LIS Technologies awarded Phase I SBIR
The company that has offices in Oak Ridge also announced Chairs for two of its advisory boards.
LIS Technologies Inc., which has offices in the Heritage Center in Oak Ridge, has been selected by AFWERX for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract focused on enhancing the company’s Chemical Reaction by Isotope Selective Laser Activation (CRISLA) technology.
According to the announcement, the technology is designed to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) process to accelerate the small business experience through faster proposal to award timelines, changing the pool of potential applicants by expanding opportunities to small businesses, and eliminating bureaucratic overhead by continually implementing process improvement changes in contract execution.
The DAF began offering the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018 which expanded the range of innovations the Air Force funded, and LIST will start its journey to create and provide innovative capabilities that will strengthen the national defense of the United States of America.
“This AFWERX Phase I award validates LIS Technologies’ CRISLA innovation as a critical tool for strengthening the U.S. industrial base and advancing national security through cutting-edge isotope separation technology to secure America’s Uranium supply chain,” LIS Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Christo Liebenberg.
Separately, the company, which is a proprietary developer of advanced laser technology and the only USA-origin and patented laser uranium enrichment company, also announced that it has appointed J. Gary Eden as Chair of the Advisory Board for Laser Engineering and Innovation and Neil Campbell as Chair of the Advisory Board for Laser Innovation and Modeling.
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