The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $19,906.78 firm-fixed-price purchase order for cryogenic system hardware to Bluefors OY, doing business as Bluefors Cryogenics, a for-profit manufacturer of ultra-low temperature cooling solutions and cryogen-free dilution refrigerator measurement systems. This equipment supports NASA's advanced research initiatives in quantum computing, quantum networking, and other fields requiring extreme cooling...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $105,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to Bluefors OY, doing business as Bluefors Cryogenics, for the delivery of lab equipment. Bluefors Cryogenics is a manufacturer of ultra-low temperature cooling solutions and cryogen-free dilution refrigerator measurement systems for quantum technology and research. This contract supports specialized cryogenic equipment, components, and systems for quantum...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $1.2 million firm fixed price contract to Bluefors OY, doing business as Bluefors Cryogenics, for a cryogenic dilution refrigerator system. The solicitation sought a dilution refrigerator to achieve a base temperature below 10 milliKelvin with specified cooling powers, along with vibration isolation packaging and accommodation for dense radio frequency and optical wiring configurations. To be installed at the Air...
This is a $1,759,884.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc., a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the system integration of non-volatile ferroelectric memory for high-temperature applications, with a completion date of July 3, 2026. Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc. is the prime contractor, and General Electric Company's GE Research Division is a major...
This contract was awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a defense agency, to Bluefors Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit organization that specializes in the design and manufacture of advanced cryogenic equipment, particularly dilution refrigerators. The contract, valued at $21,649.60, is for the delivery of a cryogenic variable-temperature (VT) noise source. This specialized equipment is essential for supporting quantum technology research and development for...
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded Western Digital Technologies, Inc. a definitive firm fixed-price contract valued at $35.0 million on November 8, 2023, for the development of high-density crosspoint magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) for radiation-hardened memory applications. The contract, which carries an ultimate completion date of April 27, 2028, will be performed in San Jose, California. This award is issued under the Space Technology Advanced Research -...
The U.S. Air Force Space Command awarded a $118.2K firm-fixed-price purchase order to Bluefors Cryocooler Technologies Inc. for replacement parts for ACR (Advanced Cryogenic Research) equipment. The contract, which was not set aside for small businesses, carries a completion deadline of August 7, 2025, with performance taking place at the contractor's facility in San Antonio, Texas. Bluefors Cryocooler Technologies, a Syracuse, New York-based manufacturer of advanced cryogenic and...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a $510,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Bluefors Cryogenics of Finland for a Dilution Refrigerator Helium Battery System. The solicitation sought quotations for a system with a base temperature below 10 milliKelvin and 400 milliWatt cooling capacity at 100 milliKelvin to support NIST's quantum networking research. There was no set-aside designation. Bluefors will deliver one system to NIST's Boulder, Colorado facility by March 2021...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $570,636 firm-fixed-price contract to Photon Spot Inc., a minority-owned small business, for the development of a cryostat prototype capable of at least 250 megawatts of cooling power at temperatures below 4.5 Kelvin. The cryostat must have temperature fluctuations less than 20 milliKelvin peak-to-peak at 4 Kelvin, and be compatible with the customer's chip packaging, both mechanically and electrically. This contract was awarded...
The U.S. Army Materiel Command Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) has awarded a $1,149,650.35 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Carbonics, Inc. for Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) Phase II work on cryo-CMOS integrated circuits. This contract is set aside for small businesses. The research will address cryo-CMOS integrated circuits, which are directly responsive to future Army needs in quantum computing and networks, which are critical for...