Q-PEAK, INCORPORATED

Bedford, MA · Aerospace · Acquired by Physical Sciences Inc. (2001)

Ultra-high vacuum (UHV) chamber for atom interferometers using 3D-printed aluminum alloy (AlSi10Mg) housing

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Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: Bedford, MA
Total capital: $34.8M

Federal grants: $3.8M; 13 awards · 2015–2022; Rank in peer group#105 of 155
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $31M; 72 awards · Defense, NASA; Rank in Aerospace#113 of 1335
Granted patents: 1; first 2015; Rank in peer group#60 of 155

Capital timeline

Latest events

Aug 2022Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Low SWaP UHV chamber for atom interferometer$750K
May 2021Federal contractNASA · Low Swap Uhv Chamber For Atom Interferometer$125K
Jul 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Kilowatt Class Side-pumped Thulium Fiber Amplifier$140K
Jun 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Low Noise Microchip Lasers for Photonic Applications$140K
Jan 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Fiber-integrated 780-nm multi-band laser system for atom interferometry$140K
Dec 2019Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1.6M
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$757K

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Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$498K
Aug 2019Federal contractNASA · High Power Sm Fiber Connectors$125K
Aug 2019Federal contractNASA · Deep Uv Laser For Lunar Exploration$125K
Jul 2019Federal contractDefense · Progress Report$140K
Jul 2019Federal contractNASA · In Response To NASA S Need For Light-weight And Power Efficient Instruments That Enable In Situ Compositional Analysis, Q-peak In Partnership With The Uoh Has Developed A Compact, Robust, And Efficient Instrument To Combine All Laser Base.$755K
Apr 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Mid-wave infrared polarization-maintaining single mode fiber$140K
Nov 2018Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase I Research&development: Multi-function High Power Isolator$105K
Nov 2018Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf$992K
May 2018Federal contractDefense · Igf:ot:igf SBIR Ph I Progress Report$225K
May 2018Federal contractNASA · To Advance The In-situ Instrument Technologies And Components Focused On The Detection Of Evidence Of Life, Q-peak Proposes To Develop A Uv Laser With Very Low Size-weightand- Power That Can Be Used For Laser-desorption-mass-spectroscopy (ldms) To Detect Bio-signatures. A Miniature Ldms, Has Been Developed For The Mars-organic-molecule-analyzer (moma) Instrument At Nasa-gsfc For The Exomars Mission, Expected To Launch In 2020. The Moma Instrument Has A Uv Laser That Is At Least Three Times Bigge$755K
Apr 2018Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf$225K
Oct 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Small Business Innovative Research Phase I Contract For Proposal Title: Advanced Laser Architecture For Variable Til Applications.$100K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$225K
Jul 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf: Services For R&d SBIR Program, Needed To Develop And Demonstrate A Monolithic, Alignment Free, Optical Fiber Based System To Convert Ultrashort Pulses To The Mid-wave Infrared Region Of The Spectrum.$100K
Jun 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf In Response To The Development Of Components To Advance The Maturity Of Science Instruments Focused On The Detection Of Evidence Of Life In The Ocean Worlds, Q-peak Proposes To Develop A Compact, Robust, Efficient, And Radiation Hardened Uv Laser Capable Of Detecting Organic Molecules By Means Of The Laser Desorption Technique. When Slightly Modified, The Laser Can Be Used To Advance The Development Of Instruments Suitable For Deployment On In-situ Planetary And Lunar Missions Such$125K
Apr 2017Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Ultra Compact Laser for 3D Imaging LIDAR$750K
Apr 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf In Response To Nasa's Solicitation For Light-weight, Power-efficient And Radiation-hardened Instruments That Enable Robotic Exploration Of The Solar System, Especially Europa, Q Peak In Partnership With Sigma Space Proposes To Develop A Compact And Robust LIDAR Instrument To Assist In The Landing/sampling Site Selection Process. Q-peak's Low Swap And Higher Energy Laser Will Extend The Dynamic Range Of Sigma Space's LIDAR Instrument TO>10 Km. For NASA Jpl, Sigma Space Completed A D$755K
Nov 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High power mid-IR fiber combiner$995K
Oct 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · All-fiber Ultrafast Quantum Optical Switches$100K
Sep 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf In Response To Nasa's Solicitation For Light-weight And Power Efficient Instruments That Enable In Situ Compositional Analysis, Q-peak In Partnership With The University Of Hawaii Proposes To Develop A Compact, Robust, And Efficient Instrument To Combine All Laser Based Spectroscopies Capable Of Performing Imaging, Raman, Laser Induced Breakdown, Laser Induced Fluorescence And LIDAR The Main Advantage In Using This Suite Of Instruments Is The Collection Of Information From Imaging $721K
Jun 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Missions To Solar System Bodies Must Meet Increasingly Ambitious Objectives Requiring Highly Reliable Capabilities In Ranging And Mapping For Soft And Precision Landing To Avoid Hazardous Sites. A Compact And Light Weight LIDAR Instrument Is Needed For Topography Mapping, Position Sensing, Laser Altimetry, And Autonomous Rendezvous Of Satellites. Missions To Small Bodies Such As Asteroids, Comets, And Moons Require Precision Rendezvous And Accurate Identification Of Landing Or Samp$125K
Feb 2016Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · High power, high repetition rate, 700 – 850 nm pulsed laser$150K
Aug 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High power mid-IR fiber combiner$100K
Aug 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Award Of SBIR Phase I To Irflex.$149K
Jun 2015Federal grantNASA · Phase I · High Average Power Fiber Laser for Satellite Communications$125K
Jun 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf In Response To Nasa's Solicitation For Light-weight And Power Efficient Instruments That Enable In Situ Compositional Analysis, Q-peak In Partnership With The University Of Hawaii Proposes To Develop A Compact, Robust, And Efficient Instrument To Combine All Laser Based Spectroscopies Capable Of Performing Imaging, Raman, Laser Induced Breakdown, Laser Induced Fluorescence And LIDAR The Main Advantage In Using This Suite Of Instruments Is The Collection Of Information From Imaging T$125K
Jun 2015Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Ultrafast Infrared Laser System at High Peak and Average Power with a Unique High Power Combiner at 2 &amp;#181;m$150K
Feb 2015Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · 100 W green laser$150K
Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Phase I Second Monthly Technical Report$150K
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · DOD 2013.1 SBIR Solicitation - Topic Number: N131-074$1.5M
May 2014Federal contractDefense · N141-008$80K
May 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf High-power, Mid-infrared Isolators SBIR I$150K
Jan 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Small Technology Transfer Research (STTR) Phase I - Entitled "novel Extended Zone High Wdm Couplers"$150K
Nov 2013Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Topic N132-106 "high-power, 3 Micron Fiber Based Laser System"$80K
Aug 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Coherent Imaging Laser Source$150K
Jul 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Evolution Of The National Airspace System Via The Next Generation Air Transportation System Program Depends On Enabling New Operational Concepts To Increase Efficiency. Decreasing The Spacing Between Aircraft On Takeoff And Landing Would Increase The Throughput Of Airports. On-board Sensing Capability For Wake Vortices Could Allow Aircraft To Operate With Reduced Spacings. Wake Vortices Can Be Detected By A LIDAR Located On The Aircraft, But Such A System Needs To Be Small, Ligh$699K
Jul 2013Federal contractDefense · DOD STTR 13.A$80K
May 2013Federal contractDefense · Multi-spectral, Short-pulse, High-pulse-energy Laser Transmitter$150K
Mar 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::cl::igf, Novel Fiber Laser Architecture For Multi-spectral Generation$4M
Aug 2012Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase II Research&dev. Igf::ot::igf$1.0M
Jul 2012Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$498K
Apr 2012Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Function - For Lightweight And Power-efficient Instruments That Enable Elemental And/or Mineralogy Analysis, Q-peak Proposes To Develop A Compact, Robust, And Efficient Instrument Capable Of Performing Imaging Spectroscopy, Laser-raman Spectroscopy (lrs) And Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (libs). The Main Advantage In Using These Techniques For Planetary Science Is The Ability To Rapidly Collect A Wealth Of Chemical Information, By Simply Directing A Laser Beam On Remote$750K
Apr 2012Federal contractDefense · Multiband Source For Ircm SBIR Phase II$746K
Feb 2012Federal contractDefense · (STTR Phase I) - Development Of Quantitative Flow Diagnostics At Acquisition Rates Exceeing 50 Khz$100K
Feb 2012Federal contractNASA · NASA Has Been Tasked With Supporting The Development Of Key Technologies To Facilitate The Evolution Of The National Airspace System To Nextgen, The Next Generation Air Transportation System. One Of These Key Technologies Is The Detection Of In-flight Hazards, Such As Wake Vortices Generated By Other Aircraft, Wind-shear, Clear-air Turbulence (cat), And Volcanic Ash. All Of These Hazards Can Be Detected By A Laser RADAR (LIDAR) Located On The Aircraft, But Such A System Needs To Be Light, Small,$125K
Aug 2011Federal contractDefense · Second Progress Report$100K
Jul 2011Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research&development$150K
Jun 2011Federal contractNASA · The Primary Objective Of The Proposed Phase II Effort Is To Develop And Deliver A Ruggedized, Single-frequency, Mj-level, 2050-NM Master Oscillator Power Amplifier System Suitable For Coherent LIDAR Applications. The Laser System Is Based On A Low-average Power, Pulsed, Single-frequency, 2-UM Ho-laser Source. Pulsed Operation Of The Ho-oscillator Is Achieved Via Passive Q-switching Using Robust CR2+-DOPED Saturable Absorbers. Development Of Such Pulsed Seed Sources Enables The Design Of Compact,$600K
Mar 2011Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$150K
Mar 2011Federal contractDefense · E-band Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier With Innovative Carbon Nanotube Cathode$100K
Feb 2011Federal contractNASA · Q-peak Proposes To Develop A Compact, High-repetition Rate, Dual-line Uv Source Based On The Combination Of An Innovative, Efficient, High-energy, Single-frequency, 1047-NM Nd:ylf Laser And Efficient, Robust Nonlinear Optical Frequency Converters. The Pulse-pumped, Repetitively Q-switched, Nd:ylf Master Oscillator Power Amplifier System Will Produce Single-frequency Laser Pulses With Greater Than 50 Mj Of Energy Per Pulse In A Nearly Diffraction-limited Beam At A 1-KHZ Repetition Rate. Conversio$100K
Feb 2011Federal contractNASA · In Response To Nasa's Solicitation For Light-weight And Power Efficient Instruments That Enable Elemental And/or Mineralogy Analysis, Q-peak, Together With Firestar Technology And The Colorado School Of Mines, Proposes To Develop A Compact, Robust And Efficient, Instrument Capable Of Performing, Laser-raman Spectroscopy And Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (libs). The Main Advantages In Using These Techniques For Planetary Science Is The Ability To Rapidly Collect A Wealth Of Chemical Inform$100K
Nov 2010Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase II Award$750K
Aug 2010Federal contractDefense · "(STTR Phase 2) Mid-infrared Precision Frequency Combs"$750K
Apr 2010Federal contractDefense · Multiband Source For Ircm$97K
Feb 2010Federal contractDefense · Basic$748K
Feb 2010Federal contractDefense · The Contractor Shall Provide Research For High Power Pump Coupler$750K
Jan 2010Federal contractNASA · The Primary Objective Of The Proposed Phase I Effort Is To Develop And Demonstrate A Low-average Power, Pulsed, Single-frequency, 2-UM Ho-laser Source For Application As A Front End In Coherent LIDAR Systems. Development Of Such Pulsed Seed Sources Is Critical For The Design Of Compact, Rugged, Reliable And Efficient LIDAR Transmitters Based On All-amplifier Architecture. Pulsed Operation Of The Ho-oscillator Is Achieved Via Passive Q-switching Using Robust CR2+-DOPED Saturable Absorbers. Such S$100K
Aug 2009Federal contractDefense · (STTR Phase 1) Mid-infrared Precision Frequency Combs$100K
Jul 2009Federal contractDefense · Army SBIR Phase II Option$730K
Apr 2009Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Ph I$99K
Mar 2009Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Topic N091-015 High Power Pump Couplers For High Energy Fiber Lasers$150K
Feb 2009Federal contractDefense · Multi-kw, Efficient, Tm-doped Fiber Laser$634K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · Low-cost LIDAR For Wake Vortex Detection NASA Has Been Tasked With Supporting The Development Of Key Technologies To Facilitate The Evolution Of The National Airspace System To Nextgen, The Next Generation Air Transportation System. One Of These Key Technologies Is The Detection Of Wake Vortices Generated By Other Aircraft. This Is Of Particular Concern During Take-off And Landing, Both Because The Danger Is Particularly Acute, And Because Of The Large Economic Impact Of Having To Widely Space $100K
Jan 2009Federal contractDefense · Tm-fiber-based Solid State Active Sensor$100K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · Efficient 3-D Ladar Source In The Phase I Program We Demonstrated The Efficacy Of The Proposed Innovation By Experimentally Demonstrating An Improvement In Slope Efficiency Of ~11% By Changing The Pump Wavelength From 806-NM To The 863-NM, Which Directly Pumps The Upper Laser Level Of The 1047-NM Laser Transition In Nd:ylf. This Level Of Improvement In Efficiency Is Significant For Space-based Systems Where Overall Efficiency Is Of Great Value. In Addition To The Optical-to-optical Efficiency Im$600K
Dec 2008Federal contractNASA · Efficient Tm-fiber-pumped Ho:ylf Laser System For Coherent LIDAR Applications Technical Abstract: The Primary Objective Of The Proposed Phase II Program Is To Develop And Deliver A Ruggedized, Compact Single-frequency 2050-NM-LASER System Suitable For Coherent LIDAR Applications. Such A System Uses The Latest Tm:silica Heavily-doped Fiber Technology To Provide As Much As 3X Efficiency Improvement Over Existing Systems. An All-amplifier Technology Provides Flexibility And Stability In The Genera$600K
Oct 2008Federal contractDefense · (STTR Phase 1 FY08) Ultrashort Pulse Manufacturing Technology$100K
Sep 2008Federal contractDefense · First Status Report$100K
Apr 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR II Contract$747K
Mar 2008Federal contractDefense · First Status Report$70K
Feb 2008Federal contractDefense · Gpu-based Robust Pose Estimation (grpe).$626K
Feb 2008Federal contractNASA · Autonomous Precision Landing And Hazard Detection And Avoidance$100K
Jan 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II - Undersea Communications$746K
Jan 2008Federal contractNASA · Efficient Tm-fiber-pumped Ho:ylf Laser System For Coherent LIDAR Applications$100K
Dec 2007Federal contractDefense · Army SBIR Phase I-basic Effort$96K
Nov 2007Federal contractDefense · Wm-bd SBIR Phase II, Topic #:A062-062$730K
May 2006Federal contractDefense · 200608!427898!1700!N68936!NAVAL Air Warfare Center !N6893606C0028 !a!n! !n! ! !20060526!20090501!061931676!061931676!073800062!N!Q-PEAK, Inc !135 South Road !bedford !MA!01730!04615!017!25!BEDFORD !middlesex !mass !+000000150000!N!N!000001003805!AC62!RDTE/ELECTRONICS & Communication Eq-applied Resea !A5 !weapons !000 !not Discernable !334511!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$638K

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Granted patents#60 · top 39%

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USPTO · 1 granted of 1

Oct 20, 2015GrantedFiber Laser System And MethodUSPTOUS 9,166,357

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Regulatory activity · Aerospace

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06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
01 Jul 2026Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
18 Jun 2026Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration

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