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FA875026CB003: $354K definitive contract to Caelight, Inc
Caelight, Inc holds a definitive contract from Department of the Air Force with $354K obligated since Oct 2023 and $720K obligated over its life, against a ceiling of $1.0M. Latest action May 21, 2026.
Turbulence-resistant free-space optical links for optical communication and quantum networking aims to develop a novel free-space optical (fso) communication receiver that integrates pointing, acquisition, and tracking (pat) with wavefront ...
| PIID | FA875026CB003 |
|---|---|
| Type | definitive contract |
| Company | Caelight, Inc |
| Agency | Department of the Air Force |
| Contracting office | FA8750 AFRL RIK |
| Category | Research and development · Defense systems R&D |
| PSC | AC12 NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH |
| NAICS | 541715 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY) |
| Obligated since Oct 2023 | $354K |
| Total obligated (lifetime) | $720K |
| Ceiling (base and all options) | $1.0M |
| Base date | Jan 29, 2026 |
| Latest action | May 21, 2026 |
| End date | Mar 28, 2029 |
| Actions since Oct 2023 | 4 |
| Pricing | Cost plus fixed fee |
| Competition | Full and open competition |
| Place of performance | FL |
| Source | USAspending.gov record |
| Reporting lag | DoD 90 days |
Source: USAspending.gov prime award data (FPDS), DoD and DHS contracts, orders and IDVs with any action since Oct 1, 2023. Obligated FY2024+ sums the obligations on those actions; total obligated is the award's lifetime figure. DoD contract actions publish on USAspending about 90 days after signing (DFARS PGI 204.6), so the latest DoD actions here trail the calendar by about 3 months. Place of performance shows the state only.
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