This is a $749,950 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services. The contract is for the development of a 1940 nm, 100 W thulium (Tm) fiber laser prototype suitable for NASA spaceflight and long-duration unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) missions. The laser is expected to be more efficient than commercially available options and designed for...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Fibertek, Inc., a for-profit small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services. The contract, valued at $124,944, is for the design, development, and testing of a spaceflight prototype 2051 nm Thulium-doped fiber amplifier (TDFA) optical master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) suitable for NASA spaceflight and long-duration unmanned...
This is a NASA SBIR Phase II contract awarded to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer specializing in advanced photonics and engineering services. Under this $2,581,999.00 contract, Fibertek will design, build, and test a hardened version of a single-frequency, end-pumped laser with an optical-to-optical efficiency of X%. The contractor will also perform breadboard amplifier tests to demonstrate energy scaling to "X" MJ/pulse and ultraviolet (UV) output to "X" W...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $749,787.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract to Fibertek, Inc. to develop and demonstrate a spaceflight prototype of a wideband, high-power 50-watt, 1.5-micron fiber laser transmitter. This laser transmitter will support high data-rate wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) operation for space optical communication links, enabling over 100 times the data rate of current space laser...
Fibertek, Inc. was awarded a $124,289 firm-fixed-price contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract aims to develop a novel, space-qualifiable, dual-pulse 1064 nm laser system as a pump laser for airborne and space-based trace gas Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) remote sensing systems. The laser system is designed to meet performance goals exceeding the requirements...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services. The $899,851 contract is for the development of a novel laser transmitter for planned airborne and space-based active remote sensing missions, specifically focused on differential absorption lidar (DIAL) measurements of atmospheric water vapor and methane. This...
This $124,753 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center (SSC) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services. The contract requires Fibertek to develop a novel laser source designed to meet the needs of planned space-based atmospheric water-vapor differential absorption lidar (DIAL) instruments. The approach is...
This STTR Phase III contract, awarded by NASA's Earth Science Technology Office to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer, aims to develop an engineering version of a UV laser for future space-based remote sensing measurements. The $4,600,476 contract seeks to advance the laser system to Technology Readiness Level 6 by performing analysis and testing to verify that current diode pump technology can support the required 14 billion shot laser system lifetime, which is 10 times higher than...
The U.S. government awarded a $749,852 Firm Fixed Price contract to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services located in Herndon, Virginia. The contract, awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II, is for the development of a "HIGH POWER (50W), 1.5UM WDM FIBER LASER TRANSMITTER WITH EFFECTIVE FWM MITIGATION" for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Fibertek, Inc. is experienced...
Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer, was awarded a $124,664 STTR Phase I contract by NASA's Shared Services Center to develop a state-of-the-art, space-qualifiable laser transmitter for flash LIDAR navigation and hazard avoidance sensors. The contract, which is set aside for small businesses, aims to leverage additive manufacturing, compact optical cavity designs, and efficient diode-pumped laser technology to achieve significant reductions in size, weight, and power consumption...