Purchase Order FA864924P0527
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- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $150,000 firm fixed price contract to Nonlinear Materials Corporation of Seattle, Washington. The contract is for research and development of hybrid organic electro-optic modulators for silicon photonic integrated circuits under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program. Specifically, Nonlinear Materials Corporation will deliver products and services to support Phase I of the STTR program's goal of transferring...
- This is a $1,250,000 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to Ultra-Low Loss Technologies, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The contract is for Phase II research and development to demonstrate the fabrication and testing of a prototype photonic transmitter leveraging a silicon nitride integrated circuit platform, optical modulator, and diode laser technologies. This technology has been...
- This is a $199,992 STTR Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Phase Sensitive Innovations Inc., a veteran-owned small business. The contract is for developing broadband optical combs in thin film lithium niobate, which can have applications in communications, electronic warfare, signals intelligence, and remote sensing. The contract has a firm fixed-price structure and a completion date of February 28, 2025. Phase Sensitive Innovations Inc. has a strong track...
- Iris Light Technologies Inc., a small business, was awarded a $264,983 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II purchase order by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory. The contract is for the research, development, testing, and evaluation of silicon photonic lasers created from printed nanomaterial inks. This builds on the company's previous STTR Phase I award of $25,000 and a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award of $74,996 from the...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract to N.p. Photonics, Inc., a U.S.-based manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The $150,000.00 Phase I contract is for the development of a low c-swap 2.1-micron transmitter for long-range electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensing applications. N.p. Photonics, Inc. has previously received other federal SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer...
- This is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Partow Technologies LLC, a small business. The $124,998 firm-fixed-price contract is for research and development of lithium niobate (LiNbO3) microring modulators for analog photonics applications. The key technologies proposed include developing submicron LiNbO3 films on silicon substrates using ion implantation, surface activation, and wafer bonding, as well...
- Photonic Systems, Inc., a small business manufacturer specializing in RF and photonic solutions for defense applications, has been awarded a $139,133 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory. The contract, issued on May 30, 2025, with a completion deadline of November 30, 2025, is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside and carries a firm fixed price structure. The effort focuses on investigating multiple design options to...
- Nexus Photonics Inc. has been awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at one million four hundred ninety-one thousand eight hundred one dollars by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to deliver a silicon nitride-based heterogeneous photonic integrated circuits platform operating around 670 nanometers. This award is being made under Phase II of the Small Business Technology Transfer program to further the development and demonstration of this technology...
- This is a $149,692 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Nexus Photonics Inc., a for-profit photonics technology company based in Goleta, California. The contract is for the development of "heterogeneously integrated chip-scale bi-photon sources with high heralding efficiency", which aligns with the AFRL's research interests in photonic integrated circuits, lasers, and related technologies. This is a small...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $750,000 definitive contract to N.p. Photonics, Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Tucson, Arizona, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract, which commenced on June 18, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of September 18, 2026, is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside. The project focuses on developing a low C-SWAP (cost, size, weight, and power) 2.1 micron transmitter for long-range...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1.8 million Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract to Nonlinear Materials Corp on May 22, 2024, for development of design kit availability supporting silicon-organic hybrid electro-optic modulators on the AIM Photonics 300mm silicon photonics platform. This contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, represents a continuation of the company's prior Phase I work and is structured as a firm fixed-price purchase order with completion targeted for July 30, 2026. The work will be performed in Seattle, Washington, and focuses on advancing photonic integrated circuit capabilities for high-bandwidth, low-power applications in communications, sensing, and computing systems. Nonlinear Materials Corp has established itself as a specialized developer of organic electro-optic materials and silicon photonic devices, having previously secured Phase I STTR funding from NASA and Phase I SBIR support from AFRL for related hybrid modulator research. The STTR program, which emphasizes technology transfer between small businesses and research institutions, aligns with the company's broader portfolio of federal research initiatives, including grants from the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy focused on organic material innovation and computational design methods. This Phase II award validates the technical feasibility demonstrated in earlier phases and supports transition toward commercialization of next-generation photonic technologies for defense and commercial applications.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00001 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 9/12/25 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $1.8m | 5/22/24 |