The U.S. government has awarded a $156,419.00 fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business in Laguna Hills, California. The contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, is for the development of a non-intrusive diagnostic system using high-speed digital holography to analyze ejecta clouds from plume-surface interactions. As a total small...
This federal contract award to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a small business, was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to support the development of three diagnostic methods for measuring properties of interest in the post-shock regions of a hypersonic bow shock wave. The diagnostic techniques include using laser Rayleigh scattering to measure shock location, beam deflection via Schlieren effects to measure shock velocity, and Thomson scattering to measure electron...
Metrolaser, Incorporated has been awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at one hundred fifty-six thousand four hundred sixty-four dollars by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to deliver a two-color heterodyne interferometry sensor for direct, high-speed electron density measurements under the agency's Fiscal Year 2023 Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I solicitation. Performance will occur in Laguna Hills, California over a...
This is a $749,969 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded to Metrolaser, Incorporated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for developing a Hydroxyl Tagging Velocimetry (HTV) system to measure velocity in rocket plumes at full scale. The goals include producing a measurement system that can withstand the high acoustic levels of a full-scale rocket engine, developing user-friendly software to...
This federal contract award to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a minority-owned small business, is for the development of a suite of pulsed laser diagnostics to study aspects of planetary entry and Earth atmospheric reentry in arc jets. The key diagnostic techniques include Rayleigh scattering polarimetry, thermal acoustic wave thermometry, and radar resonance enhanced multi-photon ionization. The contract, valued at $749,985.00, is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II award focused on...
This is a $156,425.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business located in Laguna Hills, California. The contract is for the development of a laser-induced incandescence sensor for measuring soot particle size and concentration, which has applications in aerospace and other high-technology industries. As a total...
This is a $125,000.00 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to N.p. Photonics, Inc., a U.S.-based fiber laser manufacturer. The contract is for the development of a high energy, narrow-linewidth, and frequency stable 780 nanometer laser transmitter for high spectral resolution lidar (HSRL) applications. This laser system will enable accurate aerosol and cloud profiling...
This is a SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a small business, for the development of a suite of laser-based diagnostics to measure velocity and temperature simultaneously in high enthalpy flows relevant to reentry flight. The $124,955 firm-fixed-price contract covers the first phase of the project, which aims to determine the best technique for measuring in highly dissociated regions near the stagnation point,...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the development of a "Megahertz-Rate Digital Holography System for Hypersonic Ballistic Ranges", with a total ceiling value of $749,868.00. The contract has a firm fixed price structure and a completion date of October 25, 2025. Metrolaser has a history of providing optical diagnostic...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for $124,932.00. The contract aims to develop a non-destructive evaluation method using acoustic signatures to inspect parts manufactured by additive manufacturing (AM) processes, which can be applied both in space and on Earth. The proposed solution combines laser Doppler vibrometry...