Training Grant 80NSSC21K1355

NASA has awarded a $124,960 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Optimax Systems, Inc. to develop a deflectometry system for improving the efficiency of manufacturing freeform optics. Freeform optics are an integral part of NASA's future optical systems, and reducing the cost of freeform manufacturing is crucial. The goal of this project is to create a multi-camera, multi-monitor deflectometry system that can be integrated into the manufacturing process to...

This NASA SBIR Phase I contract was awarded to Optimax Systems, Inc., a small business manufacturer of high-precision optical components, to determine the feasibility of using non-contact areal optical sensors to measure the surfaces of freeform optics. The $124,882 firm-fixed-price contract aims to develop a metrology method that can rapidly provide feedback on surface condition during the manufacturing of precision freeform optical components, which are in high demand by NASA and other...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Optipro Systems, LLC, a manufacturer of precision optics fabrication equipment and metrology systems. The $124,961 award will support the design, manufacture, and testing of a precision rotary axis for Optipro's Ultraform Finishing (UFF) optical fabrication platform. The goal is to improve the capability to rapidly remove residual grinding and machining marks, as well as sub-surface damage, on X-ray optical...

This SBIR Phase I contract was awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Apre Instruments Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of optical metrology instruments. The $125,000 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of an "innovative, low coherence probe for rapid measurement of free-form optical surfaces" using a novel spectrally controlled interferometry technique. The key innovations include a high surface slope acceptance angle up to 20 degrees (potentially 60 degrees) and...

This SBIR Phase II contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Apre Instruments Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company. The contract, valued at $730,603.00, is for the development of an innovative low-coherence probe capable of rapidly measuring freeform optical surfaces with nanometer-level precision and high slope acceptance angles. This capability meets NASA's need to measure optical components ranging from 0.5 cm to 6 cm in...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Optipro Systems, LLC, a small business manufacturer of precision optics fabrication equipment and metrology systems. The $900,000 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a "Wide Range Interferometric Probe" to support optics research and development. The contract is set aside for small businesses and the work will be performed in...

This is a $75,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Optipro Systems, LLC, a small business manufacturer of precision optics fabrication equipment and metrology systems. The contract is for the enhancement of metrology systems for advanced optical systems. Optipro Systems has previously received federal grants to conduct research on new manufacturing methods for precision optics, including fluid jet...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Apre Instruments Inc., a for-profit optical metrology company. The $124,679 firm-fixed-price contract involves developing a "low coherence, spectrally modulated, spherical wavefront probe for nanometer level free-form metrology." This novel interferometric technology aims to address the metrology challenges associated with measuring freeform optics with large surface...

This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Metrolaser, Incorporated, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business located in Laguna Hills, California. The $1,249,948.00 contract is for the SBIR Program Phase II development of ultra-high-speed wavefront sensing technology for characterizing aero-optics in hypersonic flow fields. The work is designated as a total small business set-aside and is expected to be completed by February 23, 2026....

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Optipro Systems, LLC, a manufacturer of precision optics fabrication equipment and metrology systems. The $150,000 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a sub-nanometer coordinate measuring machine (CMM) for mirror surface metrology, with a targeted completion date of February 2, 2024. As a prime contractor,...