The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract worth up to $749,999.00 to Max-Ir Labs Incorporated, a Woman-Owned Small Business, for the development of Midwave Infrared (MWIR) Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCL) for thermal monitoring. This Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase II contract was set aside for total small businesses. Max-Ir Labs specializes in infrared technologies for commercial and defense applications,...
Max-Ir Labs Incorporated was awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at one hundred sixty-six thousand four hundred eighty-seven dollars and sixteen cents ($166,487.16) from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command. The award was set aside for total small businesses. It will fund the development of an infrared chemical sensor prototype for Max-Ir Labs' proposed project "Infrared Chemical Sensor for Toxic Industrial Chemicals/Toxic...
The Department of the Army awarded a firm fixed price Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Max-Ir Labs Incorporated, a woman-owned small business located in Dallas, Texas. The $256,485.91 contract is for the development of an infrared chemical sensor prototype to support the Army's research and development objectives, specifically for monitoring filtration systems for toxic industrial chemicals and materials. This SBIR Phase I contract is a small business set-aside and...
This is a $150,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Qmagiq LLC, a small business located in Nashua, New Hampshire. The contract is for the development of antimony-based long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) detectors with low dark current and high quantum efficiency under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Phase I. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and was awarded on September 5, 2017,...
This is a $999,971 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) to Intraband, LLC, a small business technology company based in Madison, Wisconsin. The contract is for STTR Phase II research and development of advanced infrared laser and detector technologies, including quantum cascade lasers, tunable detectors, and free-space communication equipment. This award is part of Intraband's $5 million in federal SBIR and STTR contract funding from 2019-2022 to support...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Irglare, LLC, a for-profit small business subchapter S corporation. The $1,249,660.00 firm fixed price contract is for the development of a high brightness mid-infrared (mid-IR) laser illuminator. The contract is set aside for total small business participation. Irglare specializes in photonics research and development, particularly in the areas of infrared lasers and...
This is a $150,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Intelliepi IR, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced infrared detector materials, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of advanced type-II superlattice (SLS) materials for hot midwave infrared (MWIR) focal plane array (FPA) applications. Intelliepi IR, Inc. has received over $3 million in...
This is a $109,521.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Qdir, Inc., a small business, for the development of reduced size, weight, power, and cost infrared thermal imaging solutions for drone operations. The contract is part of the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I program, which aims to facilitate the transfer of technology from qualifying research institutions to small businesses. Qdir, Inc. has previously secured...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,912 firm fixed price purchase order to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business, to develop diagnostic tools to characterize plasma-material interaction in high-enthalpy facilities under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Metrolaser specializes in optical diagnostic solutions for defense and aerospace applications and has supported various Department of...
This $149,989 firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc., a minority-owned, for-profit small business. The contract is for the development of an electronically tunable narrow-band infrared focal plane array based on the quantum-confined Stark effect, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. Sivananthan Laboratories has previously conducted research and provided...