The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $999,922 - Friday the 20th of January 2012
  Missile Defense Agency
  MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)
  SBIR PHASE II RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

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• $99,944 - Friday the 20th of January 2012
  Missile Defense Agency
  MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)
  PH I RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT

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• $99,930 - Wednesday the 16th of November 2011
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-APG
  SBIR PHASE I - TOPIC NO. A11-094

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• $749,985 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTION - IN PHASE 1, INTELLIGENT FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION (IFOS), IN COLLABORATION WITH NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED A FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG)-BASED SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUS, CONTINUOUS, MULTIPOINT TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS IN A REPRESENTATIVE THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM (TPS) MATERIAL (SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT ABLATOR SLA), WITH TESTING PERFORMED NEAR ITS CHAR TEMPERATURE. SPECIAL HIGH-TEMPERATURE FBG SENSORS WERE ALSO DEVELOPED AND TESTED TO 1000 C WITH AN APPLIED 7 KPSI TENSILE STRESS, AND WITH AN APPLIED 18 KPSI AFTER COOLING TO ROOM TEMPERATURE. A PURE THERMAL LOADING CALIBRATION OF THESE SENSORS IN THIS TEMPERATURE RANGE WAS PERFORMED. THE RESPONSE OF THE FBG SENSORS WAS MUCH FASTER THAN THAT OF THERMOCOUPLES, AND ALL ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE REPLACED WITH A SINGLE OPTICAL FIBER. IN PHASE 2, IFOS WILL EMBED 1000 AC-CAPABLE OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS INTO A TPS MATERIAL. FOLLOWING AN APPROPRIATE INSTRUMENTATION DEVELOPMENT, WE WILL DEMONSTRATE TEMPERATURE PROFILE MEASUREMENTS WITH A DEPTH RESOLUTION OF 250- M OR BETTER. WE WILL ALSO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN TEMPERATURE- AND STRAIN-INDUCED RESPONSES IN THE FBG SENSORS, A CRITICAL CONSIDERATION FOR EMBEDDED SENSOR ARRAYS. OUR PHASE 2 BASE WORK PLAN IS DESIGNED TO ADVANCE THE TRL TO 5, WITH TRL 6 BEING OBTAINED IN A PHASE 2-E PROGRAM.

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• $66,666 - Wednesday the 10th of September 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  IN PHASE 1, INTELLIGENT FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS (IFOS) SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED A FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG) BASED INTEGRATED STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (SHM) SENSOR SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PROVIDING IN-SITU CRACK DETECTION, LOCATION, DAMAGE QUANTIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF STRUCTURAL MODELS. THE SYSTEM OFFERS ADVANCED FEATURES TO PERFORM NON-CONTACT, NON-DESTRUCTIVE DYNAMIC TESTING OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES. TESTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT ON COMPOSITE COUPONS PRODUCED TO MIMIC SMART COMPOSITE PARTS SUCH AS AIRCRAFT WINGS AND JET ENGINE VANES. THE KEY INNOVATION AND ACHIEVEMENT IS AN ADVANCED SYSTEM THAT MONITORS UP TO 48 ULTRA-SENSITIVE FBG STRAIN AND TEMPERATURE SENSORS AT UP TO AN UNPRECEDENTED 1.0MHZ, WITH DAMAGE IDENTIFICATION, LOCATION AND QUANTIFICATION ALGORITHMS. THIS REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENT IN THE STATE-OF-THE-ART, ENABLING FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ANALYSIS OF VERY HIGH-FREQUENCY DYNAMIC EVENTS FOR SHM. DURING PHASE 2, IFOS WILL FURTHER DEVELOP THE SYSTEM AND DELIVER A PROTOTYPE COMPLETE WITH AN INSTRUMENTED WING TEST ARTICLE TO NASA FOR INDEPENDENT TESTING. IFOS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ITS COMMERCIAL PARTNERS TO ADDRESS APPLICATIONS IN ENGINE VANES AND MARKET OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THE TECHNOLOGY HAS A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE. THE SOLUTION COULD POTENTIALLY EVOLVE INTO AN AUTONOMOUS ONBOARD MONITORING SYSTEM TO INSPECT AND PERFORM NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION AND SHM OF HIGH-VALUE ASSETS.

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• $249,944 - Thursday the 23rd of February 2012
  Department Of Navy
  OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH
  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)

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• $162,921 - Monday the 20th of April 2015
  Missile Defense Agency
  MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)
  IGF::OT::IGF SBIR PHASE II TRANSITION RESEARCH&DEV

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• $124,930 - Friday the 29th of March 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  SMALL SATELLITES REQUIRE MUCH LIGHTER WEIGHT, SMALLER, AND LONG LIFE ATTITUDE CONTROL COMPONENTS THAT CAN WITHSTAND STRESSING LAUNCH CONDITIONS AND SPACE VIBRATION ENVIRONMENTS WITHOUT COMPROMISING THEIR PERFORMANCE. IN PARTICULAR, RATE SENSORS THAT CAN PROVIDE HIGH-RESOLUTION LINE OF SIGHT (LOS) STABILIZATION, ACCURATE INERTIAL POINTING AND HIGHER BANDWIDTHS ARE NEEDED TO SUPPORT ATTITUDE AND POSITION DETERMINATION FROM HIGHLY COMPACT AND VERY LIGHTWEIGHT PACKAGES. IFOS, WITH A TEAM HAVING MANY YEARS OF PIONEERING EXPERIENCE IN INNOVATIVE FIBER-OPTIC GYROSCOPES (FOGS), PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AN ADVANCED MINIATURIZABLE FOG BASED ON AN APPROACH THAT WOULD ALLOW UTILIZING DRASTICALLY REDUCED SIZE COMPONENTS PACKAGEABLE INTO HIGH PERFORMANCE ATTITUDE CONTROL SENSOR AFFORDING HIGH DEGREE OF ROBUSTNESS AGAINST THE SHOCK AND VIBRATION THAT WOULD MAINTAIN LONG TERM ALIGNMENT IN REQUISITE SPACE ENVIRONMENT. IFOS WILL EXPLOIT NOVEL TECHNIQUES INCLUDING NEW FIBER COMPONENTS AND COIL PRODUCTION METHODS SUITABLE FOR SHORTER WAVELENGTH OPERATION, AND VIBRATION DAMPING CONCEPTS THAT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH WEIGHT OF LESS THAN 2 LB AND VOLUME UNDER 150 CM3 FOR AN INERTIAL REFERENCE UNIT (IRU). PHASE I WILL FOCUS ON FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THE CONCEPT FOR 1-AXIS GYRO, DEMONSTRATION OF CRITICAL COMPONENTS AND SIMULATION OF VIBRATION DAMPING TECHNIQUES NEEDED TO PROTECT THE SENSOR DURING LAUNCH AND LONG TERM OPERATION.

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• $124,882 - Thursday the 4th of April 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  INTELLIGENT FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION (IFOS) PROPOSES TO PROVE THE FEASIBILITY OF INNOVATIONS IN ACOUSTO-OPTIC SENSOR DEVELOPMENT FOR MEASUREMENT OF LAUNCH ACOUSTICS ON SPACE VEHICLE AND GROUND STRUCTURES. THE PROPOSED SENSOR PLATFORM PROVIDES AN ULTRA-LIGHT-WEIGHT, ULTRA-HIGH-SPEED, MULTI-CHANNEL, OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR ARRAY SYSTEM FOR ACOUSTICS MEASUREMENTS. THE PROJECT GOALS ARE TO DESIGN AN ULTRA-HIGH-SPEED/HIGH RESOLUTION, SMALL FOOTPRINT FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG) ACOUSTO-OPTIC SENSOR ARRAY PLUS THE INTERROGATOR, CONSTRUCT A SYSTEM MODEL, TEST PLATFORM AND DEVELOP SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS TO IDENTIFY AND MEASURE ACOUSTIC SIGNALS IN THE PRESENCE OF A QUASI-STATIC BACKGROUND STRAIN FIELD. THE SYSTEM MODEL WILL DEMONSTRATE PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE AND THE TEST RESULTS WILL PROVIDE PROOF-OF-FUNCTIONALITY OF THE PROPOSED SENSOR SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT OF VEHICLE AND GROUND EFFECTS OF LAUNCH ACOUSTICS INCLUDING USING THE ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS. IFOS AND ITS COLLABORATORS IN THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A PHASE 2 STRATEGY PLAN THAT INCLUDES DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION STRATEGY, POTENTIAL DEMONSTRATION OPPORTUNITIES, PROGRAM SCHEDULE, AND ESTIMATED COSTS.

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