This is a $848,000 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Vista Photonics, Inc., a small business, for the development of high-performance infrared laser sensor technology for gas sensing in space environments. The contract is part of the "High-Performance Infrared Laser Sensor Technology Readiness & Maturation Project" and will involve the evaluation and maturation of three gas sensing architectures...
This is a $600,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to Vista Photonics, Inc., a small business specializing in optical gas sensing technology. The contract supports the development of prototype sensor technology for early fire detection and habitat air composition monitoring to address safety and crew health concerns for future space exploration missions to the Moon and Mars....
This $293,914 firm fixed-price contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Vista Photonics, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation, under the SBIR Phase I program. The contract is for the development of next-generation laser-based combustion product gas monitors and an optical formaldehyde sensor. This work builds on Vista Photonics' prior experience providing tunable diode laser gas monitors and related services to NASA, including for the SAFFIRE...
This is a $471,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center to Vista Photonics, Inc., a for-profit small business subchapter S corporation. The contract is for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III development of an advanced Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) tunable diode laser carbon dioxide sensor. This contract builds upon Vista Photonics' prior SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer...
This is a $745,878.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded to Vista Photonics, Inc., a small business, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center. The contract is for the development of a semiconductor laser spectrometer under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III. The work will be performed in Las Cruces, New Mexico and is set to be completed by December 31, 2019. Through previous SBIR awards, Vista Photonics has provided NASA...
This is a $178,500 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center to Vista Photonics, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The contract is for the development of low power laser-based contaminant monitors for spacecraft under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III program. This award builds on Vista Photonics' prior SBIR and Small Business...
This is a $609,600 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center to Vista Photonics, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract is for the development of compact, battery-powered optical sensor flight units capable of detecting combustion products, hydrazine, and ammonia. This is part of Vista Photonics' ongoing work with NASA, which has included providing tunable diode laser gas monitors and data...
This $85,495 firm fixed price Definitive Contract was awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Vista Photonics, Inc., a small business, for the provision of tunable diode laser gas monitors and supporting data analysis services for the SAFFIRE spacecraft large fire demo experiment. The contract is a STTR Phase III award, indicating it builds upon prior STTR-funded research and development. Vista Photonics has previously received other NASA and DoD contracts for optical gas sensing...
NASA has awarded a USD 125,000 firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Southwest Sciences Inc., a small business, to develop a compact carbon dioxide (CO2) instrumentation system for small aerial platforms. This instrumentation will support NASA's efforts to measure and understand CO2 fluxes and the carbon budget, which is critical for validating satellite data and obtaining high-resolution, non-integrated CO2 profiles. The proposed instrument aims to...
This is a firm fixed-price NASA SBIR Phase III contract awarded to Vista Photonics, Inc., a small business, to perform three tasks: 1) develop and test a sample acquisition method, 2) determine factors affecting battery life for continuous operation of N2H4 and NH3 sensors, and 3) design and build a self-contained prototype. The total ceiling value of the contract is $177,100.00, with a period of performance through May 31, 2017. Vista Photonics has previous experience providing gas monitoring...