Purchase Order FA864921P0991

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $749,787.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract to Fibertek, Inc. to develop and demonstrate a spaceflight prototype of a wideband, high-power 50-watt, 1.5-micron fiber laser transmitter. This laser transmitter will support high data-rate wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) operation for space optical communication links, enabling over 100 times the data rate of current space laser...

This federal contract award to LGS Innovations LLC, a subsidiary of CACI International Inc., is for the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) project led by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The purpose is to acquire an integrated low-Earth orbit (LEO) user modem and amplifier (ILLUMA) that can communicate with the LCRD satellite in geostationary orbit. This modem will enable rapid data relay from LEO science missions to Earth via the LCRD geosynchronous satellite. The $6,451,823...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $124,991.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Fibertek, Inc., a manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services, to develop new ultra-low Size, Weight, and Power (SWAP-C) technology. The proposed technology aims to transform Fibertek's Compact Laser Communications Terminal (CLCT) for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) into a Distributed Spacecraft Missions (DSM) terminal capable of supporting...

Fibertek, Inc., a small business and manufacturer, was awarded a $1,178,045 fixed-price contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to advance the maturity of CubeSat optical laser communication technology developed under a prior NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. This effort will support low-cost NASA science missions and a developing commercial market for optical communications. The contract includes the development and demonstration of a...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Vescent Technologies Inc., a precision laser manufacturer based in Golden, Colorado. The $124,087 firm-fixed-price contract is for the design, testing, and delivery of ultra-low size, weight, and power (SWAP) micro-laser communications (MILC) modules for high-bandwidth (>Gbps) free-space data links. These modules will utilize Vescent's proprietary...

This is a $27,181,258.53 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force to General Atomics for the demonstration of a Laser Interconnectivity and Networking Communications System (LINCS) air-to-space laser communication terminal (LCT). The contract is a basic award under a larger Space Development Agency (SDA) Broad Agency Announcement that seeks innovative concepts, systems, and technologies to support the development of the National Defense Space Architecture, including...

This $1,540,115 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract was awarded by the Department of Defense's Washington Headquarters Service to Skyloom Global Corp., a U.S. small business manufacturer, to develop laser communication (lasercom) solutions for space domain awareness, transportation, sensing, and on-orbit operations. The contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II and was set aside for total small business participation. It stems from a Broad Agency Announcement...

This is a NASA SBIR Phase II contract awarded to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer specializing in advanced photonics and engineering services. Under this $2,581,999.00 contract, Fibertek will design, build, and test a hardened version of a single-frequency, end-pumped laser with an optical-to-optical efficiency of X%. The contractor will also perform breadboard amplifier tests to demonstrate energy scaling to "X" MJ/pulse and ultraviolet (UV) output to "X" W...

This firm fixed price SBIR Phase I contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer, to develop and demonstrate a prototype of a high-power, polarization-maintaining, 1.5-micron fiber laser transmitter for space optical communications. The transmitter is designed to support wavelength-division-multiplexed channels operating at high data rates using advanced modulation formats. This research...

This SBIR Phase I contract, awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer, seeks to develop a modular optical ground station architecture capable of scaling to hundreds of gigabits per second (Gbps) data rates from lunar and near-Earth orbits. The objectives are to support NASA's deep space and near-Earth optical communications needs by developing key technologies to dramatically increase data volumes, while adhering to the Space Communications and...