SBIR/STTR Research Award
Advanced Laser-Pumped Atomic Clock Architecture (ALPACA)
Award amount
$1,899,993Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- AOSENSE, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2024-07-15
- Contract end date
- 2026-07-14
- UEI
- C185QEUVTTM6
- Solicitation number
- 24.1
- Topic code
- SF241-D025
Research abstract
AOSense proposes to develop an Advanced Laser-Pumped Atomic Clock Architecture (ALPACA). ALPACA is a compact, high-performance, vapor-cell atomic clock with long-term stability superior to existing vapor-cell clocks, enabling it to achieve synchronization error of <1 ns/day combined with low size, weight, and power (SWaP). AOSense will design, build, and test one ALPACA prototype and deliver it to the Government. ALPACA’s combination of excellent performance and low SWaP will benefit many space and terrestrial applications.
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.
- Advanced Narrow-linewidth Tunable Laser for Rydberg Sensors (ANTLRS)
- QuAIS phase II
- Robust Atom Interferometry Laser System (RAILS)
- Low-Power Microwave Oscillator (LMO)
- Transportable Rugged Crystalline Silicon Reference (TRuCR)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Resilient GPS-Independent PNT in Support of Proliferated LEO Constellations
- Alt-PNT for Resilient Navigation
- PNT-SENTINEL
- Portable and Federated Alternative – Position, Navigation, and Timing using Tactical Grade INS Bounded by Low Earth Orbit Signal of Opportunity Navigation
- PNT Innovation Center
Research funding history
59 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2006–2025). Reported award amounts total $30,653,327. 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, Department of Homeland Security, National Science Foundation