Ram Photonics LLC

Ram Photonics LLC is a for-profit limited liability company specializing in photonics research and development for defense and national security applications. Registered in SAM.gov since December 4, 2009, the company has established itself as a trusted partner to the Department of the Navy and broader Department of Defense through multiple prime federal contract awards spanning research phases and development initiatives. The company's technical expertise encompasses directed energy systems, fiber laser development and modeling, spectral analysis, electronic warfare, information warfare, and hybrid photon-electron receivers—all critical capabilities supporting modern naval and defense applications.

Ram Photonics has received substantial prime federal contract awards totaling approximately $16.5 million across multiple contract vehicles and funding agencies. The Naval Air Warfare Center has been a primary contracting partner, awarding the company several SBIR Phase II and Phase III contracts, including a $1.3 million definitive contract awarded in December 2023 and a $1.27 million delivery order issued in August 2023, both structured as cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangements and designated as total small business set-asides. Most recently, the Naval Air Warfare Center issued a $2.0 million SBIR Phase III delivery order in August 2025 with completion targeted for February 27, 2027, reflecting the company's ongoing role in commercializing and transitioning innovative defense technologies. Additionally, Ram Photonics received a $1.5 million SBIR Phase II definitive contract from Naval Air Systems Command in April 2021 and a $239,111 SBIR Phase I definitive contract from Naval Sea Systems Command in July 2023. The company also executed a significant $8.46 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract with the Office of Naval Research for development of a correlative receiver, awarded in September 2021 and performed through September 2024, with subcontractors including Corvid Technologies, LLC, Photonwares Corp, and TTM Technologies North America LLC. An additional $968,000 firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command in February 2021 in support of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seedling effort focused on information warfare research. The company also served as a subcontractor to Raytheon Company for technical and engineering services in February 2021. The preponderance of these awards carry small business set-aside designations, reflecting Ram Photonics' qualification and the federal government's commitment to fostering innovation through small enterprises in the defense technology sector.

Ram Photonics holds a $6 million Basic Ordering Agreement with the Department of the Navy's Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Air Warfare Center, awarded in February 2023 with an ultimate completion date of February 25, 2028. This BOA supports the Navy's Small Business Innovation Research Phase III priorities and does not utilize set-aside provisions. Under this BOA framework, multiple delivery orders have been issued to Ram Photonics, including the aforementioned $1.27 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order from August 2023 and the $2.0 million SBIR Phase III delivery order from August 2025. These delivery orders enable Ram Photonics to provide research and development services supporting the Navy's science and technology objectives in areas such as directed energy systems, fiber laser development, and spectral analysis for defense applications. The BOA structure demonstrates the Navy's confidence in Ram Photonics' capabilities and provides the company with a streamlined mechanism to support ongoing naval aviation and directed energy research initiatives.