# NASA awards Physical Optics Corporation $4M contract for optical fiber production

NASA awarded Physical Optics Corporation an SBIR Phase III award of over $4 million for the production investigation of optical fibers in zero-gravity.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-08-16
- Where: United States
- Value: $4.00M
- Status: announced
- Products: optical fibers
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [NASA](https://endata.com/companies/6403.md) (customer)
- [Physical Optics Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/41399.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [ceramics.org](https://ceramics.org/ceramic-glass-manufacturing-weekly/ceramic-and-glass-business-news-of-the-week-46/), 2019-08-16: "Physical Optics Corporation received an SBIR Phase III award of over $4M for the production investigation of optical fibers in zero-gravity."

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