Purchase Order NNG16HC43P

This federal contract award is for mission services to support laser ranging operations to artificial Earth satellites on Haleakala Summit, Maui, which is part of the NASA Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) network. The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (UH IFA) is the prime contractor, providing laser ranging operations, data analysis, maintenance, and calibration of the Transportable Laser Ranging System (TLRS-4). The services include daily data transfer to the NASA Operations Center and...

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $138,441.00 grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for research related to laser altimeters and rangefinders for future planetary science missions. The research will analyze the requirements for a new laser altimeter/ranger, explore the scientific applications of small laser arrays deployed on the surface of the Moon and other bodies, and contribute to the geodetic performance of these instruments...

This SBIR Phase I contract award to Advr, Inc., a small business specializing in engineered nonlinear optical technologies, is aimed at developing a fully packaged, environmentally hardened, wavelength-locked seed laser for seeding next-generation Nd:YAG lasers used in future space-based, high spectral resolution lidar (HSRL) systems. The $123,976 firm-fixed-price contract, awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center, is part of the agency's efforts to establish a U.S. manufacturer of compact,...

This is a $1,160,610.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) for "ADVANCED MODULATION CONCEPTS FOR HIGH ENERGY LASER SYSTEMS". The contract has an ultimate completion date of August 30, 2019 and was awarded on June 30, 2016. APL is a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center that provides research and development services to federal agencies. This...

This federal contract award to Serco Inc., a large foreign-owned for-profit organization, is for a Laser Clearing House (LCH) contract with the U.S. Air Force Space Command. The LCH assesses hazards to satellites and collaborates with laser owners to develop and implement risk mitigation measures. The contract, which has a ceiling value of $8,283,134.28, is a delivery order under the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) contract vehicle. The contract is a firm-fixed-price...

This federal contract award, valued at $4,166,120.00, was issued by the Goddard Space Center (NASA) to the University of Hawaii (UH) to provide satellite laser ranging (SLR) operations, maintenance, and calibration of the Transportable Laser Ranging System (TLRS-4) located in Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii. The contract supports the Space Geodesy Project (SGP) of the Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory. This is a definitive contract with a cost-no-fee pricing type, and the period of performance runs from...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Advanced Scientific Concepts, LLC, a small business contractor, for a SBIR Phase I research project. The contract, valued at $149,942.00, is for the "Multispectral Enhancement of Digital Elevations Maps for Safe Landing in Unimproved Sites." The project aims to develop 3D flash LIDAR technologies and sensors to support digital elevation mapping, relative...

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Irvine Sensors Corporation, a small business prime contractor. The contract, valued at $748,360, is for the design and development of a flight prototype of an eye-safe 3D LIDAR sensor system for use on unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The sensor, called the Active Continuous Awareness Surveillance System (ACASS), will detect nearby aircraft and enable avoidance maneuvers, providing a detect-and-avoid...

This is a $7,499,557.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Stellar Science LTD. CO., a small, veteran-owned limited liability company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The contract is for the Advanced Laser Modeling and Simulation 2 (ALMS2) effort, which falls under AFRL's broader Directed Energy Technology Experimentation Research (DETER) program. The ALMS2 contract covers research, development, and testing for directed energy sources,...

This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Advanced Space LLC, a small business, for the SUSTAINED LOW ALTITUDE LUNAR ORBITAL MISSIONS (SLALOMS) research project under the SBIR Program Phase I. The contract has a ceiling value of $749,951.00 and a completion date of August 12, 2021. Advanced Space LLC is a software and services company that supports innovative spaceflight missions, including providing independent verification and validation...