The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $40,000 - Wednesday the 23rd of September 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
  OTHER FUNCTIONS - THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE RESOLVE MISSION IS TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF WATER AND OTHER VOLATILES ON THE LUNAR SURFACE BY DIRECT, GROUND-TRUTH MEASUREMENTS AND TO SERVE AS A PRECURSOR FOR FUTURE PROSPECTING MISSIONS TO A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM. THE RESOLVE MISSION SHALL FOCUS ON EXPLORING LUNAR REGOLITH IN AND/OR AROUND PERMANENTLY SHADOWED POLAR-REGIONS OF THE MOON. THE OBJECTIVE HAS BEEN FURTHER REFINED TO INCLUDE: DETERMINATION OF THE FORM, CONCENTRATION, AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROGEN AND OTHER VOLATILES INSIDE AND/OR OUTSIDE OF SHADOWED LUNAR POLAR REGIONS TO A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 1 M. DETERMINATION OF BULK PROPERTIES OF LUNAR MATERIAL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF SHADOWED LUNAR POLAR REGIONS. DEMONSTRATION OF REGOLITH PROSPECTING, EXTRACTION, AND PROCESSING OPERATIONS IN THE LUNAR ENVIRONMENT. DEMONSTRATION OF OXYGEN (WATER) EXTRACTION FROM REGOLITH VIA HYDROGEN REDUCTION IN THE LUNAR ENVIRONMENT. THIS PROPOSAL BUILDS ON THE EVOLUTION OF VIRTUAL MACHINE LANGUAGE FOR SEQUENCING AND IS TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT AND OPTIMIZE VML LANGUAGE FOR THE RESOLVE FIELD DEMONSTRATION HARDWARE PRIOR TO THE FIELD TEST DEMO (HILO, HI) SCHEDULED FOR EARLY JULY. THE VIRTUAL MACHINE LANGUAGE SOFTWARE SUITE TO BE USED CONSISTS OF A PACKAGE OF THREE ELEMENTS, THE VML COMPILER, OFF-LINE VM (OLVM), AND VML FLIGHT SOFTWARE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDES ENHANCED CAPABILITIES FOR SEQUENCING ONBOARD THE SPACECRAFT IN THE FLIGHT SOFTWARE, A SIMULATOR FOR RUNNING SEQUENCES ON THE GROUND TO FIND ERRORS AND PROVIDE VALIDATION, AND A COMPILER FOR GENERATING SEQUENCES FROM THE INPUT SOURCE. THIS SOFTWARE WAS DEVELOPED BY BLUE SUN ENTERPRISES MOD 2:THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO INCORPORATE THE ATTACHED STATEMENT OF WORK FOR ADDITIONAL WORK INVOLVING THE AUTONOMOUS SEQUENCING REQUIRED FOR LUNAR OPERATION OF THE RESOLVE PAYLOAD. 2. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS EXTENDED FROM JULY 31, 2012 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2012. 3. ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,000.00. THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS INCREASED BY $40,000.00 FROM $221,500.00 TO $261,500.00. 4. ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REMAIN UNCHANGED.

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• $300,000 - Wednesday the 18th of June 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS - DATA FROM REMOTE-SENSING MISSIONS TO THE MOON, SUCH AS THE CLEMENTINE AND LUNAR PROSPECTOR MISSIONS (1994 AND 1998, RESPECTIVELY) AND THE LRO/LCROSS MISSIONS THAT GATHERED DATA FROM A MATERIAL PLUME CREATED BY CRASHING THE LCROSS AND A ROCKET STAGE INTO THE LUNAR SURFACE (2009), INDICATED THE PRESENCE OF POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES OF HYDROGEN-BEARING MOLECULES IN PERMANENTLY SHADOWED CRATERS NEAR THE LUNAR POLES. THESE HYDROGEN-BEARING VOLATILES, ALONG WITH ANY OTHER VOLATILES THAT MAY BE CO-LOCATED, WOULD BE EXTREMELY USEFUL RESOURCES. THE EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING OF SPACE RESOURCES (WHETHER FROM LUNAR, NEAR EARTH ASTEROID, COMET, OR MARS SOURCES) INTO USEFUL PRODUCTS IS KNOWN AS IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION (ISRU). THESE RESOURCES CAN HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AFFECT ON INDIVIDUAL MISSIONS AND MISSION ARCHITECTURE CONCEPTS. IN PARTICULAR, THE ABILITY TO MAKE PROPELLANTS, LIFE SUPPORT CONSUMABLES, AND FUEL CELL REAGENTS CAN SIGNIFICANTLY (1) REDUCE MISSION COST BY REDUCING LAUNCH MASS, PROVIDING AFFORDABLE PREPOSITIONING OF CONSUMABLES, AND BY ENABLING HARDWARE REUSABILITY; (2) REDUCE RISK BY PROVIDING BACKUP LIFE SUPPORT CONSUMABLES AND REDUCED DEPENDENCE ON EARTH FOR SUPPLIES; AND (3) ENABLE EXTENDED SURFACE OPERATIONS BY PROVIDING AN ENERGY-RICH ENVIRONMENT AND AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO MULTIPLE SURFACE TARGETS. KNOWING THAT USEFUL RESOURCES, SUCH AS WATER, CARBON MONOXIDE, AND HYDROGEN ARE AVAILABLE ON THE LUNAR SURFACE AND OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS IMPORTANT; HOWEVER, QUESTIONS REMAIN TO BE ANSWERED BEFORE IN SITU UTILIZATION OF THESE RESOURCES IS PRACTICAL. SPECIFICALLY, IT IS NECESSARY TO KNOW (1) WHAT VOLATILES ARE PRESENT AND IN WHAT QUANTITIES, (2) HOW THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED ON AND UNDER THE SURFACE, AND (3) WHAT MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS COULD INFLUENCE FUTURE ISRU DESIGNS. THE LUNAR VOLATILE CHARACTERIZATION DEMONSTRATION, REGOLITH AND ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE&OXYGEN AND LUNAR VOLATILES EXTRACTION (RESOLVE) MISSION WILL BE DESIGNED TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AS THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP TOWARD HUMAN EXPLORATION OF AND EXPANSION INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 30440')+567/#208/4+. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE RESOLVE MISSION IS TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF WATER AND OTHER VOLATILES ON THE LUNAR SURFACE BY DIRECT, GROUND-TRUTH MEASUREMENTS AND TO SERVE AS A PRECURSOR FOR FUTURE PROSPECTING MISSIONS TO A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM. THE RESOLVE MISSION SHALL FOCUS ON EXPLORING LUNAR REGOLITH IN AND/OR AROUND PERMANENTLY SHADOWED POLAR REGIONS OF THE MOON. THE OBJECTIVE HAS BEEN FURTHER REFINED TO INCLUDE: DETERMINATION OF THE FORM, CONCENTRATION, AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROGEN AND OTHER VOLATILES INSIDE AND/OR OUTSIDE OF SHADOWED LUNAR POLAR REGIONS TO A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 1 M. DETERMINATION OF BULK PROPERTIES OF LUNAR MATERIAL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF SHADOWED LUNAR POLAR REGIONS. DEMONSTRATION OF REGOLITH PROSPECTING, EXTRACTION, AND PROCESSING OPERATIONS IN THE LUNAR ENVIRONMENT. DEMONSTRATION OF OXYGEN (WATER) EXTRACTION FROM REGOLITH VIA HYDROGEN REDUCTION IN THE LUNAR ENVIRONMENT. IN ORDER TO MEET THE STATED OBJECTIVES, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE SOFTWARE FOR IMPLEMENTING SPACECRAFT SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SEQUENCING. TRADITIONALLY SEQUENCING UTILIZES TIME-ORDERED COMMANDS. THESE ARE SIMPLE GROUND EXPANSION OF ALL ACTIONS, REQUIRING FREQUENT UPLINKS WITH HIGH DATA RATES. THE TRADITIONAL SEQUENCING PROVIDES LITTLE OR NO ON-BOARD DECISION-MAKING CAPABILITIES AND THEREFORE DO NOT PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY OF OPERATIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, TRADITIONAL SEQUENCING HAS PROVEN LARGELY INSUFFICIENT FOR DEEP SPACE MISSIONS. THIS PROPOSAL BUILDS ON THE EVOLUTION OF VIRTUAL MACHINE LANGUAGE FOR SEQUENCING AND IS TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT AND OPTIMIZE VML LANGUAGE FOR THE RESOLVE VACUUM DEVELOPMENT UNIT (VDU). THE VIRTUAL MACHINE LANGUAGE SOFTWARE SUITE TO BE USED CONSISTS OF A PACKAGE OF THREE ELEMENTS, THE VML COMPILER, OFF-LINE VM (OLVM), AND VML FLIGHT SOFTWARE. T

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• $275,000 - Thursday the 17th of April 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  MARS SAMPLE RETURN POSES SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF ANY NASA DEEP SPACE MISSION. RENDEZVOUS OF A VEHICLE WITH A SAMPLE CANISTER IN ORDER TO RETURN THE CANISTER TO EARTH REQUIRES A VARIETY OF COMPLEX MATHEMATICAL PROCESSING ON A CHANGING DATA SET, COUPLED WITH THE NEED TO SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY HANDLE A LARGE RANGE OF OFF-NOMINAL CONDITIONS AND SPACECRAFT FAULTS. LIGHT SPEED DELAY ISOLATES THE SPACECRAFT FROM REAL-TIME OPERATOR INTERVENTION, WHILE INERTIAL AND SITUATIONAL UNCERTAINTIES DEMAND REACTIVITY NOT REQUIRED OF TYPICAL SPACECRAFT SEQUENCING SYSTEMS. THESE MISSION FEATURES CALL FOR A NEW CLASS OF SEQUENCE CAPABILITY: REACTIVE RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING SEQUENCER (RRDS). RRDS MELDS THE RULE-BASED REACTIVITY NEEDED FOR RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING WITH SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS COMMON TO MORE TRADITIONAL MISSIONS. RULES WATCH FOR CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO REACT TO THE CURRENT SITUATION, ALLOWING A WIDE RANGE OF COMPLEX ACTIVITIES AND SAFETY-RELATED RESPONSES TO BE CONCISELY REPRESENTED WITHOUT COMPLEX PROCEDURAL PROGRAMMING. RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMMANDING ELEMENTS ABOARD THE SPACECRAFT IS DIVIDED AMONG SEQUENCED STATE MACHINES CALLED MANAGERS, COORDINATED TOGETHER BY A FLIGHT DIRECTOR WHICH THE GROUND COMMANDS. UNDERLYING FLIGHT SOFTWARE FOR NAVIGATION, THRUSTER ALLOCATION, INERTIAL CHECKING, ATTITUDE ESTIMATION AND CONTROL, CONTACT DETECTION, DOCKING MECHANISMS, AND THE LIKE RECEIVE DIRECTION FROM THE MANAGERS. THIS MEDIATED CONTROL CAUSES THE SYSTEM TO REACTIVELY OPERATE IN MODES WITH PROPER ORDERING OF ACTIVITIES. REACTIVE OPERATIONS ARE REPRESENTED EXPLICITLY BY STATES AND TRANSITIONS DEFINING THE MANAGERS, AND DO NOT REQUIRE USE OF EXPLICITLY TIMED ACTIVITIES. PHASE II OF THIS SBIR WILL PRODUCE A CLASS B VERSION OF THE UNDERLAYING VML 2.2 FLIGHT SOFTWARE CAPABLE OF EXECUTING THE RRDS STATE MACHINES. IT WILL ALSO PRODUCE CLASS C VERSIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED VML COMPILER AND OFFLINE VM EXECUTION SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYMENT ONTO FLIGHT PROJECTS.

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• $221,500 - Wednesday the 18th of June 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
  OTHER FUNCTIONS. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE RESOLVE MISSION IS TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF WATER AND OTHER VOLATILES ON THE LUNAR SURFACE BY DIRECT, GROUND-TRUTH MEASUREMENTS AND TO SERVE AS A PRECURSOR FOR FUTURE PROSPECTING MISSIONS TO A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM. THE RESOLVE MISSION SHALL FOCUS ON EXPLORING LUNAR REGOLITH IN AND/OR AROUND PERMANENTLY SHADOWED POLAR-REGIONS OF THE MOON. THE OBJECTIVE HAS BEEN FURTHER REFINED TO INCLUDE:? DETERMINATION OF THE FORM, CONCENTRATION, AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROGEN AND OTHER VOLATILES INSIDE AND/OR OUTSIDE OF SHADOWED LUNAR POLAR REGIONS TO A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 1 M.? DETERMINATION OF BULK PROPERTIES OF LUNAR MATERIAL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF SHADOWED LUNAR POLAR REGIONS.? DEMONSTRATION OF REGOLITH PROSPECTING, EXTRACTION, AND PROCESSING OPERATIONS IN THE LUNAR ENVIRONMENT.? DEMONSTRATION OF OXYGEN (WATER) EXTRACTION FROM REGOLITH VIA HYDROGEN REDUCTION IN THE LUNAR ENVIRONMENT. THIS PROPOSAL BUILDS ON THE EVOLUTION OF VIRTUAL MACHINE LANGUAGE FOR SEQUENCING AND IS TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT AND OPTIMIZE VML LANGUAGE FOR THE RESOLVE FIELD DEMONSTRATION HARDWARE PRIOR TO THE FIELD TEST DEMO (HILO, HI) SCHEDULED FOR EARLY JULY. THE VIRTUAL MACHINE LANGUAGE SOFTWARE SUITE TO BE USED CONSISTS OF A PACKAGE OF THREE ELEMENTS, THE VML COMPILER, OFF-LINE VM (OLVM), AND VML FLIGHT SOFTWARE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDES ENHANCED CAPABILITIES FOR SEQUENCING ONBOARD THE SPACECRAFT IN THE FLIGHT SOFTWARE, A SIMULATOR FOR RUNNING SEQUENCES ON THE GROUND TO FIND ERRORS AND PROVIDE VALIDATION, AND A COMPILER FOR GENERATING SEQUENCES FROM THE INPUT SOURCE. THIS SOFTWARE WAS DEVELOPED BY BLUE SUN ENTERPRISES.

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