Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: MICROSEMI FREQUENCY AND TIME CORP
Awarding agency: Department of Defense / Department of the Navy
Funding agency: Department of Defense / Department of the Navy
Period of performance: 2021-11-03 to 2023-11-02
Current total value of award: $7255360
Description: TACTICAL YB ION REFERENCE IS A NEXT GENERATION ATOMIC CLOCK BASED ON MICROWAVE INTERROGATION OF YTTERBIUM 171 IONS WITH A DOUBLE VPX FORM FACTOR AND POWER CONSUMPTION OF <10 W WITH PERFORMANCE ~5X BETTER THAN THE 5071A CESIUM BEAM STANDARD.