This is a Small Business Set-Aside contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Voss Scientific LLC, a small business that specializes in computational physics, data acquisition software, and directed energy technologies. The $179,995 STTR Phase I contract will focus on demonstrating a seed burst generator, selecting the ultrashort pulse laser (USPL) wavelength and amplifier technology, and designing a beam manipulation and launch (BML) system. Voss Scientific has previously received federal prime contracts and grants, including for research on eliminating thermally induced birefringence in high-power laser amplifiers.
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