DOE SBIR Award: Nielson Scientific
source confidence: High status: Useful updated 2026-08-11
Summary
The federal SBIR award record documents Nielson Scientific's 2024 Phase II DOE award for scalable high-density superconducting flex cables and circuits.
Useful Claims
- The record identifies Nielson Scientific LLC in Lehi, Utah, with UEI
MVTBKVUKLCZ3. - DOE awarded $1,150,000 for a 2024 Phase II project, contract
DE-SC0023907. - The project develops a scalable nano-ablation manufacturing approach for high-density superconducting flex cables for quantum computing, communications, and sensing applications.
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