BluGlass Limited announced that it has received a US government-funded subaward contract from Yale University to assist the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop novel laser diode technology. BluGlass and Yale University will conduct paid research and development under DARPA's Lasers for Universal Microscale Optical Systems (LUMOS) initiative which seeks to combine efficient integrated optical systems and complete photonics functionality onto a single substrate. Part of the U.S. Department of Defense, DARPA pursues opportunities for transformational change rather than incremental advances. It does so collaboratively as part of a robust innovation ecosystem that includes academic, corporate, and governmental partners. To fulfill its mission, the Agency relies on diverse performers from throughout this ecosystem to apply multi-disciplinary approaches to both advance knowledge through basic research and create innovative technologies that address current and predicted practical problems through applied research. Together, Yale and BluGlass research teams are aiming to combine for the first time, these two technologies to enable high performance lasers and amplifiers with photonic integrated circuits in a single device for applications such as compact optical phased array LiDAR and neuromorphic optical computing. BluGlass' unique technology capabilities provide increased design and manufacturability options to combine nitrides and photonic integrated circuits.