The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $147,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Qunnect, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Brooklyn, New York. The contract is for the delivery of an Automated Polarization Compensator (APC) and an Entangled Photon Source for quantum network links. The APC and Entangled Photon Source are specialized quantum networking technologies that were sole-sourced to Qunnect, as the government determined their Qu-APC and...
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $382,250.00 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order to Single Quantum USA Inc. for a Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detection System (SNSPD) Rack-Mount. This award is a sole-source contract and is not set aside for any specific business type. The requirement was originally posted as a Pre-Solicitation notice, indicating AFRL determined Single Quantum USA Inc. is the only known commercial vendor capable of meeting the technical requirements,...
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $43,500 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Qunnect, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Brooklyn, New York. The contract is for the procurement of a Qu-APC Compensator, which is an Automated Polarization Compensator that offers arbitrary polarization stabilization through time-multiplexing with a maximum average fidelity of 98%. This sole-source commercial item procurement falls under NAICS code 334515 for...
This is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Photonwares Corp, a for-profit manufacturer of optical and photonic components and systems. The $149,960.00 contract is for the development of a "Military Application Qualifiable Lossless Fiberoptic Switch", with a completion date of May 15, 2021. Photonwares Corp has prior experience providing optical components and systems to the...
The Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Research Laboratory awarded a firm-fixed price purchase order contract valued at $90,619 to Quantum Microwave Components LLC. The solicitation requested cryogenic microwave components from Low Noise Factory including cryogenic low noise amplifiers, power supplies, circulators, isolators, and connectors for frequencies ranging from 1 to 15 GHz. The purpose is to support research activities at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome,...
This is a $10,835,118.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Psiquantum, Corp. to integrate state-of-the-art optical phase shifters into a photonics platform for quantum computing applications. The contract aims to validate quantum circuit capabilities and explore their application beyond quantum computing for other Air Force use cases. The contract is part of a broader AFRL Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) on Quantum Information Sciences,...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to OZ Optics LIMITED, a leading global supplier of fiber optic products and test equipment. The $11,200.00 contract is for the delivery of a Polarization Entanglement Tomography Analyzer, which supports AFRL's research and development efforts in areas like quantum computing, communications, and measurement instrumentation. No set-aside designation was indicated. OZ Optics LIMITED has previously received...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Quantum Coax LLC, a limited liability company, for the delivery of 72 flexible, hand-formable superconducting coaxial cables valued at $48,244.64. The cables are required for the reconfiguration of experiments within cryostats on a monthly basis. This sole-source award was justified as Quantum Coax is the only known commercial vendor capable of providing the necessary superconducting coaxial cables...
This is a $77,779 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Quantum Microwave Components LLC, a small disadvantaged business, for the production of quantum microwave components. The contract is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 334515. The components, which include cryogenic low noise amplifiers, power supplies, circulators, isolators, and connectors, will support AFRL's research activities. Quantum Microwave Components has...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $97,299.90 firm fixed price purchase order to Swabian Instruments USA Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit corporation, for the procurement of two Time Tagger X streaming time-to-digital converters and 12 additional input channel upgrade kits. The equipment is used in quantum network testbeds and various research and development efforts conducted by federal agencies. This sole-source award, which does not have a set-aside designation, was made based...