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IGF::OT::IGF NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD - ADVANCED TUNABLE SEED LASER EFFORT TO BE CONDUCTED UNDER THIS CONTRACT:  THE GOAL OF THIS EFFORT IS TO ACHIEVE A LOW COST, SIZE, WEIGHT AND POWER SEED DIODE LASER THAT WILL TIP THE SCALES FOR MARKET PENETRATION OF METHANE DETECTION SYSTEMS IN COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS. THIS LASER REPRESENTS A TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT IN THE SEED LASER TECHNOLOGY AND WILL ENABLE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ROBUST AND COMPACT IMPLEMENTATIONS OF A LIDAR TRANSMITTERS FOR A METHANE INSTRUMENT, NEEDED FOR HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION, ACCURACY AND PRECISION MEASUREMENTS FROM ORBIT OR FROM UAV PLATFORMS.  THE SAME TECHNOLOGY HAS SEVERAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS SUCH AS PIPELINE LEAK DETECTION AND METHANE STORAGE FACILITIES MONITORING.  THIS EFFORT IS THE RESULT OF A PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY FREEDOM PHOTONICS FOR AWARD UNDER THE NASA HEADQUARTERS SPACE TECHNOLOGY MIS