This is a $99,708 Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) Integrated Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) sensor system contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center to Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation (Ifos), a small business based in Milpitas, California. The contract is for the development of an FBG-based SHM system capable of detecting, locating, and quantifying cracks and delamination in composite structures, such as jet engine vanes. This...
This is a $124,989.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation (IFOS), a for-profit small business. The contract is for the "Enhanced Real Time Distributed Strain and Temperature Monitoring for Rocket Ground Testing". IFOS develops and manufactures advanced optical sensing systems for monitoring high-value assets in harsh...
This is a $124,939.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I award issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC), a manufacturer of complex composite components, assemblies, engineering, and tooling for the aerospace, defense, and space systems markets. Under this contract, SDC will develop techniques for the reduction and analysis of fiber optic data, with a focus on associating changes in frequency domain behavior with...
This is a $121,968 firm fixed price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Redondo Optics, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business located in Redondo Beach, California. Under this contract, Redondo Optics will develop, demonstrate, and deliver a miniature, lightweight, self-powered, wireless communication embedded optical fiber sensor (EFISENSE) system for structural health monitoring (SHM) of NASA's trailing body deployable decelerator systems such as parachutes and ballutes....
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center to Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corp (Ifos), a small business based in Milpitas, California. The contract, valued at $154,982, is for research and development related to Topic 152-095 under the SBIR program. As a SBIR Phase I contract, it represents an initial feasibility study for innovative fiber optic sensing technologies that could have applications across aerospace, defense,...
The U.S. government has awarded a $149,326 Firm Fixed Price purchase order contract to Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corp (Ifos), a small business based in Milpitas, California. The contract is for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project titled "Advanced Hybrid Photonic Based Fiber Optic Sensor for Lunar Habitats" and is set aside for total small business participation. The contract will be performed for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and...
This is a $124,855.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corp (Ifos) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of a robotic system with spectroscopic and haptic capabilities for comet subsurface ice sampling. As a Small Business set-aside, this contract leverages Ifos' expertise in advanced optical sensing systems,...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corp (Ifos), a small business based in Milpitas, California. The $149,957 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a "Hypersonic Test Bed Using Fiber Optic Sensing Technology." As an SBIR Phase I award, this contract is focused on the initial research and feasibility study for an innovative sensor system to support...
This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) for the development of a non-invasive environmental sensing system called the "NON-INVASIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING SYSTEM FOR LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT (NIEL)". The NIEL system will integrate a network of fiber optic sensors into composite materials used for spacecraft and space structures, providing real-time data on strain, temperature, radiation, and damage throughout...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a Firm Fixed Price contract to Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corp (Ifos), a small business, to develop high-resolution multiplexed fiber-optic pressure shock sensors for scramjets under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The $149,953.66 contract requires the delivery of these advanced optical sensing systems, which can monitor high-value assets in harsh environments. Ifos has significant experience...