Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: COLDQUANTA, INC.
Awarding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Contract Management Agency
Funding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Period of performance: 2016-09-12 to 2020-06-15
Current total value of award: $2785667
Description: ATOMIC CLOCK WITH ENHANCED STABILITY (ACES)WILL PROVIDE UNPRECEDENTED FREQUENCY AND TIMING ACCURACY ON LOW SWAP PLATFORMS.  OF PARTICULAR INTEREST ARE PORTABLE BATTERY-POWERED CLOCKS, WHICH REQUIRE MINIMAL TIME FOR CALIBRATION AFTER POWER-ON AND WHICH MAINTAIN ACCURATE TIME AND FREQUENCY OVER EXTENDED DURATION IN RELEVANT DOD OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS.  ACES TA 2 WILL ADDRESS AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO ATOMIC CLOCK INTERROGATION OR ARCHITECTURE OR NOVEL COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY RELEVANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE LOW-SWAP ACES CLOCKS.