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 is a $147,130.17 firm fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Analog Photonics LLC, a small business based in Boston, MA. The contract is for the development of a "Silicon Photonics Optogenetic Transceiver System (SPOTS) for Rapid Cortical Pattern Generation" under DARPA's SBIR program. As a prime contractor, Analog Photonics has previously been awarded federal contracts from agencies including the Department of the...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $650,000 Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) contract to Optelligence LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the development of "TOWARDS 1000G OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER BASED ON EMERGING MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED PHOTONICS." The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, has a period of performance ending on March 25, 2024. Optelligence LLC specializes in photonic integrated circuits for machine learning...
This is a $122,157 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Optonet, Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit small business located in Evanston, Illinois. The contract is for the development of a 100-200 Gigabits per second (Gb/s) high-data-rate wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) photonic transceiver module capable of meeting NASA's requirements for space optical communications, including high power...
This is a $122,136.00 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Optonet, Inc., a minority-owned for-profit company based in Evanston, Illinois. The contract focuses on developing a 100-200 Gigabit per second wavelength-division-multiplexed photonic transceiver module capable of transmitting both high-speed data and radio frequency signals. This aligns with NASA's interests in integrated...
Analog Photonics LLC has been awarded a definitive contract valued at approximately $1.1 million by the U.S. Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to support Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research program. Under this contract, Analog Photonics will conduct research and development efforts related to narrow line-width silicon photonics hybrid lasers with watt-level output to support the Army's technology advancement goals. As a set-aside contract for total...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Freedom Photonics LLC, a manufacturer of photonic components and subsystems located in Goleta, California. The objective is to develop a 1550-nanometer sensitive photon-counting detector array with integrated time-tagging electronics, suitable for free-space optical communications in NASA missions such as the Lunar Laser Communication...
General Opto Solutions LLC has been awarded a $496,977 definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to deliver crystalline fibers for high energy lasers. The contract calls for General Opto Solutions to provide clad crystalline fibers, as requested in the original solicitation, to support the Air Force's research and development of high energy laser technologies. Performance will occur in State College, Pennsylvania over an...
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract to Conoptics Inc., a manufacturer of laser accessories and electro-optic equipment, for the delivery of one (1) free space, high-frequency electro-optic modulator (EOM). The contract, valued at $33,925.50, has an ultimate completion date of December 2, 2024. This purchase order was not set aside for any particular business size or socioeconomic status. Conoptics Inc. has previously provided specialized...
Digital Optics Technologies Inc. has been awarded a $167,462 firm fixed price definitive contract by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command. The contract is set aside for total small businesses and supports research under the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I effort entitled "Anomalous Dispersion Enhanced Inertial Sensors Using Raman Depletion Resonance." To be performed in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, the work involves...