Purchase Order FA864921P1359
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- This is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Aliro Technologies Inc., a for-profit small business, for $148,151. The contract is for research and development services related to "Optimizing Qubit Allocation on Hybrid Quantum Systems for Scalable Quantum Networks." Aliro Technologies specializes in quantum computing products and services, including quantum interconnects, quantum...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract to Aliro Technologies Inc., a for-profit small business, for $148,151. The contract is for research into "Integrated Approach to Controlling Noise on Quantum Devices Towards Optimal Qubit Embedding." The research aims to improve the ability of quantum computers to withstand noise and errors, which is critical for advancing quantum computing...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), under the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command, awarded a $1.11 million firm fixed-price purchase order to Aliro Technologies Inc. on August 6, 2024, for quantum network design, simulation, and control software subscriptions. The award, which extends through August 5, 2027, covers Aliro's Simulator and Orchestrator software products, representing a sole-source procurement based on the Government's determination that these offerings are unique and...
- This is a $1,248,990.00 Small Business set-aside contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Atlantic Quantum Corp, a small technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The contract is for the development of high-fidelity baseband control hardware for protected quantum bits under the STTR Phase II program. This contract builds upon Atlantic Quantum Corp's previous STTR Phase I work with AFRL, demonstrating the company's expertise in advancing critical quantum...
- 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...
- This is a $1,499,860.00 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Rigetti & Co, LLC, a small business based in Berkeley, California, doing business as Rigetti Quantum Computing. The contract is for the development of "SYSTEMS-DRIVEN COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT FOR PHOTON-SUPERCONDUCTOR MULTI-NODE QUANTUM NETWORKS" under a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research effort. This contract award supports AFRL's science and technology...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,981.00 firm-fixed-price STTR Phase I purchase order contract to Quera Computing Incorporated, a small business, for research and development of hardware-guided near-term quantum algorithms and gate designs. The contract work is being performed in Boston, Massachusetts. Quera Computing Incorporated has previously conducted quantum computing research for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Air...
- This is a $109,949.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Quoherent, Inc., a small business, for a STTR Phase I research project on "Quantum Instruction Set for Topological Insulator Quantum Processors". The contract has a completion date of March 12, 2024. As an STTR Phase I award, this contract is focused on the early-stage research and development of quantum computing technologies related to topological insulators. The Air Force's...
- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a $1,499,785.00 firm-fixed-price Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract to Qubitekk, Inc. for the development of quantum entanglement technology on drones. Qubitekk, a small business manufacturer, will provide quantum networking components and systems, including quantum encryption technology, narrow-spectrum two-photon sources, and bi-photon sources, to support quantum computing and communications research and...
This is a $49,950 firm-fixed-price Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Aliro Technologies Inc., a small for-profit company based in Boston, Massachusetts. The contract is for research into "More Scalable Quantum Computing Through the Connection of Individual Quantum Computers into Clusters," which aligns with AFRL's focus on advancing quantum computing capabilities. Aliro Technologies specializes in quantum computing technologies and network solutions, and has previously received STTR Phase I awards from AFRL to work on challenges like optimizing qubit allocation, developing scalable quantum networks, and mitigating noise on quantum devices. This award reflects the agency's continued investment in small business innovation to address critical quantum computing research areas.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00002 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 4/16/21 | |
| P00001 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 4/15/21 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $50.0k | 4/12/21 |