This is a $749,721 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to ESC Aerospace US, Inc., a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of an Ultra-Low Power Timing Circuit (ULP-TC) and is designated as a total small business set-aside. ESC Aerospace US, Inc. is a small, agile product developer and systems integrator that provides research, development, testing, evaluation,...
Indiana Integrated Circuits LLC, doing business as IIC, has been awarded a $849,795.98 firm fixed price definitive contract by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct research on adiabatic circuits for ultra-low energy consumption. This contract is associated with the Small Business Technology Transfer program's Phase II funding vehicle and has a total small business set aside designation. Under this award, IIC will develop adiabatic circuit technologies...
This federal contract award was issued by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Indiana Integrated Circuits LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, in support of adiabatic circuits for ultra-low energy consumption. The $145,854.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with a completion date of September 20, 2019. The contract supports research and development of the referenced adiabatic circuit...
This is a $49,780.04 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to ESC Aerospace US, Inc., a small business contractor, under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program. The contract is for the development of an ultra-low power timing circuit, which supports AFRL's research and development initiatives. As a small business set-aside, this contract award is focused on leveraging the innovative capabilities of a small, agile product development...
Applied Physical Electronics, LC has been awarded a $1.74 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the AFNWC SBIR 25.1 cycle. This firm fixed-price, definitive contract is designated as a total small business set-aside and requires the contractor to furnish all labor, supplies, hardware, materials, travel, facilities, and other direct costs necessary to execute the work plan. The contract runs through May 8, 2027, with...
Polaris Semiconductor LLC, a small business, was awarded a $1.25 million firm fixed price purchase order by the Air Force Research Laboratory on September 1, 2023, to develop radio frequency-silent voltage regulators for extreme environments using AlInGaP optocouplers. This STTR Phase II contract, set aside for small businesses, builds on the company's earlier Phase I research efforts and represents an extension of the Air Force's investment in specialized power regulation technologies. The work...
This is a $149,865.00 small business set-aside contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Indiana Integrated Circuits LLC (IIC) for a STTR Phase I research project. The contract will utilize adiabatic digital circuits, which recover and recycle the energy used to encode information, resulting in active dissipation orders of magnitude below conventional circuits. The contract has a firm fixed price and was awarded on December 3, 2020, with a...
This is a $749,831 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Alphacore Inc., a small business located in Tempe, Arizona. The contract is for the development of a phase-locked loop IP block for Intel 16 complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) mixed-signal circuit library capabilities for use in highly size, weight, and power-constrained space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms. The...
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Polaris Semiconductor LLC an Other Transaction Agreement for $1.041 million under the Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) program to develop extremely lightweight and ultra-low noise isolated DC-DC converters. This Phase II award, issued on June 23, 2023, represents a continuation of the company's innovation in specialized power regulation solutions designed to meet the demanding requirements of Defense Department applications. The...
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Apogee Semiconductor, Inc., a small business specializing in radiation-hardened integrated circuits for harsh environments. This $1.25M firm fixed-price purchase order, issued on February 10, 2023, supports the development of a radiation-hardened integrated circuit fabrication process design kit tailored for advanced cryogenic imagers. The work will be performed in Plano, Texas, with...