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 - Friday the 2nd of May 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE MOTIVATION OF THE PROPOSED SBIR IS TO DEVELOP, DEMONSTRATE AND COMMERCIALIZE A COMPACT, LOW-MASS, HIGH OUTPUT POWER (1-10 MILLIWATT), TUNABLE SOURCE OF CW THZ RADIATION OPERATING AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. THE SOURCE WILL BE USEFUL BOTH AS A NARROW BAND FREQUENCY STABLE SOURCES FOR DRIVING HETERODYNE RECEIVERS AT KEY FREQUENCIES BETWEEN 1 AND 5 THZ (1.4, 1.9, 2.7, 4.7 ETC..) OR FOR LABORATORY SOURCES TO CHARACTERIZE THZ COMPONENTS, INCLUDING MMIC'S, OR POSSIBLY FOR ACTIVE SPECTROMETERS IN AN IN-SITU ENVIRONMENT THE PROPOSED SOURCE WOULD ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THZ ARRAY RECEIVERS FOR USE IN SPACE AND SUBORBITAL MISSIONS, OR FOR ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDERS AND PLANETARY LANDERS. IN PHASE 1 OUR VECSEL THZ SOURCE, BASED ON INTRA-CAVITY DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY GENERATION, DEMONSTRATED 2MW AT 1.9THZ RUNNING ON A FINITE NUMBER OF CAVITY MODES WITH A LINEWIDTH PER MODE OF AROUND 1MHZ. DESERT BEAM TECHNOLOGIES WILL TEAM UP TERAVISION (TUCSON) AND WITH RESEARCHERS AT THE STEWARD OBSERVATORY RADIO ASTRONOMY LABORATORY (SORAL), UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA IN PHASE 2 TO FURTHER CHARACTERIZE A BREADBOARD VECSEL 1.9THZ SYSTEM, MEASURE Y-FACTOR AND I-V CURVES, REDESIGN THE VECSEL CAVITY TO REDUCE IT TO SINGLE MODE OPERATION AND TEST IT AS A LOCAL OSCILLATOR FOR SORAL'S 1.9THZ RECEIVER.

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• $200,000 - Friday the 2nd of May 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE MOTIVATION OF THE PROPOSED SBIR IS TO DEVELOP, DEMONSTRATE AND COMMERCIALIZE A COMPACT, LOW-MASS, HIGH OUTPUT POWER (1-10 MILLIWATT), TUNABLE SOURCE OF CW THZ RADIATION OPERATING AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. THE SOURCE WILL BE USEFUL BOTH AS A NARROW BAND FREQUENCY STABLE SOURCES FOR DRIVING HETERODYNE RECEIVERS AT KEY FREQUENCIES BETWEEN 1 AND 5 THZ (1.4, 1.9, 2.7, 4.7 ETC..) OR FOR LABORATORY SOURCES TO CHARACTERIZE THZ COMPONENTS, INCLUDING MMIC'S, OR POSSIBLY FOR ACTIVE SPECTROMETERS IN AN IN-SITU ENVIRONMENT THE PROPOSED SOURCE WOULD ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THZ ARRAY RECEIVERS FOR USE IN SPACE AND SUBORBITAL MISSIONS, OR FOR ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDERS AND PLANETARY LANDERS. IN PHASE 1 OUR VECSEL THZ SOURCE, BASED ON INTRA-CAVITY DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY GENERATION, DEMONSTRATED 2MW AT 1.9THZ RUNNING ON A FINITE NUMBER OF CAVITY MODES WITH A LINEWIDTH PER MODE OF AROUND 1MHZ. DESERT BEAM TECHNOLOGIES WILL TEAM UP TERAVISION (TUCSON) AND WITH RESEARCHERS AT THE STEWARD OBSERVATORY RADIO ASTRONOMY LABORATORY (SORAL), UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA IN PHASE 2 TO FURTHER CHARACTERIZE A BREADBOARD VECSEL 1.9THZ SYSTEM, MEASURE Y-FACTOR AND I-V CURVES, REDESIGN THE VECSEL CAVITY TO REDUCE IT TO SINGLE MODE OPERATION AND TEST IT AS A LOCAL OSCILLATOR FOR SORAL'S 1.9THZ RECEIVER.

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