This is a $1,250,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Light Steering Technologies Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Manchester, New Hampshire. The contract is for the development of responsive space imaging, pointing, and tracking capabilities under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The contract work supports the Air Force's interest in more agile and responsive space assets. The contract is a total...
This is a $1,249,973.08 Other Transaction Agreement awarded by the U.S. Air Force to Light Steering Technologies Inc. for responsive space pointing and tracking capabilities. The contract supports the development of more agile and responsive space assets through Light Steering's advanced high-speed beam steering systems. This is one of several recent Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awards to Light Steering Technologies for similar advanced space imaging, pointing, and...
This is a $149,754 firm fixed-price SBIR Phase I research contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer specializing in advanced photonics and engineering services for military, aerospace, and space applications. The contract is for the development of "HIGH SPEED NON-MECHANICAL BEAM STEARING FOR COHERENT LIDAR/LADAR," which suggests Fibertek will be conducting research to create new beam steering technology for coherent...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $746,290.00 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract to Beam Engineering For Advanced Measurements Co., a woman-owned small business, under the SBIR Program Phase II. The contract is for the development of a non-mechanical beam steering system, with an anticipated completion date of October 30, 2023. Beam Engineering's expertise includes advanced optical technologies and materials, such as lidar, waveplates, and energy webs employing planar optics. This...
The U.S. government has awarded a $848,825 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Beam Engineering For Advanced Measurements CO., a woman-owned small business, to develop a Phase II SBIR lightweight, non-mechanical, polarization-independent LIDAR beam steering system. This contract is part of a broader DARPA POWER technology demonstration program aimed at developing a high-altitude optical relay for wireless power transmission. Beam Engineering has extensive experience in advanced optical...
Bright Silicon Technologies, Inc. was awarded a firm fixed price, small business set-aside contract valued at one million seven hundred twenty-three thousand seven hundred forty-eight dollars and forty-six cents ($1,723,748.46) by the Department of the Air Force. This contract is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research award to further develop and demonstrate an innovative new class of optical beam control technology called the Lightfield Directing Array. Work will be performed in San...
This is a $109,995.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Lighthouse Avionics Inc., a small business technology startup based in Ohio. The contract is for the STTR Phase I research and development effort to adapt Lighthouse Avionics' commercial drone airspace management system to enable scalable, deployable counter-UAS operations for the U.S. Air Force. This award builds on Lighthouse Avionics' prior contracts with the AFRL, FAA, and...
This federal contract award was made by the Air Force (AFLCMC/WIN and PACAF) to Exciting Technology LLC, a small business specializing in advanced laser and optical technologies. The $179,975.91 firm-fixed-price contract, awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, is for the development of an attritable, low-cost, size, weight, and power (C-SWAP) 3D LIDAR system for medium altitude unmanned aerial system (UAS) applications. This aligns with the Air Force's Operational...
Onelight Sensing, LLC has been awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at $179,961.65 by the United States Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to deliver an in-situ BRDF measurement system for spacecraft material testing under Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research program. The research will be conducted in San Jose, California over a period of ten months concluding in March 2024. The contract has been set aside for total small businesses. This award supports the...
This is a $172,377.05 firm fixed price purchase order from the U.S. Army Materiel Command, awarded to Lightpath Technologies, Inc., a small business manufacturer of optical components and assemblies. The contract is for Lightpath to deliver the first monthly technical report under a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research and development effort. The award has a total small business set-aside designation. Lightpath has previously provided optical goods and services to various...