Purchase Order NNG09LQ11P

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cesiumastro Inc., a manufacturer of communications modules, payloads, and satellites. The $2,729,208.00 contract continues the development of a software-reconfigurable and mechanically-adaptable tactical communications payload, based on Cesiumastro's previous SBIR Phase I work. The contract deliverables include a software-defined radio (SDR) module, two...

This SBIR Phase II contract was awarded by NASA to Virginia Diodes, Inc. to develop a 640 GHz heterodyne polarimeter with I, Q, U channels. The polarimeter is being designed to support NASA's planned Aerosol, Cloud and Ecosystems (ACE) mission, providing critical polarimetric measurements for characterizing ice cloud microphysics. The Phase II effort, valued at $974,911.00, will optimize the orthomode transducer (OMT), integrate the 670 GHz polarimeter, and develop a second 325 GHz prototype...

<p>This is a $149,852 firm fixed price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to Teqnovations, LLC, a veteran-owned limited liability company located in Colorado Springs, CO. The contract is for the development of a modular, polarization-preserving, 40-200 GHz active, electronically steered array (AESA) antenna. This SBIR contract was set aside for a small business. No additional major subcontractors were specified.</p>

This federal contract award, NNX16CG48P, was made by NASA to Virginia Diodes, Inc., a small business manufacturer of millimeter wave and terahertz devices. The $124,986 firm-fixed price contract is for the development and demonstration of a compact 640 GHz heterodyne polarimeter receiver under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program. This technology is intended to enable polarimetric measurements for microphysical parameterization of ice clouds, which is applicable to NASA's...

This is a $85,984 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Indiana Microelectronics, LLC for the development of a reconfigurable microwave transmitter and receiver for aeronautical telemetry applications. The project aims to create a software-defined transmitter and flexible receiver that can operate across the L and C frequency bands, with interference sensing and...

This contract was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to the small business prime contractor Tialinx, Inc. for the development of electronically controlled adaptive polarization for compact broadband transmitters and receivers under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract has a firm fixed price of $1,498,680.00 and a completion date of December 16, 2020. The research is intended to advance compact broadband...

This SBIR Phase I contract, awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer, seeks to develop a modular optical ground station architecture capable of scaling to hundreds of gigabits per second (Gbps) data rates from lunar and near-Earth orbits. The objectives are to support NASA's deep space and near-Earth optical communications needs by developing key technologies to dramatically increase data volumes, while adhering to the Space Communications and...

This contract award, valued at $4,780,155.91, was made by the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) of the U.S. Department of Defense to the prime contractor SI2 Technologies, Inc. as a Delivery Order under the GBS SBIR III Task Order contract. The contract is for research and development services under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III program. SI2 Technologies, a leading provider of communications, sensing, and radar technologies for the Department of Defense, will...

This federal contract award was made by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to Metamagnetics Inc., a veteran-owned small business manufacturer of advanced radio frequency (RF) and microwave products. The $149,972 award is for research and development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, focused on the Space Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) Major Defense Acquisition Program managed by the Department of Defense. The SBIRS High program provides persistent...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Polaronyx Inc., a small business manufacturer. The $124,990 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a novel approach to create a reliable high-energy ultra-large core fiber amplifier operating at 1.57 microns. The targeted laser transmitters would have a pulse repetition rate of 20-50 Hz and pulse energy from 30-50 mJ, which could enable CO2...