This is a $1,250,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to JP Analytical LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for research and development on "positron beam-aided characterization and optimization of post-growth defect passivation to enhance IR-detector operability". This is part of AFRL's ongoing SBIR program, which provides funding to small businesses for the...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to JP Analytical LLC, a small disadvantaged business located in Ardmore, Oklahoma. The contract is for research and development on "Defect and Passivation Engineering for Reducing Background Carrier Concentration Correlating Improved Minority Carrier Lifetime and Mobility in the GeSn/SiGeSn Materials Systems." The contract has a ceiling value of $179,999.63 and a...
This is a $180,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), a defense agency, to Intelliepi IR, Inc., a small business manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of a Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) reactor, which will be used to produce specialized infrared detector materials, avalanche photodiodes, and light-emitting diodes to support various Department of Defense and NASA...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $74,792 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to Opticalx, LLC, a small disadvantaged and woman-owned business, for the development of a "Phase-Space Imager" product. This firm-fixed-price purchase order contract has an ultimate completion date of August 19, 2024. As an SBIR Phase I action, this award represents early-stage research and development work, with the potential for further SBIR Phase II funding...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Intelliepi IR, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced infrared detector materials, under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program. The $50,000.00 contract is for the development of high-absorption short-wave infrared (SWIR) detector materials for mid-wave infrared (MWIR) focal plane array (FPA) applications. This Phase I SBIR contract supports AFRL's research and development...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Princeton Infrared Technologies Inc., a small business located in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey. The $749,979 definitive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for the development of Focal Plan Arrays for Coherent Ladar. As a small business set-aside, this contract leverages Princeton Infrared Technologies' expertise in designing and integrating advanced infrared detection and...
This is a $150,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Amethyst Research Inc., a small business located in Norman, Oklahoma. The contract is for the development of resonant cavity enhanced photo-diodes for long-wave infrared (LWIR) communications. The contract is a firm fixed price definitive contract that was awarded on July 28, 2015, with a target completion date of April 28, 2016. Amethyst Research...
This is a $1,500,000.00 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc., a minority-owned small business. The contract is for the development of an Entangled Short-Wave Infrared (EN-SWIR) Photon Source, which has potential applications in areas such as missile defense systems, space systems, and electronic warfare. Sivananthan Laboratories has previously received both federal contracts 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,...
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Beam Engineering For Advanced Measurements Co., a woman-owned small business. The $749,906 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a covert mid-wave infrared (MWIR) laser transmitter. This SBIR Phase II effort builds upon prior work, with the goal of advancing optical technologies and capabilities for defense and space applications. Beam Engineering has a history of...