The U.S. Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base awarded a $497,526 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Avro Inc.'s AVR Optics Division for the procurement of a Magneto Optical Trap (MOT) system. The award, made on August 28, 2025, with completion targeted for October 31, 2025, was issued without a set-aside designation following a sole-source determination under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). The MOT will support the Air Force Institute of Technology's...
- The U.S. Air Force awarded a $124,992.45 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Axiom Optics Inc., a small for-profit business based in Somerville, Massachusetts. The contract is for the delivery of an optical intensifier system to support research at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). The procurement is a sole source award under NAICS code 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) and is not set aside. The contract requires delivery of a specialized HiCatt 25...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded Photonics Systems USA Inc. a $649,000 firm fixed-price purchase order for a femtosecond laser system. As the prime contractor, Photonics Systems USA will deliver the laser equipment to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio by September 2021. The Research Laboratory supports the Air Force's science and technology programs through various research projects, and this laser system will likely aid experimental efforts...
- This is a $149,990.24 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Physical Optics Corporation, a division of Mercury Systems Inc., for the Battlefield Airmen Augmentation Reality System - SBIR I project. The contract is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award, which supports research and development of specialized technologies for defense applications. As the prime contractor, Physical Optics Corporation...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $195,743.54 firm fixed-price purchase order to Thorlabs, Inc., a Newton, New Jersey-based manufacturer of advanced photonics and optical equipment, on September 11, 2025. The contract, which carries an ultimate completion date of December 10, 2025, procures specialized optical equipment and experimental components exclusively from Thorlabs, including optical sensors, fiber optics, optical elements, microscopes, NanoMax stages, fiber optic...
- <p>The Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command (DOD - USAF) awarded Spectral Energies LLC a $555,000 firm fixed price purchase order contract to provide a femtosecond spectroscopy system. The prime contractor, Spectral Energies LLC, will deliver the spectroscopy system to the place of performance in Beavercreek, Ohio between April 8, 2022 and the period of performance end date of December 4, 2022. No applicable subcontractors were identified.</p>
- This federal contract award is an SBIR Phase I research and development project awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, a defense agency, to Active Optical Systems, LLC, a small business manufacturer of optical systems and technologies. The $178,657 firm-fixed-price purchase order is for research related to the SBIR program, with a period of performance from May 2024 to February 2025. The contract is set aside for small businesses. Active Optical Systems, LLC specializes in advanced...
- <p>The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded Optonica LLC a $268,807 definitive cost plus fixed fee contract to provide Advanced Wavefront Aberration Senstion and Adaptive Optics Control techniques. The contract period runs from September 30, 2022 through April 29, 2024, with performance taking place in Spring Valley, Ohio. No subcontractors were identified.</p>
- The U.S. Air Force Academy awarded a $13,362.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Qubig GMBH for a set of ultraviolet electro-optic modulators designed to integrate with an existing laser system. The contract includes shipping and delivery, with a completion date of December 31, 2025. This award was made without any set-aside designation and represents a direct procurement through the purchase order vehicle, which has been the consistent contracting mechanism for this vendor across its...
- The U.S. Air Education and Training Command (AETC) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to Surface Optics Corporation for the procurement of a SOC100 Hemispherical IR (infrared) Reflectometer, with a ceiling value of $362,757.31. The contract, awarded on September 25, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of September 25, 2027, carries no small business set-aside designation. Surface Optics Corporation, a small business manufacturer of specialized optical instrumentation based in San...
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center awarded a $560,591 firm fixed-price purchase order to Bertin Alpao for the procurement of an Adaptive Optics System for the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The system is designed to support quantum communication applications and includes a comprehensive kit consisting of a deformable mirror with 820 actuators, a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor with 64x64 sub-apertures, and a real-time computer capable of 5,000 Hz frame rates. The contract requires delivery of the complete system within 9 months following contract approval, with additional deliverables including a one-year warranty and three days of on-site training for up to three personnel at the manufacturer's facility. The contract was awarded on September 22, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of July 1, 2026, and was funded by Air Education and Training Command, a component of the Department of Defense. The procurement originated from a pre-solicitation market research notice posted on April 11, 2025, which sought capabilities information from potential suppliers meeting specific technical and manufacturing requirements under North American Industry Classification System code 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing). No set-aside designation was applied to this contract award.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adaptive Optics System | FA8601-25-Q-0080SS | Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center Wright Patterson Air Force Base | Pre-Solicitation 1/2 | 4/11/25, 1:37 PM | |
Adaptive Optics System | FA8601-25-Q-0080 | Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center Wright Patterson Air Force Base | Solicitation 2/2 | 8/20/25, 7:41 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | Not listed | $560.6k | 9/22/25 |