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Brandywine Photonics

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Brandywine Photonics is a company that specializes in developing low-cost, small electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) satellite payloads for various applications, including weather, climate, defense, commercial remote sensing, and scientific research. They leverage advanced technologies in multi/hyperspectral imaging, providing Earth intelligence across the spectrum from UV to the far-infrared. Brandywine Photonics' featured clients include NASA, NOAA, Naval Research Laboratory, and USAF Research Lab. Their expertise covers the full spectral range from UV to Very Longwave Infrared, in the fields of custom FPA development, reflective and refractive optical design, optical system engineering, test software, space electronics, and aerospace systems integration.

commercialFounded 1999
West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
brandywinephotonics.com
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Brandywine Photonics won an Air Force Small Business Innovation Research contract in 2018 to develop a theater weather imaging and cloud characterization sensor.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 17, 2022Space Force signals demand for commercial weather data, but will the industry deliver?

Additional companies that received NOAA contracts in 2020 included Atmospheric Sciences and Technology Corp., BAE Systems, and Brandywine Photonics.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jul 7, 2021NOAA to take first step toward a small satellite constellation

Brandywine Photonics won an Air Force small business research contract to design a compact hyperspectral infrared sounding small satellite sensor to measure water vapor and temperature profiles.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.3Feb 24, 2021DoD focus on climate could shape future investments in weather satellites

The Air Force awarded Brandywine Photonics a $1,500,000 SBIR contract in 2018 for a two-year effort to develop the Theater Weather Imaging and Cloud Characterization Sensor (TWICCS).

RelationshipsPlanFinancialValue 5.0Sep 14, 2020Brandywine Photonics conducts design study of constellation of hundreds of small weather satellites

In 2019 the Air Force awarded Brandywine Photonics an additional $3,000,000 to expand TWICCS to meet government requirements for image resolution and revisit rates.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityPlanValue 4.5Sep 14, 2020Brandywine Photonics conducts design study of constellation of hundreds of small weather satellites

Brandywine Photonics is developing weather instruments and proposing constellation architectures under NOAA Small Business Innovation Research awards.

PlanCapabilityLegalValue 4.0Sep 14, 2020Brandywine Photonics conducts design study of constellation of hundreds of small weather satellites

Brandywine Photonics is developing weather instruments and proposing constellation architectures under Air Force Small Business Innovation Research awards.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 14, 2020Brandywine Photonics conducts design study of constellation of hundreds of small weather satellites

Under a 2018 NOAA SBIR, Brandywine Photonics began developing the Doppler Wind Temperature Sounder to measure wind and temperature at altitudes from 20 to 200 km.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.6Sep 14, 2020Brandywine Photonics conducts design study of constellation of hundreds of small weather satellites

Under a 2019 Air Force phase two SBIR contract worth nearly $750,000, Brandywine Photonics is developing the Compact Hyperspectral Infrared Sounding Instrument to measure atmospheric temperature and moisture and to monitor winds in three dimensions.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityPlanValue 4.3Sep 14, 2020Brandywine Photonics conducts design study of constellation of hundreds of small weather satellites

NOAA awarded Brandywine Photonics a six-month, $60,000 study contract scheduled to be completed in October to evaluate satellites, sensors, and orbits for MetNet.

RelationshipsPlanFinancialCapabilityValue 4.5Sep 14, 2020Brandywine Photonics conducts design study of constellation of hundreds of small weather satellites

NOAA awarded $60,000 to Brandywine Photonics for a study contract.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.5Apr 9, 2020NOAA awards first contracts for future satellite constellation
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