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Award ID | Description | Recipient | Total Value | Awarding Agency | Funding Agency | Set Aside | NAICS | PSC | Award Date | Start Date | End Date | |
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| SBIR II: HIGH ENERGY, MULTI-COMPONENT, OPTICAL ISOLATOR FOR 2 MICRON FIBER LASERS | AQWEST, LLC | $1,799,912 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC12NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH | Aug 7, 2025 | Aug 12, 2025 | Nov 22, 2027 | ||
| STTR I: GHZ BURT MODE ULTRASHORT PULSE LASER | AQWEST, LLC | $179,127 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC11NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; BASIC RESEARCH | Dec 9, 2024 | Dec 9, 2024 | Sep 9, 2025 | ||
| SBIR PHASE II. | AQWEST, LLC | $1,299,847 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC12NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH | May 7, 2024 | May 7, 2024 | Jun 14, 2027 | ||
| TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE FIBER-COUPLED ISOLATORS (FCI) THAT CAN HANDLE HIGH-AVERAGE AND PEAK POWERS IN 2 M PULSED FIBER AMPLIFIERS NOW BEING DEVELOPED BY THE U.S. AIR FORCE (USAF) AS A PART OF AN ALL-FIBER PULSED LASER SYSTEM. | AQWEST, LLC | $179,998 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC11NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; BASIC RESEARCH | Apr 30, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | Jan 30, 2025 | ||
| RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 873AUTHORITY | AQWEST, LLC | $2,999,926 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC12NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH | Apr 22, 2024 | Apr 22, 2024 | Apr 23, 2026 | ||
| KICK-OFF BRIEFING MATERIALS & FWA CERT. | AQWEST, LLC | $239,897 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC11NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; BASIC RESEARCH | May 23, 2023 | May 23, 2023 | Aug 19, 2024 | ||
| SATELLITE SHIELDING AGAINST DIRECTED ENERGY THREATS | AQWEST, LLC | $149,947 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR12SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH | Dec 15, 2022 | Dec 15, 2022 | Sep 21, 2023 | ||
| BASE EFFORT - SR1PHASE I | AQWEST, LLC | $167,432 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541713Research and Development in Nanotechnology | AC23NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT | Sep 28, 2020 | Sep 29, 2020 | Jul 20, 2021 | ||
| SBIR PHASE II | AQWEST, LLC | $1,665,808 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AZ13 | Sep 18, 2020 | Sep 18, 2020 | Apr 29, 2024 | ||
| COMPACT AND EFFICIENT HIGH-PULSE ENERGY 2-MICRON LIDAR TRANSMITTER | AQWEST, LLC | $124,961 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Aug 27, 2020 | Aug 31, 2020 | Mar 1, 2021 | ||
| RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SBIR PH 2 | AQWEST, LLC | $1,124,975 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC62 | Jul 16, 2019 | Jul 16, 2019 | Jan 19, 2023 | ||
| REPORTS - CDRL A002 | AQWEST, LLC | $224,850 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AJ93 | Apr 3, 2019 | Apr 3, 2019 | Jul 14, 2020 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF AQWEST PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NOVEL, COMPACT AND RUGGED HIGH-PEAK POWER ERBIUM (ER) LASER AMPLIFIER AT 1.5 ?M TO FOR NASA REMOTE SENSING TRASMITTER. THE PROJECT WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OUR NOVEL AND HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL EDGE-PUMPED DISK LASER (EPDL) MULTI-PASSED AMPLIFIER WE ARE DEVELOPING FOR THE US ARMY, NAVY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) APPLICATIONS. IN PHASE I, WE WILL USE OUR EXISTING SUITE OF MODELS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF A 1.5-?M EPDL-BASED LASER AMPLIFIER AND IDENTIFY PREFERRED OPERATING REGIMES. WE WILL TEST OUR EXISTING ER:GLASS LASER DISK IN OUR EXISTING EPDL TEST BED TO FURTHER CALIBRATE/ANCHOR OUR MODELS OVER THE WAVELENGTH RANGE OF INTEREST, ESPECIALLY AT AROUND 1.547 ?M. USING THIS INFORMATION, WE WILL DESIGN AND FABRICATE A NEW LASER DISK WITH OPTIMIZED ER DOPING AND IMPROVED WASTE HEAT HANDLING CAPABILITY FOR THE TARGETED OPERATING REGIME, AND TEST ITS PERFORMANCE UNDER RELEVANT CONDITIONS, AND CONFIRM THE MODELS. IN PHASE II, WE WILL DESIGN, FABRICATE, TEST, AND DELIVER A PROTOTYPE 1.5-?M EPDL LASER AMPLIFIER. | AQWEST, LLC | $123,944 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 6, 2016 | Jun 10, 2016 | Dec 9, 2016 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF AQWEST PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NOVEL, COMPACT AND RUGGED HIGH-PEAK POWER BLUE LASER IN THE 0.45-0.49 ?M RANGE. THE INNOVATIVE BLUE LASER IS BASED ON A FREQUENCY-QUADRUPLING OF 1.9-?M LASER OUTPUT FROM CERAMIC TM:LU2O3, A NOVEL HIGH-PERFORMANCE SOLID-STATE LASER (SSL) MATERIAL THAT IS NEW BECOMING COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE. THE PROJECT WILL ADAPT OUR NOVEL AND HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL EDGE-PUMPED DISK LASER / MULTI-PASSED AMPLIFIER ARCHITECTURE WE DEVELOPED FOR THE US ARMY, NAVY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE). IN PHASE I, WE WILL USE OUR EXISTING SUITE OF TM LASER MODELS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE SUBJECT BLUE LASER AND IDENTIFY PREFERRED OPERATING REGIMES. WE WILL ALSO FABRICATE A COMPOSITE TM:LU2O3 LASER DISK USING THE CERAMIC MATERIAL NOW BEING PRODUCED FOR AQWEST, AND LASER TEST IT UNDER RELEVANT CONDITION IN OUR EXISTING TEST BED TO CHARACTERIZE PERFORMANCE AT 1.9-?M WAVELENGTH. IN PHASE II, WE WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A FULL-SCALE BLUE LASER PROTOTYPE. | AQWEST, LLC | $124,975 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | May 6, 2016 | May 6, 2016 | Dec 10, 2016 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF SBIR PHASE I: TOPIC #OSD13-EP1 | AQWEST, LLC | $149,921 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541712 | AD95 | Jan 13, 2014 | Jan 13, 2014 | Jul 12, 2014 | ||
| STATUS REPORT | AQWEST, LLC | $149,940 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541711 | AC32NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEFENSE-RELATED ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH | Jun 12, 2012 | Jun 12, 2012 | Jun 12, 2013 | ||
| MDA SBIR PHASE 1 | AQWEST, LLC | $99,961 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) | — | 541712 | AC23NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT | Apr 26, 2010 | Apr 30, 2010 | Sep 29, 2010 | ||
| SBIR II FFP -- ADVANCED ELECTRONIC COOLING | AQWEST, LLC | $708,031 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541712 | AC21NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Apr 2, 2010 | Apr 2, 2010 | Sep 3, 2012 | ||
| SBIR PHASE II | AQWEST, LLC | $0 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541712 | AD92 | Sep 24, 2009 | Sep 24, 2009 | Sep 10, 2013 | ||
| ADVANCED ELECTRONIC COOLING TECHNOLOGIES | AQWEST, LLC | $99,970 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541710 | AC25NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SVCS; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; R&D FACILITIES & MAJ EQUIP | Feb 9, 2009 | Feb 9, 2009 | Feb 4, 2010 | ||
| SBIR PHASE I | AQWEST, LLC | $119,969 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541330Engineering Services | AD92 | Oct 28, 2008 | Oct 31, 2008 | Nov 16, 2009 | ||
| HIGH CAPACITY, LIGHTWEIGHT, AND COMPACT THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE (TES) TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS | AQWEST, LLC | $99,818 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541712 | AC11NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; BASIC RESEARCH | Jan 9, 2008 | Jan 9, 2008 | Sep 10, 2008 |