Cooperative Agreement FA70001420005

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $274,996 to Opticalx, LLC, a small disadvantaged business located in Tracy, CA, to develop an optical solution for detecting and tracking small space debris. The project, titled "Space-Time Projection Optical Tomography (SPOT)", aims to leverage graphical processing unit (GPU) computing to enable the detection of space debris...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I award to Guardiansat LLC will develop methods for space-based detection of orbital debris to decrease risks of collisions in space. The $273,332 grant, awarded on September 15, 2023, aims to build a space-based debris awareness system that can identify, track, and model objects within spacecraft orbits in real-time. This technology could enable better predictive and reactive collision avoidance against...

The National Science Foundation awarded Space Domain Awareness Inc. a $256,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a space object tracking unit. The one-year award, issued on December 1, 2021, will support the company's efforts to advance science and engineering research and innovation leading to breakthrough technologies to address national challenges. Specifically, the funding will enable Space Domain Awareness Inc. to deliver a...

This $274,120 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of an "optical orbital hotspot network" to enhance satellite data collection and utilization. The award recipient, Spacerake, Inc., will focus on creating multi-access laser communication terminals and advancing orbital optical hotspot technology. This...

Impact Photonics LLC received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible single photon avalanche diode. The SBIR program is intended to support scientific research and development that has the potential for commercialization. Under this Phase I award made on November 1, 2021 for a one-year period ending December 31, 2022, Impact Photonics...

Federal Grant Award Summary Systems & Technology Research LLC (STR), a mid-tier defense contractor based in Woburn, Massachusetts, received a $135,001 Project Grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) for research on radio and optical techniques for localization of equatorial plasma irregularities. The award was obligated on July 1, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of February 29, 2028. Under this grant, STR will...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,999 to Orbital Services Corporation LLC will enable the development of novel capabilities for autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations with uncooperative space objects. The key products of this SBIR Phase I project include: Synthesized neural Lyapunov functions to be integrated into control systems, enabling safe inspection and capture of uncooperative, uncontrolled,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) program (CFDA 43.008) provides $100,000.00 for the development of a compact, non-invasive, and efficient vision screening system for long-term spaceflight missions. The research aims to evaluate a novel framework enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) as a proof-of-concept, robust, low-cost system for detecting visual deficits caused...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office awarded a $250,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Maryland, College Park on September 30, 2025, under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910). The agreement, with a completion date of September 29, 2027, funds the development of a novel sensing methodology utilizing the Fast X-Ray Transform (FAXT) algorithm to enable rapid search and detection of very...

Federal Grant Award Summary Clearview Optics LLC received a $304,987 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) on June 15, 2025, with completion targeted for November 30, 2025. The project aims to develop room-temperature, single-photon optical detectors that operate beyond the shot noise limitations inherent in current coherent optical detection systems. The...