The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $749,976 - Monday the 14th of July 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTION - NASA IS SEEKING INNOVATIVE STRUCTURE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL ADVANCE EXPANDABLE MODULES FOR ORBITAL AND SURFACE BASED HABITATS. THESE SECONDARY STRUCTURES MUST INCREASE UTILIZATION OF THE PRIMARY PRESSURIZED VOLUMES BY ACCOMMODATING HARDWARE, EXPERIMENTS, STORAGE SPACE, AND CABLE ROUTING. THE EXPANDABLE STRUCTURES MUST USE MINIMAL LAUNCH MASS AND VOLUME, BE EASY TO INSTALL, AND MAXIMIZE OPERATIONAL VOLUME AND STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE IN A CREWED OR MATERIAL TRANSFER PRESSURE VESSEL. UTILIZING UNIQUE MATERIALS AND INNOVATIVE MECHANICAL DESIGNS, CTD HAS CREATED A NEW CLASS OF DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES FOR INCREASING THE UTILITY OF INFLATABLE HABITATS. THESE NEW CONCEPTS ARE REFERRED TO AS COMPOSITE ROLLABLE EXTENDIBLE SLIT-TUBE STRUCTURES, OR CRESTS. CRESTS CAN PROVIDE ROOM DIVISIONS OR LOAD BEARING FLOORS AND PROVIDE MOUNTING FOR RACKS, STORAGE AND CABLING. CRESTS ARE STOWED BY ROLLING SLIT-TUBE BEAMS, LATERAL SUPPORT BATTENS, AND FLOOR OR WALL SURFACES INTO A SINGLE COMPACT TUBE. CRESTS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED FOR LINEARLY EXPANDING LUNAR MODULES AND FOR TOROIDAL INFLATABLE ORBITAL HABITATS. CRESTS ARE ELASTICALLY STRAINED DEPLOYABLE COMPOSITES THAT PROVIDE A POSITIVE DEPLOYMENT FORCE AND AN INHERENT GEOMETRIC LOCK-OUT TO OCCUR ONCE THE DEPLOYMENT IS COMPLETE. THIS TECHNOLOGY CAN ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES WITHIN THIS APPLICATION OF BEING LIGHTWEIGHT, YET RIGID.

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• $725,694 - Monday the 2nd of December 2013
  Bureau Of Safety And Environmental Enforcement
  HEADQUARTERS
  IGF::CL::IGF RAPIDLY DEPLOYABLE THERMAL HYDRATE PREVENTER FOR SUBSEA OIL SPILL MITIGATION

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• $526,960 - Monday the 4th of November 2013
  Department Of Navy
  OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH
  PORTABLE ARRAY MODULE FOR DISASTER RELIEF AND EXPEDITIONARY OPERATIONS

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• $375,000 - Tuesday the 21st of August 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA9453 DET 8 AFRL PKV8
  THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS BASED ON CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAYS

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• $375,000 - Friday the 9th of March 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVSEA HQ
  BASICTOPIC N102-148

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• $374,987 - Friday the 27th of July 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVSEA HQ
  BASIC PHASE II

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• $249,995 - Thursday the 26th of July 2012
  Department Of Navy
  OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH
  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)

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• $125,000 - Thursday the 26th of July 2012
  Department Of Navy
  OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH
  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)

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• $124,999 - Thursday the 26th of July 2012
  Department Of Navy
  OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH
  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)

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• $124,999 - Friday the 29th of March 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE NEXT GENERATION OF LAUNCH VEHICLES UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY NASA REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT MASS REDUCTION TO FULLY MEET MISSION AND PERFORMANCE NEEDS. FOR EXAMPLE, NASA IS AIMING TO CREATE A NEW GENERATION OF HEAVY-LIFT LAUNCH VEHICLES TO SUPPORT BOTH HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT AND SPACE EXPLORATION MISSIONS. TO ENSURE THESE VEHICLES CAN SUPPORT ALL OF THE NASA NEEDS, THE MASS OF THE PROPELLANT TANKS MUST BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED, PRIMARILY THROUGH THE USE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS. HOWEVER, TWO PRIMARY CHALLENGES MUST BE OVERCOME TO ENABLE THE USE OF COMPOSITE TANKS FOR THESE NEW CLASSES OF HEAVY LAUNCHERS. ONE IS TO DEVELOP NOVEL, MICROCRACK-RESISTANT, POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITE MATERIALS THAT WILL ENABLE CONSTRUCTION OF 5 TO 10 METER DIAMETER COMPOSITE TANKS, AND THE SECOND IS TO DEVELOP OUT-OF-AUTOCLAVE MANUFACTURING METHODS THAT WILL ENABLE THE COST OF THESE TANKS TO BE 20-25% LESS THAN THAT OF METAL TANKS. IN THE PROPOSED PROGRAM CTD PLANS TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE NEW MATERIALS THAT WILL PROVIDE A STRAIN TO INITIATE MICROCRACKING THAT IS 50% HIGHER THAN THAT OF THE CURRENT MATERIALS. AT THE SAME TIME THE MATERIALS WILL BE OPTIMIZED FOR OUT-OF-AUTOCLAVE PROCESSING OF COMPOSITE TANKS. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST ARE LOW VOID CONTENT, LONG OUT-LIFE, GOOD TACK PROPERTIES, AND OUT-OF AUTOCLAVE CURE CHARACTERISTICS. THE PHASE I MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORT WILL EXPLORE SEVERAL POLYMER CHEMISTRIES INCLUDING TOUGHENED EPOXIES, POLYBENZOXAZINES AND A HYBRIDIZED VERSION OF THE POLYBENZOXAZINES AND TOUGHENED EPOXIES. AT THE END OF PHASE I, CTD WILL FABRICATE AND TEST A 15-CM-DIAMETER BY 18-CM-LONG, 1.9L CYLINDRICAL SUBSCALE TANK TO DEMONSTRATE THE PROCESSING FEASIBILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE NEW MATERIAL.

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