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.

Informational capture context from public federal data — not legal or bid advice.

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

Communications/Networking Microelectronics

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.

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