CRITICAL FREQUENCY DESIGN LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PHASE II SEQUENTIAL, TOPIC A21-107, CHIP-SCALE O
CRITICAL FREQUENCY DESIGN LLC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Defense funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- At $1,899,216, this is a large obligation for typical SBIR Phase sizing — worth reviewing for scope breadth and teaming opportunity.
- Tagged technology areas: Communications/Networking, Microelectronics. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
Summary
Critical Frequency Design LLC received over $1.8 million from the Army to develop small, chip-scale optical receivers that improve communications. This builds on their earlier work in the same area.
- Amount
- $1,899,216
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Department of the Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- NAICS
- 541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
- Place of performance
- FL
- Period
- 2025-07-21 → 2027-01-21
Technology domains
Description
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PHASE II SEQUENTIAL, TOPIC A21-107, CHIP-SCALE OPTICAL RECEIVERS FOR COMMUNICATIONS. THIS CONTINUES THE EFFORTS CONDUCTED UNDER PREVIOUSLY ISSUED PHASE II SBIR CONTRACT: W56KGU-23-C-0020.