Toptica 440nm laser for quantum optics
Navy and Marine Corps · NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N00173-27-Q-1301397807 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
Who won similar work
17 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Navy and Marine Corps), same product/service code (PSC) 6650.
Single-winner award sizes (17): middle half $347K to $1.8M, median $750K; range $55K to $62.5M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTIKOS, LLC | 2 | $2.3M | Sep 23, 2026 |
| HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION · $RTX · $93.5B | 2 | $2.3M | Feb 13, 2026 |
| WAYGATE TECHNOLOGIES USA LP | 2 | $469K | Dec 17, 2025 |
| BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. | 1 | $62.5M | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Quality Vision International Inc. | 1 | $12.5M | May 21, 2025 |
| KITCO FIBER OPTICS INC | 1 | $2.4M | Jun 7, 2025 |
| IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION · $IPGP · $1.1B | 1 | $1.9M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| OXFORD INSTRUMENTS AMERICA, INC. | 1 | $1.3M | Jun 20, 2025 |
| ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. | 1 | $1.1M | May 1, 2025 |
| HITACHI HIGH-TECH AMERICA, INC. | 1 | $360K | Jun 4, 2026 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $RTX reported $93.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 17 past awards, $750K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $IPGP reported $1.1B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 17 past awards, $750K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 14, 2026PRATT AND WHITNEY Bloomfield CT USA$272KNAVAIR METCAL LABMASTER UNIVERSALNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2026IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION$1.9MIPG Photonics Corporation (IPG) High Power Continuous Wave LasersMateriality: 0.18% of $IPGP revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 23, 2026OPTIKOS, LLC$1.8MSOLE SOURCE � OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLIESNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 4, 2026HITACHI HIGH-TECH AMERICA, INC.$360KField Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) SystemNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 13, 2026HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION$1.5M66--ANALYZER,MODULE, IN REPAIR/MODIFICATION OFMateriality: <0.01% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Dec 17, 2025WAYGATE TECHNOLOGIES USA LP$75KDefect Measurement Video Borescope 4mmNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 1, 2025BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.$62.5ME-2D Advanced Hawkeye Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Operational Test Program Sets (OTPS)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 16, 2025HEXAGON MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE, INC.$347KLeica AT960 Absolute Tracker Package with T-Probe & Leica TM6100A Theodolite PackageNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 15, 2025HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION$750K66--ANALYZER,MODULE, IN REPAIR/MODIFICATION OFMateriality: <0.01% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Jul 10, 20253M COMPANY$55K25-SIMACQ-C70-0004 Target CoversNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- $386K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 8 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.