Purchase Order FA864922P0349

This is a $129,976 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corp (Ifos), a small business based in Milpitas, California. The contract is for the development of a compact, high-accuracy inertial reference measurement unit (IRU) utilizing an innovative fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) design. The proposed IRU is intended to meet NASA's need for lightweight, long-life sensors capable of providing high-precision navigation in harsh...

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) awarded a $1,534,497.79 Firm Fixed Price contract to Inertialwave Inc., a small business manufacturer, for the development of a front-end application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for a navigation-grade micro-electromechanical-system (MEMS) gyroscope. This contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program and builds on previous inertial sensor research. The contract has a total small...

This is a SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Bluehalo Labs, LLC to develop a Disc Resonator Gyro (DRG)-Based CubeSat Inertial Reference Unit (DCIRU). The DCIRU, which integrates the Boeing-developed DRG with a star tracker or sun sensor, will provide the inertial attitude knowledge and precision pointing, acquisition, and tracking capabilities required for advanced CubeSat science missions, constellation/formation flying, and laser...

This SBIR Phase II contract, awarded by NASA to Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corp (Ifos), a small business, aims to develop a compact, highly innovative inertial reference/measurement unit (IRU/IMU) that pushes the state-of-the-art in high accuracy performance from a fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) with reduced optical and electronic package volumes. The proposed gyroscope is based on an innovative approach using photonic crystal fiber (PCF) coils that reduce major gyro error sources and enable a...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $124,970.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Infibertech, Corp, a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation. The contract is for the design and fabrication of a miniaturized interferometric fiber optical gyroscope (FOG) that enables the production of smaller inertial reference units (IRUs) and inertial measurement units (IMUs) with substantially reduced noise and better bias...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Gener8, LLC, doing business as Gener8 Inc., a small business manufacturer of medical devices and engineering services. The $749,982 fixed-price contract is for the design and fabrication of an Integrated Waveguide Optical Gyroscope (IWOG) that can be used in very small Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) with near-tactical grade performance, higher...

The U.S. Department of the Navy's Naval Air Systems Command has awarded a $249,924.74 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Infibertech, Corp, a small business Subchapter S corporation, under the DoD SBIR 24.4 Program BAA. The contract is for the development of a Multilayer Waveguide Optical Gyroscope under SBIR Topic A244-047, which is a research and development effort focused on innovative sensor and measurement technologies for space exploration and navigation systems. This contract is a...

Inertialwave Inc., a manufacturer of inertial position tracking systems and related technologies, was awarded a $149,704 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for the research and development of a radiation hardened application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) to control amplitude and frequency modulated inertial sensors. This award is a small business set-aside and builds...

This is a $124,361 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Lenzner Research LLC, a small business in Tucson, Arizona. The contract is for research and development of a laser gyroscope with enhanced sensitivity and elimination of dead band, which are key performance characteristics needed for space applications. The objective is to demonstrate experimentally the use of a mode-locked ring laser design with intracavity elements to achieve these performance...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Inertialwave, Inc., a small business manufacturer of inertial position tracking systems and related applications. The $748,948 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a Compact Precision Space Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). Inertialwave has previously received SBIR Phase I and Phase III awards from NASA and the Army Research, Development and...