The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded a $250,000 purchase order to DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC for an integrated detector cooler assembly with a 2x8 pixel mercury cadmium telluride avalanche photodiode array. DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC will deliver a second integrated detector cooler assembly with the specified detector array to support the detection of single photons at 1030 and 1550 nanometer wavelengths with linear mode photon counting outputs. The...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Langley Research Center to Photonis Defense Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of specialized electronics and optics. The $107,820.00 contract is for the delivery of microchannelplate photomultiplier tube detectors. There is no set-aside designation for this award. Photonis Defense Inc. is a key supplier to the Department of Defense, supporting major defense programs...
The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command awarded a $157,600.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Discovery Semiconductors, Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business, for the delivery of balanced pin photodiodes up to 16+ gigahertz. Discovery Semiconductors is an industry leader in manufacturing ultrafast, high-optical power handling photodetectors, receivers, and related components, and has previously provided these products as both a prime and subcontractor...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $101,204 firm fixed price purchase order to Photon Spot Inc. of Rome, NY for photon spot detectors. The contract has no set-aside designation and runs through August 25, 2023. Photon spot detectors will support research activities at the Air Force laboratory, enabling detection and analysis of photon emissions. Photon Spot Inc. will serve as the prime contractor to deliver the requested products for this contract.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded Photon Spot Inc., a minority-owned small business, a $155,921.25 firm-fixed-price purchase order to deliver a single photon detection system. This system must include at least four single-photon sensors capable of detecting photons between 1000 nm and 2000 nm, with key requirements such as an operating temperature of 0.8K or lower, dark count rate of 50 cps or lower, recovery time under 100 ns, and timing jitter under 100 ps FWHM....
This contract award to Photonis Defense Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of specialized electronics and optics, was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a HIGH QE DETECTOR STUDY. The $80,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order has an ultimate completion date of April 3, 2019. The contract is not designated as a set-aside. Photonis Defense Inc. is a key supplier to the Department of Defense, providing a wide range of goods and services to support...
This is a non-set-aside, firm-fixed price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Photon Spot Inc., a minority-owned small business in Monrovia, California. The $380,820.00 contract is for the development of a WSI SINGLE ELEMENT NANOWIRE DETECTOR. Photon Spot Inc. is a manufacturer of advanced cryogenic systems and superconducting nanowire single photon detectors, primarily serving federal research institutions in quantum science, metrology, and photonics. The company has...
Hamamatsu Corporation will provide avalanche photodiode detector modules and associated components to the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development under a $30,525 firm fixed price purchase order. The modules integrate avalanche photodiodes and associated electronics to support research using frequency domain photon migration techniques for applications including disease detection and therapy monitoring. No set-aside was used for this award, which stems from...
The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order for $103,340.00 to Photon Spot Inc., a minority-owned manufacturer of cryogenic systems and superconducting nanowire single photon detectors. This contract is for the delivery of a "High-Efficiency Low Dark-Count Single Photon Detection System" to support NIST's Quantum Measurement Division's research on quantum-based measurement methods, including the...
NASA awarded a $1,255,244.83 firm-fixed-price definitive contract to Discovery Semiconductors, Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business, to provide five variations of short-wave infrared (SWIR) indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) photodiode subassemblies for the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission. The key technical requirement is for the photodiodes to achieve a capacitance less than 11 pF at near photovoltaic operation with a 350 μm active area diameter. Discovery...