Ram Photonics Industrial, LLC

Ram Photonics Industrial, LLC, a small business limited liability partnership headquartered in Webster, New York, delivers photonics research and development services to the Department of the Navy and Department of the Air Force as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates primarily as a prime (67% of recent awards) with occasional subcontract engagement, competing across defense R&D and applied research contract vehicles.

Ram Photonics' award footprint remains early-stage and narrow. Three awards spanning 2023 to 2025 represent $2.5 million in combined potential value, with $2 million already obligated (79% of ceiling). The Navy dominates the customer base: the Naval Air Warfare Center placed one award ($1.3 million definitive contract under SBIR Phase 2 solicitation N231-D01, cost-plus-fixed-fee, ultimate completion December 21, 2026) and Naval Strategic Systems Programs placed one award ($1.199 million definitive contract under cost-plus-fixed-fee, ultimate completion December 9, 2026). A third customer — the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory — appears once in the source but without dollar attribution. All performance occurs in Webster, New York.

Both Navy prime awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, exposing the vendor to $2.5 million in recompete activity over the near term. Ram Photonics subcontracts to Leidos on system integration and field testing activities (awarded November 14, 2024) in support of an undisclosed primary contract. The vendor's work falls squarely within NAICS 541712 (Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) and PSC codes for Department of Defense applied research, grounding the company's market position in defense photonics and sensors development rather than broader IT or engineering services.