The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) awarded a $77,800 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Lightium AG, a Swiss company, for the delivery of Photonic Integrated Circuits. This sole-source procurement, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), is for the delivery of a Design Rule Check Report, a Design Mask with an associated report, and 50-150 Full Photonic Integrated Circuits meeting specific performance thresholds. The contract has a period of performance through March 16,...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Light Integration Technologies LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for the fabrication of 1 run of silicon nitride photonic integrated circuits (PICs) wafers and 5-facet polishing. The total ceiling value of the contract is $25,940.00 with a completion date of June 15, 2024. The contract was awarded on a sole-source basis under the authority of...
This is a $1,250,000.00 Firm Fixed Price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Ultra-Low Loss Technologies, Inc., a for-profit small disadvantaged business. The contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II and will demonstrate the requirements through the fabrication and test of a prototype transmitter with a heterogeneously integrated silicon nitride photonic integrated circuit (PIC) platform, optical modulator, and...
This federal contract was awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to Analog Photonics LLC, a Boston-based high technology company specializing in advanced silicon photonics integrated circuits and products. The $162,219.68 contract is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I research project, with a completion date of December 18, 2020. As a prime contractor, Analog Photonics has previously received federal awards from...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $74,996 firm fixed price purchase order to Iris Light Technologies Inc. under the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I solicitation. This award will support the development of on-chip silicon photonic photodetectors for low size, weight and power consumption agile waveform lidar. Performance will occur in Chicago, Illinois and continue through August 3, 2023. As a total small business set-aside, this...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Picoquant Photonics North America Inc., a small business, for a Photon Correlation System. The $124,430.00 contract does not have a set-aside designation. Picoquant Photonics North America Inc. provides photonics equipment and components to U.S. federal government agencies and contractors, both as a prime and subcontractor. This award supports AFRL's research and development programs in areas such as...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $49,984 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Freedom Photonics LLC, a small business manufacturer of photonic components and subsystems, for the development of Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) for deployable quantum clocks and sensors under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract's period of performance was from April 16, 2021 to July 19, 2021. Freedom Photonics has a history of...
This is a $999,450.92 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Army Contracting Command (ACC) Aberdeen Proving Ground to N.p. Photonics, Inc., a small business manufacturer of photonics equipment. The contract is for the First Monthly Technical Report under a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II research project. As a prime contractor, N.p. Photonics will deliver specialized photonic systems, including fiber lasers, specialty amplifiers, and optical components, to support...
This is a $1,800,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Nonlinear Materials Corp, a small business. The contract is for Phase II research and development under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, focused on developing silicon-organic hybrid electro-optic modulators for the AIM Photonics 300mm silicon photonics platform. The objective is to advance photonic integrated circuit capabilities to support...
This is a $167,500.00 fixed price level of effort contract awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Command-Redstone (ACC Redstone), a Defense agency, to N.p. Photonics, Inc., a small business manufacturer of optical and photonic products. The contract is for the BASE EFFORT - SR1 PHASE I, which is likely part of a larger research and development effort under a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. As a small business set-aside, this contract...
This is a $202,260 firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate (SEDD), to Ligentec SA, a manufacturer of photonic integrated circuits (PICs). The contract is for the delivery of PICs with an 800 nanometer thick silicon nitride device layer, as specified in the original solicitation W911QX21Q0188. The contract has no set-aside designation and includes multiple runs to deliver at least seven "known-good" die per run over the course of the contract, which has an ultimate completion date of January 3, 2025. The PICs are intended to support ARL's research and development efforts in the area of photonic technologies.