The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $75,000 - Wednesday the 15th of August 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-RSA
  INCREMENTAL FUNDING OF CLIN 0001AB AND CREATION OF CLIN 0001AC FOR THE REMAINDER OF FUNDING FOR A OSD SBIR PH II EFFORT ENTITLED "MULTI-LAYER INFRARED SENSOR AND FOCAL PLANE ARRAY (FPA) PROTECTION"

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• $374,400 - Tuesday the 15th of May 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-APG
  PHASE II SBIR - LWIR FOCAL PLANE ARRAY MODIFICATION TO FULLY FUND THE CONTRACT

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• $366,823 - Monday the 14th of May 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-RSA
  OSD SBIR PHASE II

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• $150,000 - Wednesday the 9th of May 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  SIBR 1 - POROSITY FREE MOLDED SURFACES FOR OOA COMPOSITES

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• $124,982 - Wednesday the 24th of April 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  MIDDLE-WAVE INFRARED (MWIR, 3-5 ??M) PHOTODETECTORS ARE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE IN NUMEROUS NASA APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING THERMAL REMOTE SENSING FOR CARBON-BASED TRACE GASES (CH4, CO2, AND CO), HEAT CAPACITY MAPPING FOR EARTH RESOURCE LOCATING, ENVIRONMENT AND ATMOSPHERE MONITORING, AND IR SPECTROSCOPY. HOWEVER, EXISTING MWIR PHOTODETECTORS ARE REQUIRE A LOW OPERATING TEMPERATURE, BELOW 77K TO ACHIEVE HIGH PHOTODETECTIVITY (D*). THE REQUIREMENT FOR CRYOGENIC COOLING SYSTEMS ADDS COST, WEIGHT AND RELIABILITY ISSUES, THEREBY MAKING IT UNSUITABLE FOR SMALL SATELLITE APPLICATIONS. THIS STTR PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP A NEW PHOTONIC ANTENNA COUPLED MWIR PHOTODETECTOR WITH A SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED QUANTUM EFFICIENCY. IN ADDITION, THE ANTENNA TECHNOLOGY WOULD ALSO ALLOW A LARGE-AREA SIGNAL COLLECTION WITH A SMALL ACTIVE AREA OF THE DETECTOR. SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPING THE PROPOSED INNOVATION IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE AN ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR ULTRA-COMPACT HIGH PERFORMANCE MWIR DETECTION AND IMAGING SYSTEMS SUITABLE FOR NASA'S SMALL SATELLITE EARTH REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS. IN PHASE I, THE PROPOSED PHOTONIC ANTENNA ENHANCED MWIR PHOTODETECTOR TECHNOLOGY WILL BE EVALUATED AND COMPARED WITH EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES. THE PROPOSED PHOTONIC ANTENNA STRUCTURE WILL BE SIMULATED TO GENERATE AN OPTIMAL DESIGN. A PRELIMINARY PHOTONIC ANTENNA COUPLED MWIR PHOTODETECTOR WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR PROOF-OF-CONCEPT DEMONSTRATION. IN PHASE II, A PROTOTYPE OF THE PHOTONIC ANTENNA COUPLED MWIR PHOTODETECTOR WILL BE DEVELOPED AND PACKAGED WITH SUPPORTING ELECTRONICS AND SOFTWARE INTERFACES FOR LABORATORY DEMONSTRATION.

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