SBIR/STTR Research Award
Compact, Long-Lifetime Atom Source for Space (CLASS)
Award amount
$124,893Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- VECTOR ATOMIC INC
- Proposal award date
- 2018-07-27
- Contract end date
- 2019-02-15
- UEI
- XKE2WAAMTLQ9
- Solicitation number
- SBIR_18_P1
- Topic code
- S1
Research abstract
The goal of CLASS is to develop a compact, low power, long-lifetime cold atom source for inertial sensors and clocks. CLASS will be designed to produce high cold atom fluxes over a temperature rangesuitable for commercial- and space-grade atomic devices. Projected loading ratesare sufficient to support state-of-the-art atomic sensor performance.In Phase I, Vector Atomic will design the full CLASS vacuum package, which consists of an atomic source, MOT cooling optics, and electrical and optical feedthroughs. The CLASS design will be validated and de-risked by building and testing the prototype atomic source.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Gravimeter using Rubidium Atoms with Vibration-immunity for Maritime and Airborne Platforms (GRAVMAP)
- Tunable, Integrated Comb for Timing and Communications (TIC TAC)
- Iodine Clock with Acceleration- and Radiation-tolerance for Use in Space (ICARUS)
- Synthesis and Transmission of Absolutely Referenced Broadband Ultrastable Radiation for Synchronization and Timing (STARBURST)
- Miniature Iodine Nanosecond Timekeeper (MINT)
Research funding history
24 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2018–2025). Reported award amounts total $27,832,971. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration