The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $100,000 - Friday the 28th of October 2011
  Department Of Army
  W6QK AATD CONTR OFF
  SBIR PHASE I FINAL REPORT AND PROJECT SUMMARY FOR SBIR NOVEL THIN FILM ICE-PHOBIC COATINGS FOR AERIAL SYSTEMS.

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• $100,000 - Monday the 25th of March 2013
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-PICA
  PH I SBIR PROPOSAL: A112-091-0901 NOVEL PROTECTIVE COATINGS FOR AMMONIUM DINITRAMIDE

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• $69,997 - Friday the 20th of July 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NSWC CARDEROCK
  EXERCISE OPTION 1 UNDER SBIR PH I PROPOSAL N102-149-1387

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• $499,999 - Friday the 21st of September 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK AATD CONTR OFF
  NOVEL THIN FILM ICE-PHOBIC COATING AERIAL SYSTEMS, PHASE II SBIR

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• $50,000 - Tuesday the 10th of July 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK AATD CONTR OFF
  OPTION EXERCISED ON SBIR PHASE I

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• $340,000 - Monday the 30th of April 2012
  Department Of Navy
  COMMANDER
  THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO ADD INCREMENTAL FUNDING.

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• $125,000 - Wednesday the 24th of April 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  LIGHTWEIGHT, STEADY AND STIFF MIRRORS ARE NECESSARY TO DECREASE COST OF TELESCOPES SUCH AS IXO AND GENX USED IN SPECIAL NASA MISSIONS. LOW-DENSITY MATERIALS ARE IDEAL FOR USE AS MIRRORS IN SUCH APPLICATIONS. BERYLLIUM HAS BEEN TRADITIONALLY CONSIDERED IDEAL FOR LIGHTWEIGHT MIRRORS REQUIRING HIGH RIGIDITY. THE TOXICITY OF BERYLLIUM POSES A MAJOR PROBLEM. POLISHED SILICON CARBIDE (SIC), PREPARED BY CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD), IS THE CURRENT MATERIAL OF CHOICE FOR FABRICATION OF MIRRORS IN LIGHTWEIGHT TELESCOPES. HOWEVER, CVD IS A COMPLEX AND EXPENSIVE TECHNIQUE AND THE QUALITY OF SIC PRODUCED IS VERY SENSITIVE TO THE PROCESSING CONDITIONS. MMI PROPOSES TO UTILIZE A NOVEL DISPLACEMENT REACTION TO OBTAIN FULLY DENSE B4C BASED COMPOSITE MIRRORS WITH UNIQUE MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES. PHASE I WILL INVOLVE PREPARING THE LIGHTWEIGHT OPTICAL MIRROR MATERIAL AND EVALUATING THEIR MECHANICAL, THERMAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES. PHASE II WILL INVOLVE OPTIMIZATION OF THE PROCESSING, CONSOLIDATION AND POLISHING PROCEDURES FOR THE COMPOSITE. IN COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS, WHO MANUFACTURE SPECIAL PURPOSE OPTICS, MIRRORS WILL BE FABRICATED AND TESTED IN PHASE II FOR USE IN VARIOUS APPLICATIONS.

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• $124,987 - Friday the 10th of May 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING (FDM) IS AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS FABRICATION OF COMPLEX THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRIES LAYER-BY-LAYER. THE GOAL OF THE PRESENT PROPOSAL IS TO EXTEND FDM TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE NEW POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS) COMPRISING OF POLYMERS AND INORGANIC MATRICES. INNOVATIVE DESIGN COUPLED WITH NOVEL PMCS CAN BE USED FOR CRYOGENIC AND HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS. AN INTEGRATED AND AUTOMATED PROCESS BASED ON THE FDM TECHNOLOGY WOULD FACILE LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THESE PMCS. THESE MATERIALS CAN BE USED FOR MAKING ROBOTIC COMPONENTS FOR TERRESTRIAL OR EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL APPLICATIONS, IN AVIATION AND DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, MAKING TURBINE BLADES ETC. COUPLING THE SYNTHETIC AND COST-EFFECTIVE PRODUCTION APPROACHES, FDM WOULD FACILITATE MAKING PMCS THAT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR CRYOGENIC AND HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS.

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