Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: AOSENSE, INC.
Awarding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Contract Management Agency
Funding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Period of performance: 2011-04-25 to 2017-06-30
Current total value of award: $6491141
Description: QUANTUM ASSISTED SENSING AND READOUT (QUASAR) PROGRAM.  THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ANALYZE, DESIGN, BUILD AND DEMONSTRATE A COMPLETELY NEW TYPE OF OPTICAL ATOMIC FREQUENCY STANDARD BASED ON A LASER COOLED SLOW ATOMIC BEAM OF ALKALINE-EARTH ATOMS.