Purchase Order N6600106M1116

This is a $499,999.39 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to demonstrate an ultra-broadband, widely tunable, low size, weight, and power (SWAP) microwave photonic integrated circuit (PIC) for extreme high frequency (EHF) signal generation and distribution. The research will focus on developing PIC components such as optical sources, modulators, photodetectors, and optical ring resonator-based true time...

This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to perform early-stage research on an innovative hybrid integrated photonics platform for adaptive discrete multi-carrier optical communications in a space-based free-space optical environment. The $499,997.00 grant will support the development of silicon photonic transceiver components for a coherent laser optical communication and/or relay...

This contract, awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract with Transwave Photonics, LLC to develop a high brightness mid-wave infrared (MWIR) coherent beam combiner based on quantum cascade laser photonic integrated circuits (QCL-PIC). The total value of this firm-fixed-price purchase order contract is $111,436.65, with a period of performance ending on February 24, 2021. As a total small...

Freedom Photonics LLC, a small business manufacturer of photonic components and subsystems, was awarded a $124,992 firm-fixed-price STTR Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract, which is set aside for small businesses, aims to develop a hybrid integration platform that combines high-performance active optical components with low-cost silicon photonics for space-based photonic applications. This work will be performed in...

Analog Photonics LLC has been awarded a definitive contract valued at approximately $1.1 million by the U.S. Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to support Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research program. Under this contract, Analog Photonics will conduct research and development efforts related to narrow line-width silicon photonics hybrid lasers with watt-level output to support the Army's technology advancement goals. As a set-aside contract for total...

This is a firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Photon Sciences, Incorporated, a small for-profit manufacturer and developer of advanced photonics technologies based in Plano, Texas. The contract, valued at $124,827, is for the research and development of a new high-speed optical communication technology that integrates an electro-absorption modulator with a surface-emitting laser. This solution aims to address the...

This is a $5,910,768.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to RTX BBN Technologies, Inc. (doing business as BBN Technologies), a research and engineering services provider. The contract, titled "PHOTON INFORMATION EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS (PIECOMM) PROGRAM," does not have a set-aside designation. The objective is to address the scientific foundation for photonic information transmission and pursue the goals DARPA has set for...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract to N.p. Photonics, Inc., a U.S.-based manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The $150,000.00 Phase I contract is for the development of a low c-swap 2.1-micron transmitter for long-range electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensing applications. N.p. Photonics, Inc. has previously received other federal SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer...

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) was awarded a $302,361 training grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on September 1, 2017. The goal of this research project is to design and develop a photonic transmitter microchip that can enable high-speed, coherent optical communications for space applications. Specifically, UCSD aims to leverage integrated photonics and advanced modulation techniques like recirculating frequency shifting to scale data rates...

This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Freedom Photonics, LLC, a small business manufacturer of advanced photonic components and subsystems based in Goleta, California. The $513,408.00 contract is for the development of high-power semiconductor lasers capable of operating at high temperatures, which can support various government research programs, including LIDAR remote sensing, quantum information processing, and high-energy...