AZIMUTH CORPORATION

Subcontracted by this company · 1 sub-award · latest Apr 10, 2024

• “THE SCOPE INVOLVES MATERIALS RESEARCH, CHARACTERIZATION, DEVICE DEVELOPMENT, AND A MWIR DEW DESIGN, BUILD, AND DEMONSTRATION TO DEVELOP LETHALITY TACTICS FOR FIELD OPERATIONS AND PRODUCE A PROTOTYPE DESIGN FOR FUTURE LIRCM (LASER INFRARED COUNTER MEASURES) ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. THIS SCOPE BUILDS ON PREVIOUS EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN IN MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TDFL DEVELOPMENT. DELIVERABLES €¢ FUNDS AND MAN-HOUR REPORTS - MONTHLY €¢ TECHNICAL STATUS REPORTS €€ŒQUARTERLY €¢ CONTRACT FUNDS STATUS REPORTS €€Œ QUARTERLY €¢ TEST AND CHARACTERIZATION SAMPLES €€Œ AS REQUIRED €¢ PRESENTATION MATERIAL €€ŒAS REQUIRED €¢ TEST PLANS €€Œ AS REQUIRED €¢ FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT €€Œ AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE ENTIRE EFFORT”

Subcontracted by this company · 1 sub-award · latest Sep 11, 2024

• “TASK 1: DEMONSTRATION OF INDIVIDUAL SPECTRAL SUBSYSTEMS €¢ BASED ON TRADE STUDY RESULTS, BUILD DYNAMIC PLANAR OPTIC DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL VIS, SWIR, AND MWIR CHANNELS COMPLETE WITH IMAGING SENSORS. SOME LIMITED PROTOTYPES HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED. TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED KPPS, ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE REQUIRED. FOR EXAMPLE, THE DESIRED OD WILL REQUIRE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO AR COATINGS SO MULTIPLE COMPONENTS CAN BE ADDED FOR COMPOUNDING EXTINCTION. €¢ A SEPARATE DEMONSTRATION OF LRF/D MAY BE INCLUDED DEPENDING ON FUNDING LEVELS. SOME ADVANTAGES TO THIS OPERATIONAL CHANNEL IS THE NARROW SPECTRAL BAND OF OPERATION AND FORGIVING INSERTION PENALTIES. SOME CAPABILITY ADVANTAGES THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED ARE RAPID SWITCHING BETWEEN TARGET AND BEACON ILLUMINATION THAT IS DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE WITH MECHANICAL EMBODIMENTS. €¢ DELIVERABLES: VIS, SWIR, AND MWIR DEMONSTRATIONS WITH FIXED AND DYNAMIC PLANAR OPTICAL COMPONENTS. TASK 2: BRASSBOARD DEMONSTRATION €¢ COMBINE INDIVIDUAL SPECTRAL DEMONSTRATIONS INTO A COMMON APERTURE MULTI-SPECTRAL BRASSBOARD PROTOTYPE. WITH THE MATERIAL AND ENGINEERING CHALLENGES ADDRESSED IN TASK 2, THE INTEGRATION OF THESE INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS INTO A COMMON APERTURE WILL HAVE LOW RISK. €¢ DELIVERABLES: VIS, SWIR, AND MWIR COMMON APERTURE BRASSBOARD WITH FIXED AND DYNAMIC PLANAR OPTICAL COMPONENTS. DELIVERABLES: - MONTHLY VTCS - MONTHLY INVOICES - QUARTERLY TECHNICAL STATUS REPORTS - QUARTERLY CONTRACT FUNDS STATUS REPORT - FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT”

Subcontracted by this company · 1 sub-award · latest Mar 20, 2025

• “HIGH POWER AND/OR HIGH ENERGY LASER SYSTEMS ARE CRITICAL NEEDS FOR THE UNITED STATE AIR FORCE (USAF) AND THE UNITES STATES SPACE FORCE (USSF) TO MAINTAIN TECHNOLOGICAL SUPERIORITY AGAINST RAPIDLY EVOLVING THREATS. TO MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR HIGH-OUTPUT POWERS, NEW FIBER LASER SYSTEMS COMPOSED OF SINGLE CRYSTAL FIBERS (SCFS) WITH HIGHER THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES, LASER DAMAGE THRESHOLDS, AND NONLINEAR MITIGATION, WHILE CAPITALIZING ON THE FLEXIBILITY AND THERMAL DISSIPATION OF FIBER GEOMETRIES, ARE ESSENTIAL. THE KEY TO UNLOCKING SCFS FULL POTENTIAL LIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE CLADDING TECHNOLOGIES. CURRENTLY AVAILABLE CRYSTALLINE FIBER LASERS (CFLS) SUFFER FROM MULTIMODE OUTPUT AND SIGNIFICANT PROPAGATION LOSSES DUE TO THE LACK OF A COMPATIBLE CLADDING SOLUTION. VARIOUS APPROACHES HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED TO CLAD SCFS, BUT CHALLENGES PERSIST DUE TO THE NON-VISCOUS MELTING OF CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS WHICH IMPEDES THE USE OF CONVENTIONAL CORE/CLAD PREFORMS. ADDRESSING THESE CHALLENGES, HYPERBARIC-PRESSURE LASER CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (HP-LCVD) EMERGES AS A PIONEERING TECHNIQUE, CAPABLE OF WRITING 3D CRYSTAL STRUCTURES WITH UNPARALLELED PRECISION. BY MANIPULATING DEPOSITION PARAMETERS, HP-LCVD ENABLES THE FABRICATION OF TAILORED CRYSTAL ARCHITECTURES AND CHEMISTRIES, PRESENTING A BREAKTHROUGH OPPORTUNITY FOR DIRECTLY WRITTEN CLADDING STRUCTURES ON SCFS. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HP-LCVD WILL OFFER CONTROL OVER CRITICAL PROPERTIES, INCLUDING REFRACTIVE INDEX, WAVE GUIDING BEHAVIOR, AND OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS. FURTHERMORE, HP-LCVD'S ABILITY TO CREATE CUSTOM CLADDING STRUCTURES ON SCFS PRESENTS A ROUTE TO ADVANCING CFL TECHNOLOGY BEYOND SIMPLY OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES IN CONVENTIONAL CLADDING METHODS. HP-LCVD PRECISE AND TAILORED CRYSTAL GROWTH HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR STRUCTURALLY COMPLEX CLADDINGS ON PAR WITH PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS. THIS INNOVATIVE APPROACH PROMISES TO TRANSFORM THE CFL LANDSCAPE, USHERING IN AN ERA OF CUSTOM CLADDING STRUCTURES AND”

Subcontracted by this company · 1 sub-award · latest Apr 21, 2026

• “THE SUBCONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE AN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER WITH A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN EDUCATION, OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE, AND A MINIMUM OF EIGHT (8) YEARS OF SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE IN CURRICULUM DESIGN. A BACHELOR’S DEGREE FROM AN ACCREDITED UNIVERSITY MAY BE CONSIDERED EQUIVALENT TO FOUR (4) YEARS OF SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE. EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING NAVSEA SECURITY COOPERATION AND FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS) IS DESIRED. THE INDIVIDUAL MUST BE EXPERIENCED IN ADULT LEARNING METHODOLOGIES AND IN DEVELOPING CONTENT USING TECHNOLOGY-BASED TOOLS TO CREATE EFFECTIVE, ENGAGING LEARNING MATERIALS. RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE DEFINING CLEAR LEARNING OBJECTIVES; DEVELOPING COMPELLING INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT; COLLABORATING WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS (SMES) TO GATHER LEARNER-CENTERED INFORMATION; CREATING DETAILED COURSE STORYBOARDS; DEVELOPING ONLINE COURSES, TESTS, AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR KNOWLEDGE CHECKS AND TRAINING EVALUATION; PRODUCING MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT MATERIALS SUCH AS AUDIO, VIDEO, AND SCREENSHOTS; IDENTIFYING LEARNER DIFFERENCES AND RECOMMENDING APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES; CONDUCTING NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND ANALYSES; IDENTIFYING DISCREPANCIES BASED ON COLLECTED DATA; AND RECOMMENDING SOLUTIONS.”