Small Business Innovation Research · Small Business Technology Transfer
Fibertek, Inc.: SBIR & STTR awards
175 awards worth $70.65M to 1 companies since 1986 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Fibertek, Inc.'s federal contracts and grants · All SBIR & STTR awards
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | $2.00M |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | $4.80M |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | $1.90M |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 | $2.20M |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 | $4.42M |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | $6.23M |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | $3.57M |
| 2018 | 6 | 4 | $4.52M |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 | $2.38M |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | $1.30M |
| 2015 | 5 | 7 | $6.67M |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 | $3.94M |
The latest year fills in over months: agencies report awards to SBIR.gov with a lag.
By agency
- Department of Defense 90 awards · $34.91M
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration 80 awards · $34.82M
- Department of Energy 4 awards · $823.0K
- National Science Foundation 1 awards · $100.0K
Latest matching awards
| Award | Company | Agency | Phase | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compact Lidar Spectrometer for Mars, Lunar Science and ISRU Prospecting · topic S13 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $849.4K | 2025-09-30 |
| Space-Capable Laser for Mars/Lunar ISAM Robotic Vacuum Welding · topic Z-ENABLE | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $149.9K | 2025-09-19 |
| Space/Aircraft Blue Laser for Underwater Ocean Science, Sensing, and Communications · topic S11 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $149.9K | 2025-09-12 |
| Optical Wireless Technology for Lunar to Mars · topic Z1 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $849.6K | 2025-08-15 |
| Multilayer Vertically Integrated Cavity-less Comb Source · topic AF23C-T002 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Air Force | STTR Phase I | $199.7K | 2024-08-12 |
| Optical Wireless Technology for Lunar to Mars · topic Z1 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2024-07-31 |
| Compact Lidar Spectrometer for Lunar Science and ISRU · topic S13 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $149.6K | 2024-07-31 |
| Lunar Lidar Technology for Artemis Human Habitation · topic S13 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $898.9K | 2024-06-20 |
| Compact Geiger Mode 3D LIDAR and Range Finder · topic AF233-0010 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $179.8K | 2024-06-10 |
| Long Range OISL Modem · topic SDA24-P001 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Space Development Agency | SBIR Phase II | $1.25M | 2024-06-07 |
| Space WDM All-Optical Backbone · topic HQ085021S0001-01 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Space Development Agency | SBIR Phase II | $1.97M | 2024-03-08 |
| Lunar Lidar Technology for Artemis Human Habitation · topic S13 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2023-07-27 |
| Adapting 100G Optical Comm to Unique NASA Small Satellite DSM Applications · topic Z8 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $899.8K | 2023-06-06 |
| Efficient ErYAG Amplifier for Water Vapor DIAL · topic S11 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $849.8K | 2023-06-06 |
| Space WDM All-Optical Backbone · topic HQ085021S0001-01 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Space Development Agency | SBIR Phase I | $259.6K | 2022-09-23 |
| Agile Waveform, Spectrally Optimized Midwave Laser · topic N221-041 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $140.0K | 2022-08-08 |
| Adapting 100G Optical Comm to Unique NASA Small Satellite DSM Applications · topic Z8 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $149.9K | 2022-07-20 |
| ErYAG Energy Scaling for Water Vapor DIAL · topic S11 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $149.5K | 2022-07-20 |
| Extremely Low Cost Lidar Sensor for Small Spacecraft · topic AF182-115 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $749.3K | 2022-01-07 |
| Compact High Channel Count High Speed Digitizing, Processing, and Storage System for (SAL) and (SAR) · topic AF182-108 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $748.3K | 2021-11-18 |
| Tunable wideband optical phase to amplitude conversion in a monolithically assembled network · topic N21B-T019 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase I | $139.4K | 2021-09-13 |
| Space-Based Lidar for Situational Awareness · topic AF182-115 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | SBIR Phase II | $1.50M | 2021-08-23 |
| High Power (50W), 1.5um WDM Fiber Laser Transmitter with Effective FWM Mitigation · topic H9 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $749.9K | 2021-08-23 |
| Compact, Efficient, High Power Direct-to-Green Laser Source · topic N211-063 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase I | $140.0K | 2021-07-30 |
| Chaotic resonators for low-SWaP integrated compressive sensing systems · topic N21A-T004 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Navy | STTR Phase I | $140.0K | 2021-04-12 |
| Ultra-Compact Laser for Airborne Lidar · topic NASA-S1.01 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Navy | SBIR Phase II | $1.70M | 2021-04-09 |
| High PRF Tracking Illuminator Laser · topic AF203-CSO1 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $49.7K | 2021-02-05 |
| Lunar Network Optical Terminals (LNOT) · topic Z20 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $4.99M | 2020-09-11 |
| High Power (50W), 1.5um WDM Fiber Laser Transmitter with Effective FWM Mitigation · topic H9 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $124.8K | 2020-08-27 |
| Quantum Sciences Components for Space Applications · topic A20-085 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Army | SBIR Phase I | $111.3K | 2020-06-26 |
| A Versatile low-SWaP Phase Modulation Unit for High Energy Laser System Optimization · topic MDA18-013 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency | SBIR Phase II | $998.7K | 2020-04-10 |
| Ultra-Compact Laser for Space-Based Cloud & Aerosol LIDAR · topic S1 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $121.9K | 2019-08-19 |
| Technologies Enabling Distributed Spacecraft Missions (DSM) · topic Z8 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $749.8K | 2019-08-13 |
| Planetary Landing Lidar · topic Z7 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $746.0K | 2019-08-12 |
| Optical Communications System for Multi-Orbital Regimes · topic Non-DOD | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase II | $1.50M | 2019-03-14 |
| Compact High Channel Count High Speed Digitizing, Processing, and Storage System for Synthetic Aperture Ladar (SAL) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) · topic AF182-108 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $149.9K | 2019-02-06 |
| Extremely Low Cost Sensor for Small Spacecraft · topic AF182-115 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $150.0K | 2019-01-28 |
| A Versatile low-SWaP Phase Modulation Unit for High Energy Laser System Optimization · topic MDA18-013 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency | SBIR Phase I | $148.6K | 2018-11-28 |
| Next Gen Optical Modem for SmallSat High Data Rate Optical Communications · topic AF182-066 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Defense · Air Force | SBIR Phase I | $149.6K | 2018-12-20 |
| Technologies Enabling Distributed Spacecraft Missions (DSM) · topic Z8 | Fibertek, Inc. · Virginia | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase I | $125.0K | 2018-07-30 |
Source: SBIR.gov award data (SBA) ↗, awards through 2026-08-28. Amounts are as agencies report them to SBA. SBIR/STTR contracts also appear in USAspending as ordinary awards; grants (NIH, NSF, DOE) appear as assistance. Open topics are posted by each agency; see Opportunities for contract notices.