The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $74,235 - Monday the 1st of October 2012
  National Park Service
  WASO WCP CONTRACTING
  PURCHASE AEROMAPPING CAMERA

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• $27,730 - Monday the 26th of March 2012
  Forest Service
  GEOSPATIAL SERVICE TECHNOLOGY CENTER
  THE PURPOSE OF THIS BILATERAL MODIFICATION IS TO ADDRESS THE CHANGES IN AIRCRAFT DUE TO TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS, REPORTING TIMEFRAMES AND ADDITIONAL PREMISSION PREPARATION ACTIVITIES, AND ASSOCIATED TRAVEL INVOLVED WITH THE MISSION ON THE GEORGE WASHINGTON/JEFFERSON NF UAS TECHNOLOGY/RX FIRE MISSION. PER ATTACHED MODIFIED LIST OF DELIVERABLES, AND PROPOSAL. BASED ON SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT BY BOTH PARTIES.

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• $124,214 - Thursday the 15th of January 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE INTEGRATED ACCELERATION, VIBRATION, AND SHOCK TESTING USING A STATE-OF-THE-ART CENTRIFUGE, ALLOWING FOR THE TEST OF SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS OF THESE COMBINED ENVIRONMENTS. BY INSTALLING A SHAKER TABLE ON THE CENTRIFUGE, THE TEST SETUP CAN PROVIDE BOTH SUSTAINED AND DYNAMIC-G LOADS AS WELL AS SIMULTANEOUS VIBRATION LOADS, IN TWO INDEPENDENT AXES. THIS METHOD WILL PROVIDE MORE REALISTIC LAUNCH ENVIRONMENTS FOR TESTING LAUNCH PAYLOADS. BY PROVIDING A MORE REALISTIC TEST ENVIRONMENT, COMBINED ENVIRONMENT TESTING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE COST, SAVE TIME, REDUCING RISK AND INCREASE PERFORMANCE. LAUNCH VIBRATION DATA FOR A TERRIOR-ORION TWO-STAGE SUBORBITAL SOUNDING ROCKET WAS USED AS A BASIS FOR ANALYSIS. THE DATA PRESENTS A TYPICAL LAUNCH LOAD ENVIRONMENT IN THAT TWO MAIN LOADS EXIST: 1) SUSTAINED-G LOAD FROM ACCELERATION OF THE ROCKET, AND 2) RANDOM VIBRATION AND SHOCK LOADS. THE CURRENT FIXED-TABLE VIBRATION TEST DEVICES ARE INCAPABLE OF SIMULATING BOTH OF THESE LOADS AT THE SAME TIME. ACCORDINGLY, THE CURRENT TEST METHODOLOGIES TYPICALLY OVERSTRESS THE PAYLOAD TO ENSURE THAT THE SYSTEM SURVIVES THE LAUNCH LOADS. BY ENABLING THE PROPOSED CAPABILITY TO TEST PAYLOADS BY SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLYING SUSTAINED-G AND VIBRATION LOADS, WE CAN MORE CLOSELY SIMULATE THE ACTUAL LAUNCH CONDITIONS, RESULTING IN RISK, SCHEDULE AND COST REDUCTION.

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