The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $9,992 - Tuesday the 28th of October 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  AMES RESEARCH CENTER
  TRAJECTORY PREDICTION REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS FOR EDA.

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• $95,833 - Friday the 8th of March 2013
  Department Of Navy
  OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH
  R&D- DEFENSE OTHER: OTHER (OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT)

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• $95,447 - Friday the 3rd of August 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6EC PEO STRI ORLANDO
  EXERCISE OF OPTION 1 PHASE 2

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• $800,000 - Monday the 8th of April 2013
  Department Of Navy
  NAVSEA HQ
  RAPID INNOVATION FUND - BAA 11-032

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• $80,000 - Monday the 9th of April 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV LKE
  SBIR PHASE I TOPIC N121-011

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• $80,000 - Thursday the 10th of May 2012
  Department Of Navy
  COMMANDER
  SBIR PHASE I CONTRACT IN RESPONSE TO TOPIC N121-003.

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• $79,999 - Thursday the 12th of July 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER
  SBIR PHASE I TOPIC N121-078 ENTITILED "ENHANCED SUMMARIZATIONS OF STREAMING TEXT"

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• $750,000 - Tuesday the 28th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTION - NASA'S SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION (SCAN) PROGRAM IS INTEGRATING ITS THREE CURRENT AGENCY NETWORKS: SPACE NETWORK (SN), DEEP SPACE NETWORK (DSN), AND NEAR EARTH NETWORK (NEN). THIS EFFORT RAISES SEVERAL ISSUES FOR THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT IN THE FUTURE INTEGRATED SPACE NETWORKS. FIRST, AN INTEGRATED NETWORK MANAGEMENT FUNCTION, WHICH USES COMMON STANDARDS AND IMPLEMENTATIONS, IS NEEDED TO SERVE AS THE INTERFACE FOR ALL SCAN NETWORK CUSTOMERS. SECOND, SATELLITE OPERATIONS CURRENTLY USE A HIGHLY MANUAL APPROACH. THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS HAS BEEN CONDUCTED RECENTLY BUT IS STILL AT EARLY STAGE. THIRD, DUE TO DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS OF SPACE NETWORKS, SECURITY MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS AND OTHER NETWORK MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS THAT ARE WIDELY ADOPTED IN THE TRADITIONAL NETWORKS ARE NOT FULLY SUITABLE TO SPACE NETWORKS. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL ISSUES RELATED TO BUNDLE PROTOCOL EXIST AND NEED TO BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF BUNDLE DELIVERY IN DELAY TOLERANT NETWORKS. TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, WE PROPOSE AN INNOVATIVE SECURITY-ENHANCED AUTONOMOUS NETWORK MANAGEMENT (SEANM) SCHEME FOR RELIABLE COMMUNICATION IN SPACE NETWORKING, WHICH ALLOWS THE SYSTEM TO ADAPTIVELY RECONFIGURE ITS NETWORK ELEMENTS BASED UPON AWARENESS OF NETWORK CONDITIONS, POLICIES, AND MISSION REQUIREMENTS.

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• $750,000 - Monday the 24th of March 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTION - CREW EXERCISE IS IMPORTANT FOR MAINTAINING THE HEALTH AND FITNESS OF ASTRONAUTS, AND TO PREVENT ADVERSE HEALTH PROBLEMS, SUCH AS BONE DENSITY LOSSES. WE DEVELOPED ALGORITHMS FOR ESPRIT: AN EXERCISE SENSING AND POSE RECOVERY INFERENCE TOOL, IN SUPPORT OF NASA'S EXERCISE COUNTERMEASURE PROGRAM. ESPRIT IS A STEREO CAMERA SYSTEM THAT MONITORS EXERCISE ACTIVITIES, DETECTS MARKERS PLACED ON THE BODY AND OTHER IMAGE FEATURES AND RECOVERS 3D KINEMATIC BODY POSE. ESPRIT RELIES ON STRONG PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND MODELING OF HUMAN BODY, POSE, DYNAMICS, AND APPEARANCE. IT ALSO RELIES ON ADVANCED STATISTICAL INFERENCE TECHNIQUES TO ACHIEVE ROBUST AND ACCURATE MOTION CAPTURE. PHASE I RESULT HAS BEEN PROMISING AND HAS DEMONSTRATED MOTION CAPTURE OF SEVERAL EXERCISES, INCLUDING WALKING, CURLING AND DEAD LIFTING. PHASE II EFFORT WILL FOCUS ON ENHANCEMENT OF ALGORITHMS, DEVELOPMENT OF AN ESPRIT PROTOTYPE, DETAILED PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, AND DELIVERY OF PROTOTYPE FOR TESTING AND DEMONSTRATION.

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• $750,000 - Wednesday the 29th of August 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8750 AFRL RIK
  "POLICY GUIDED ISOLATION AND STRATEGICALLY SHIELDED EXP"

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