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Government Partners
Our relationship with our government partners provides a mechanism for preserving unique national capabilities, leveraging funds across agencies, sharing facilities to maximize resource utilization, and developing collaboration on technology programs.- NRO
(National Reconnaissance Office) - Mirror Technology - USAF
(United States Air Force) - Space-based laser optical technology - ORNL
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory) - MOA* alliance for optical technology - AMCOM
(U. S. Army Missile Command) - MOA* alliance for optical technology, MOA* for joint integrated/diffractive optics laboratory - PHILLIPS LABORATORY - MOU* for optics technology and space-based telescope technolgy development
- BMDO - (Balistic Missile Defense Organization).-Discussion of collaborative technology development for large space-based telescopes
- NIST
(National Institue of Standards and Technology) - MOU* for large optics metrology
* Memorandom Of Agreement/Memorandum Of Understanding
Intercenter Relations
- HEADQUARTERS:
- Coordinate SBIR Optics Subtopic
(Small Bussiness Inovations Research Program)
- Manage Large Aperture SBIR Focused Topic
(Small Business Innovations Research Program)
- Perform Advanced X-ray Mirror Development
- Support SOFIA
(Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy)
- Support SIRTF
(Space Infrared Telescope Facility)
- GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER:
- NGST Optical Telescope Assemply Concept Design
(Next Generation Space Telescope)
- NGST OTA Technology Definition and Development
(Next Generation Space Telescope/Optical Telescope Assembly)
- Diamond Turning of Polar Telescope Secondary
- Ion Figuring Experiment
- Foil Mirror Mandrel Development
- JET PROPULSION LABORATORY:
- Member of ORIGINS Technology Working Group