The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1.25M firm fixed-price definitive contract to Mainstream Engineering Corp, a small business based in Rockledge, Florida, to develop a hybrid direct vapor compression thermal management system for 300-kilowatt class lasers. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside, carries a completion deadline of March 20, 2027, with work to be performed at the contractor's Rockledge facility. This award reflects AFRL's continued investment in...
BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc. was awarded a $9.46 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on November 20, 2023, under the Nitride Electronics with Enhanced Device Level Heat Extraction (NEEDLE) program, with performance concluding June 18, 2027. The contract supports DARPA's Technologies for Heat Removal in Electronics at the Device Scale initiative, which seeks to develop advanced transistor...
This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee delivery order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Nlight Inc., doing business as Nlight, for the delivery of high-temperature (50°C) 200W diode laser pumps. The contract has a ceiling value of $596,525.00 and a period of performance ending on May 9, 2017. Nlight is a leading provider of high-power semiconductor and fiber lasers for industrial, microfabrication, aerospace, and defense applications. The company frequently partners with the AFRL,...
The Office of Naval Research awarded a $11,550 firm fixed-price purchase order to Newport Corp for a power laser diode on September 27, 2013. The contract, which was not issued under any set-aside program, carries a completion deadline of October 31, 2013 and will be performed in Bozeman, Montana. Newport Corp, operating under its Newport Rochester Gratings division, is the prime contractor on this engagement. This procurement supports the Office of Naval Research's mission to advance naval...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Nanoplus America, Inc., a foreign-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Boulder, Colorado. The $212,409.60 contract is for the procurement of 65 distributed feedback laser diodes to support NASA's "PCM Oxygen Laser Flight Procurement" project. The laser diodes must meet specific technical requirements, including...
This is a $578,125 federal contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Nlight Inc., a manufacturer of high power semiconductor and fiber lasers. The contract is for the delivery of high temperature diode laser pumps, with no set-aside designation. Nlight has previously provided laser products and services, including high brightness diode pumps, pump-signal combiners, fiber amplifiers, and spatially bright diode lasers, to support research and...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $17.04 million definitive contract to Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC for the MINITHERMS3D program on November 9, 2023, on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis with no set-aside. MINITHERMS3D seeks to reduce thermal resistances within and external to 3D stacks in 3D heterogeneous integration systems while increasing volumetric heat removal. The contract runs through January 29, 2028. Place of performance is Thousand Oaks, California. Teledyne...
This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to NLight Inc., a manufacturer of high-power semiconductor and fiber lasers, to provide high brightness 793-nm diode pumps for thulium (Tm) fiber amplifiers. The $1,048,712 contract supports research and development under the Directed Energy Technology Experimentation Research Announcement (DETER) program. NLight, a leading provider of laser technologies for defense and aerospace applications, has extensive...
This is a firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Photon Sciences, Incorporated, a small for-profit manufacturer and developer of advanced photonics technologies based in Plano, Texas. The contract, valued at $124,827, is for the research and development of a new high-speed optical communication technology that integrates an electro-absorption modulator with a surface-emitting laser. This solution aims to address the...
This federal contract award was made by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to Coherent Inc., a global leader in lasers and laser systems, for the procurement of a VERDI G10 OPS Laser Diode System. The $62,017.00 firm fixed-price purchase order does not have a set-aside designation. The laser diode system was sourced through a combined synopsis/solicitation that was open to all businesses. Coherent Inc. is an experienced government contractor, having provided lasers, laser systems, and related...