Department of Defense, through Department of the Air Force, awarded Aqwest, LLC of Larkspur, CO $1,799,912 under the SBIR program, with work starting 2025-08-12 and running to 2027-11-22. It is one of 2 SBIR and STTR awards Aqwest, LLC received in the last two years, $1,979,039 in all. Each figure links to the federal record.
The award
| Recipient | Aqwest, LLC (Larkspur, CO) |
|---|---|
| Awarding agency | Department of Defense |
| Awarding office | Department of the Air Force |
| Amount obligated | $1,799,912 |
| Period of performance starts | 2025-08-12 |
| Period of performance ends | 2027-11-22 |
| Award number | FA945125CX027 (contract) |
| Industry (NAICS) | 541715, Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology) |
| Product or service code | AC12, National defense R&D services; department of defense - military; applied research |
| Place of performance | Larkspur, Douglas County, CO |
| Signed | 2025-08-07 |
| Recipient registry id (UEI) | GELKYCZTCY69 |
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What it is for
Ii: High energy, multi-component, optical isolator for 2 micron fiber lasers
Funding actions on this award
| Date | Action | Modification | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-07 | Initial award | 0 | $1,799,912 |
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Other SBIR and STTR awards to Aqwest, LLC
| Starts | Agency | Program | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-09 | Department of Defense | STTR | $179,127 | I: Ghz burt mode ultrashort pulse laser (record) |
Every other federal award to Aqwest, LLC on record
The federal register lists 32 or more other awards to the same registry id (UEI GELKYCZTCY69), $21,179,095 in all, from 4 agencies.
| Starts | Agency | Amount | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-07 | Department of the Navy | $999,878 | SBIR Phase II. (N6833524C0267) |
| 2024-04-30 | Department of the Air Force | $179,998 | To develop innovative fiber-coupled isolators (fci) that can handle high-average and peak powers in 2 m pulsed (FA945124PX030) |
| 2024-04-22 | Department of the Navy | $2,999,926 | Research and development 873AUTHORITY (N6833524C0166) |
| 2023-05-23 | Department of the Navy | $239,897 | Kick-off briefing materials & fwa cert. (N6833523C0400) |
| 2022-12-15 | Department of the Air Force | $149,947 | Satellite shielding against directed energy threats (FA945323PA013) |
| 2022-02-14 | Department of Energy | $2,499,834 | Wavelength-tunable visible picosecond laser (DESC0022466) |
| 2020-09-29 | Department of the Army | $111,471 | Base effort - SR1PHASE i (W9113M20C0080) |
| 2020-09-18 | Department of the Navy | $1,665,808 | SBIR Phase II (M6785420C6508) |
| 2020-08-31 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $124,961 | Compact and efficient high-pulse energy 2-MICRON LIDAR transmitter (80NSSC20C0434) |
| 2019-07-16 | Department of the Navy | $1,124,975 | Research and development SBIR ph 2 (N6833519C0491) |
| 2019-07-01 | Department of Energy | $1,299,929 | High-pulse energy high-repetition rate laser (DESC0019935) |
| 2019-07-01 | Department of Energy | $199,947 | Thulium-based ceramic amplifier for laser acceleration (DESC0019921) |
| 2019-04-03 | Department of the Navy | $224,850 | Reports - cdrl A002 (M6785419P6608) |
| 2019-02-19 | Department of Energy | $149,932 | Advanced magnetic air separation technology (DESC0019663) |
| 2018-07-02 | Department of Energy | $149,976 | Integrated large ufl model suite (DESC0018849) |
| 2016-06-13 | Department of Energy | $2,249,721 | Front end for advanced laser driver for inertial fusion energy (DESC0015834) |
| 2016-06-10 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $123,944 | Aqwest proposes to develop a novel, compact and rugged high-peak power erbium (er) laser amplifier at 1.5 ?m t (NNX16CG47P) |
| 2016-05-06 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Aqwest proposes to develop a novel, compact and rugged high-peak power blue laser in the 0.45-0.49 ?m range. T (NNX16CS58P) | |
| 2015-06-08 | Department of Energy | $1,449,887 | Efficient 2-MICRON laser driver for laser acceleration (DESC0013762) |
| 2015-06-08 | Department of Energy | $1,149,902 | Magnetocaloric generator for waste heat energy recovery (DESC0013769) |
| 2014-06-09 | Department of Energy | $1,149,865 | Advanced laser driver for inertial fusion energy (DESC0011916) |
| 2014-01-13 | Department of the Army | $149,921 | SBIR Phase I: Topic #OSD13-EP1 (W911QX14C0015) |
| 2012-06-28 | Department of Energy | $149,932 | Magnetcaloric generator for geothermal heat energy recovery (DESC0008289) |
| 2012-06-12 | Department of the Navy | $79,983 | Status report (N0002412P4072) |
| 2010-04-30 | Department of the Army | $99,961 | MDA SBIR phase 1 (W9113M10P0056) |
| 2010-04-02 | Department of the Air Force | $708,031 | SBIR ii ffp -- advanced electronic cooling (FA945310C0061) |
| 2010-01-01 | National Science Foundation | $99,993 | SBIR Phase I: Active heat sink for hybrid electric vehicles (0944663) |
| 2009-09-24 | Department of the Army | $1,227,511 | SBIR Phase II (W15QKN09C0156) |
| 2009-02-09 | Department of the Air Force | $99,970 | Advanced electronic cooling technologies (FA945309M0159) |
| 2008-10-31 | Department of the Army | $119,969 | SBIR Phase I (W15QKN09C0007) |
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The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs set aside part of federal research budgets for small companies. Agencies award them in phases: Phase I tests whether an idea is feasible, Phase II funds development, and Phase III is follow-on work paid for outside the set-aside. STTR awards also require a research institution as a partner.
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