Purchase Order NNX17CG26P
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- This is a $374,994.00 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Aosense, Inc., a small business manufacturer of innovative atom optic sensors based in Sunnyvale, California. The contract is for the delivery of a Cold Atom Laser Module (CALM), which is a specialized quantum sensing technology with applications in areas such as inertial navigation, time and frequency standards, and gravity measurement. This award is a Phase III action under...
- The U.S. government has awarded a $1,123,724 Firm Fixed Price contract to Aosense, Inc., a small business manufacturer of quantum sensing technologies, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The contract, with a completion date of March 5, 2022, is for the development of a Cold Atom Laser Module (CALM) capable of supporting a range of atomic sensors. This aligns with the government's critical need to reduce the size, weight, and power of space-based navigation systems....
- Aosense, Inc. was awarded a $124,405.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to develop a high-power laser amplifier module for cold-atom optical systems. The module will integrate a tapered amplifier with Aosense's proprietary optical isolators to produce over 1 watt of optical power at 852 nanometers, packaged in a compact 50x50x35 millimeter fiber-in, fiber-out configuration. This...
- This federal contract award to Aosense, Inc., a small business manufacturer of innovative atom optic sensors, was issued by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency. The $124,205.00 firm fixed-price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract is for the design of an integrated ultrastable laser module with short-term instability capabilities, as part of the larger "Stabilized Portable External Cavity Laser (SPECL)" program. Aosense has received numerous prime...
- This is a firm fixed-price federal contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency of the U.S. government, to Aosense, Inc., a small business manufacturer of innovative atom optic sensors based in Sunnyvale, California. The contract, valued at $1,249,771.00, is for Aosense to build and test an integrated ultra-stable laser module capable of reaching a short-term instability as part of the Stabilized Portable External Cavity Laser (SPECL) major program. The contract was...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Aosense, Inc., a small business manufacturer of quantum sensing technologies. The contract, valued at $124,625.00, is for the development of a free-space, two-way optical time transfer system compatible with global-scale synchronization of current-generation optical atomic clocks. The goal is to demonstrate a system capable of disseminating timing signals...
- The U.S. government awarded a $149,914 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to Aosense, Inc., a Fremont, California-based quantum sensing technology company, for development of an Advanced Narrow-Linewidth Tunable Laser for Rydberg Sensors (ANTLRS). This total small business set-aside contract, awarded on September 29, 2025, with a completion date of March 27, 2026, represents a definitive firm fixed-price contract from a civilian federal agency. The project will be...
- This is a $729,403 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Aosense, Inc., a small business manufacturer of innovative atom optic sensors based in Sunnyvale, California. The contract is for the development of Severe-Environment Cold-Atom Navigation Technologies under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The award is designated as a total small business set-aside. Aosense specializes in quantum sensing technologies for...
- The Department of the Navy Naval Observatory awarded a $183,350.00 firm fixed price purchase order to Aosense, Inc. for the delivery of a cold atomic beam source system. The system must include a calcium atomic beam source, a longitudinal Zeeman slower, transverse cooling regions, and a mechanism for separating the cooled atoms, all contained in a vacuum chamber that can integrate with a user-provided chamber for spectroscopy. The system is required to produce a flux of at least 10^11 cold atoms...
- This is a $749,963.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Aosense, Inc., a small business manufacturer of innovative atom optic sensors based in Sunnyvale, California. The contract, titled "TAPERED AMPLIFIERS FOR COLD-ATOM OPTICAL SYSTEMS (TACOS)," is for the research and development of specialized components for cold-atom optical systems, which have applications in areas such as inertial navigation,...
Aosense, Inc. was awarded a $124,918 firm-fixed-price contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to develop a Cold Atom Laser Module (CALM) capable of supporting a broad range of atomic sensors for precision navigation and timing applications. The contract, which was set aside for small businesses, is focused on addressing laser source reliability for cold atom sensors by identifying optimal laser diodes and developing diagnostic protocols to detect and mitigate potential diode failures. The successful development of the CALM laser module would enable robust, long-lived laser sources for space-based applications of atomic sensors such as inertial measurement units, atomic clocks, and magnetometers, with significant market potential in both defense and commercial sectors.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $124.9k | 6/9/17 |