Department of Defense, through Department of the Air Force, awarded Transwave Photonics, LLC of Austin, TX $1,799,935 under the SBIR program, with work starting 2025-08-12 and running to 2027-11-12. It is one of 3 SBIR and STTR awards Transwave Photonics, LLC received in the last two years, $4,049,903 in all. Each figure links to the federal record.
The award
| Recipient | Transwave Photonics, LLC (Austin, TX) |
|---|---|
| Awarding agency | Department of Defense |
| Awarding office | Department of the Air Force |
| Amount obligated | $1,799,935 |
| Period of performance starts | 2025-08-12 |
| Period of performance ends | 2027-11-12 |
| Award number | FA945125CX030 (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 | Austin, Travis County, TX |
| Signed | 2025-08-06 |
| Recipient registry id (UEI) | W8BLDA6GASQ1 |
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What it is for
Ii: High power mwir optical fiber combiner
Funding actions on this award
| Date | Action | Modification | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-18 | Supplemental agreement for work within scope | P00001 | $0 |
| 2025-08-06 | Initial award | 0 | $1,799,935 |
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Other SBIR and STTR awards to Transwave Photonics, LLC
| Starts | Agency | Program | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | Department of Defense | SBIR Phase II | $1,999,983 | W5170126CA121 (record) |
| 2024-10-28 | Department of Defense | SBIR Phase I | $249,985 | Small business innovative research (SBIR) Phase I "high-power single mode diode bars" deve (record) |
Every other federal award to Transwave Photonics, LLC on record
The federal register lists 22 other awards to the same registry id (UEI W8BLDA6GASQ1), $9,931,394 in all, from 1 agency.
| Starts | Agency | Amount | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | Department of the Army | $2,094,919 | Quantum computers, certain arrayed quantum sensors, and directed energy laser weapons all share a common need (W5170126CA173) |
| 2025-10-30 | Department of the Navy | $500,000 | Research and development (N6833526C0015) |
| 2024-10-18 | Department of the Air Force | $179,988 | All-passive nonreciprocal optical power limiters (FA865125PB001) |
| 2024-07-02 | Department of the Navy | $239,950 | STTR Phase I under topic N24A-T003. (N6833524C0426) |
| 2024-04-23 | Department of the Air Force | $179,944 | High power mwir optical fiber combiner. (FA945124PX009) |
| 2023-12-01 | Department of the Army | $1,149,995 | STTR Phase II: High-power single-mode photonic integrated circuit for coherent beam combining (W911NF24C0009) |
| 2023-09-20 | Department of the Navy | $989,372 | Research and development (N6833523C0743) |
| 2023-07-12 | Department of the Navy | $139,983 | Kick-off briefing materials & fwa cert. (N6833523C0579) |
| 2022-10-01 | Department of the Army | $172,952 | First monthly technical report (W911NF22P0082) |
| 2022-09-24 | Department of the Army | $1,149,894 | STTR Phase II base award - monolithic mwir qcl platform for beam combining (W911NF22C0050) |
| 2022-06-30 | Department of the Navy | $140,000 | STTR Phase I. (N6833522C0521) |
| 2021-07-28 | Department of the Navy | $139,979 | SBIR phase 1 topic N211-022 contract award (N6893621C0062) |
| 2021-07-20 | Department of the Navy | $239,802 | SBIR phase 1 topic N211-021 contract award (N6893621C0054) |
| 2021-07-20 | Department of the Navy | $139,951 | SBIR phase 1 topic N211-015 contract award (N6893621C0055) |
| 2020-06-16 | Department of the Navy | $299,998 | Sibr 2 N182-113 (N6893620C0061) |
| 2020-01-27 | Defense Contract Management Agency | $299,967 | SBIR 2 N182-109 (N6893620C0033) |
| 2019-10-30 | Department of the Navy | $139,965 | SBIR 1 topic N192-053 award (N6893620C0008) |
| 2019-06-17 | Department of the Navy | $139,994 | Ifg::OT::igf; SBIR phase 1 N191-014 (N6893619C0034) |
| 2018-10-16 | Department of the Navy | $224,897 | ; SBIR ph 1 N182-113 (N6893619C0013) |
| 2018-10-10 | Department of the Navy | $224,871 | ; SBIR Phase I topic N182-109 (N6893619C0008) |
| 2018-09-28 | Department of the Army | $999,647 | STTR Phase II contract (W911NF18C0089) |
| 2017-07-07 | Department of the Army | $145,326 | :: Phase I first monthly technical report-- (W911NF17P0063) |
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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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