This is a $1,799,976 firm fixed-price STTR Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Atlantic Quantum Corp, a small business based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The contract is for the development of high-fidelity readout using ultralow-loss quantum amplifiers to support fault-tolerant quantum processors. This builds on a prior STTR Phase I award of $109,662 that Atlantic Quantum Corp received to deliver products and services related to quantum processor infrastructure....
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $146,317.00 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order contract to Qunnect, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract is for research and development of real-time polarization compensation and rapid Bell-state analysis through long-distance quantum channels. The contract aims to further quantum networking and quantum sensing capabilities, with potential...
Qunnect, Inc. was awarded a $149,986.73 firm fixed price Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory. The contract calls for Qunnect to deliver an ultra-narrow linewidth atomic-based entanglement source with high heralding efficiency for free-space quantum communication, as described in the original solicitation. As a total small business set-aside, this award will support Qunnect's research and...
The U.S. Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $150,000.00 Firm Fixed Price STTR Phase I research contract to Quera Computing Incorporated, a for-profit small business, to develop scalable photonic control systems to address interconnect bottlenecks for scalable quantum computers. This contract is set aside for small businesses. Quera Computing Incorporated has previously conducted research on quantum computing technologies for the Defense Advanced Research...
This federal contract award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Atlantic Quantum Corp, a small business, is for the development of supporting infrastructure for fluxonium quantum processors. The $109,662 firm-fixed-price STTR Phase I contract will advance superconducting qubit technology and quantum computing capabilities. This work builds on a prior $1.2 million STTR Phase II contract awarded to Atlantic Quantum Corp for high fidelity baseband control hardware for protected quantum...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,250,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract to Icarus Quantum Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced quantum technologies. The contract, titled "ICARUS QUANTUM - PULSED ENTANGLED PHOTON SOURCES FOR GLOBAL-SCALE QUANTUM NETWORKING," is for the development of quantum light sources and related components for space-based and networking applications. This award supports AFRL's efforts to advance...
This STTR Phase I contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Icarus Quantum Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for the integration of a semiconductor quantum emitter and a lithium niobate frequency converter for telecom quantum light generation. The contract has a total potential value of $150,000.00 and is set aside for small businesses. The contract is for research and development and is a firm fixed-price purchase order with a...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $149,993.17 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Vector Atomic Inc., a small business, for the Circuit Integration for Robust Quantum Information Technology Scalability (CIRQUITS) program. Under this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract, Vector Atomic will develop precision, ultra-low noise laser control electronics with low cost, size, weight, and power to broadly...
Qunnect, Inc. was awarded a $1.5 million firm fixed price purchase order by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct research in REAL-TIME POLARIZATION COMPENSATION AND RAPID BELL-STATE ANALYSIS THROUGH LONG-DISTANCE QUANTUM CHANNELS. This award is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract to further develop quantum technologies for the Air Force. As a total small business set-aside, Qunnect will perform the work itself in Brooklyn,...
This is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Advr, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Bozeman, Montana. The $1,249,912 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a waveguide-based, pulsed source of entangled photons operating at 780nm wavelength, along with a density matrix-based description of the transmitted quantum state to estimate the source performance. This work supports AFRL's...