N0001424C1130↗

Name: N0001424C1130: Under the 42-Month Miniature Ultra-Stable Iodine Clock Program, Vector Atomic Will Develop and Demonstrate a Liter Scale Optical Clock. Music'S Simplified Optical Clock Architecture Supports Aggressive Miniaturization, Low-Cost Manufacturing and
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UNDER THE 42-MONTH MINIATURE ULTRA-STABLE IODINE CLOCK PROGRAM, VECTOR ATOMIC WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A LITER SCALE OPTICAL CLOCK. MUSIC'S SIMPLIFIED OPTICAL CLOCK ARCHITECTURE SUPPORTS AGGRESSIVE MINIATURIZATION, LOW-COST MANUFACTURING AND

Definitive Contract · Department of the Navy · to Vector Atomic Inc (UEI XKE2WAAMTLQ9) · data as of 2026-10-20

Obligated to date$10.34M6 actions

Current value$16.00Mwith options exercised

Period2024-08-28 → 2028-02-28current end date

Up for re-bid: ends 2028-02-28. Recompete brief → · ManTech special Broad Agency Announcement (sBAA): Accelerating Maritime Modernization: Innovation in Naval Manufacturing, Sustainment, and Industrial Base Capability ↗

What it is

Product or service: National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Experimental Development (PSC AC13)
Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (NAICS 541715)
Contracting office: Office of Naval Research (N00014)
Competition: Full and open competition · 999 offers received
Pricing: Cost plus fixed fee
How it was bought: Standalone contract
Solicitation: N0001424SB001
Where the work is: Alameda, CA · district CA-14

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2024$2.89M

FY2025$1.95M

FY2026$5.50M

SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.

Subcontractors: where the money went next

No subawards reported for this award. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; many awards have none.

Every action

6 actions since 2024-08-28. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

Date	Modification	Kind	Amount	What the agency wrote
2026-06-16	P00005	Funding only	$4.00M	VECTOR ATOMIC WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A LITER SCALE OPTICAL CLOCK. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROGRAM, 10 CLOCKS WILL BE EVALUATED AGAINST THE BAA METRICS AND DELIVERED TO A GOVERNMENT LAB FOR INDEPENDENT TESTING.
2026-01-30	P00004	Funding only	$1.00M	VECTOR ATOMIC WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A LITER SCALE OPTICAL CLOCK. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROGRAM, 10 CLOCKS WILL BE EVALUATED AGAINST THE BAA METRICS AND DELIVERED TO A GOVERNMENT LAB FOR INDEPENDENT TESTING.
2025-11-24	P00003	Funding only	$500.0K	VECTOR ATOMIC WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A LITER SCALE OPTICAL CLOCK. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROGRAM, 10 CLOCKS WILL BE EVALUATED AGAINST THE BAA METRICS AND DELIVERED TO A GOVERNMENT LAB FOR INDEPENDENT TESTING.
2025-09-15	P00002	Funding only	$750.0K	VECTOR ATOMIC WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A LITER SCALE OPTICAL CLOCK. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROGRAM, 10 CLOCKS WILL BE EVALUATED AGAINST THE BAA METRICS AND DELIVERED TO A GOVERNMENT LAB FOR INDEPENDENT TESTING.
2025-04-03	P00001	Funding only	$1.20M	UNDER THE 42-MONTH MINIATURE ULTRA-STABLE IODINE CLOCK (MUSIC) PROGRAM, VECTOR ATOMIC WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A LITER SCALE OPTICAL CLOCK.
2024-08-28	0		$2.89M	UNDER THE 42-MONTH MINIATURE ULTRA-STABLE IODINE CLOCK PROGRAM, VECTOR ATOMIC WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A LITER SCALE OPTICAL CLOCK. MUSIC'S SIMPLIFIED OPTICAL CLOCK ARCHITECTURE SUPPORTS AGGRESSIVE MINIATURIZATION, LOW-COST MANUFACTURING AND

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-10-20). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗

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