The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $79,989 - Thursday the 14th of June 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER
  RESEARCH UNDER SBIR TOPIC N101-032, "LOW-COST, ROBUST, MONOLITHIC SEMICONDUCTOR MID-INFRARED LASER WITH VERY WIDE TUNABILITY

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• $50,000 - Thursday the 10th of April 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  MAXION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (MAXION) PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AND FIELD TEST A CARBON MONOXIDE (CO)-SENSOR PROTOTYPE FOR POST FIRE CLEANUP AND CO DETECTION. THE SENSOR WILL HAVE THE DYNAMIC RANGE REQUIRED TO DETECT AND MONITOR CO FROM APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 500 PPMV WITH A RESOLUTION TO 1 PPMV. MAXION WILL GROW, FABRICATE AND TEST A QUANTUM CASCADE LASER (QCL) AT A UNIQUE SINGLE-MODE WAVELENGTH IDEAL FOR CO DETECTION. MAXION WILL TEAM WITH PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. (PSI) TO INTEGRATE THE QCL INTO PSI'S WAVELENGTH MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY (WMS) PLATFORM. THE WMS SENSOR BOARD, PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED FOR NEAR-IR LASERS, WILL BE REDESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE QCL LASERS. THE QCL WILL BE SPECIALLY DESIGNED AND FABRICATED FOR MINIMUM POWER CONSUMPTION. IN PHASE 1 THE QCL WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE WMS PLATFORM AND TESTED ON A BREADBOARD LEVEL. THE BREADBOARD SENSOR DEMONSTRATED THE NECESSARY DYNAMIC RANGE AND EASILY SURPASSED THE REQUIRED MINIMUM SENSITIVITY. A PHASE II PROTOTYPE DESIGN WAS MADE BASED ON THE PHASE I RESULTS FOR WHICH DYNAMIC RANGE, SENSITIVITY, SWAP, AND OPERATION WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF RELIABILITY, MINIMAL MAINTENANCE, AND SELF-CALIBRATION UNDER VARYING HUMIDITY AND AMBIENT PRESSURES ARE PRIMARY DESIGN FEATURES. THE SENSOR PROTOTYPE WILL BE TESTED IN A RELEVANT ENVIRONMENT WITH CONTROLLED BURNS AT A NASA TEST FACILITY. UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ALL FIELD TESTS, THE TRL WILL BE 6 AT THE END OF PHASE II.

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• $49,994 - Friday the 4th of March 2016
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  TUNABLE, NARROW LINE WIDTH MID-INFRARED LASER SOURCE THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ADVANCE THE TECHNOLOGY OF INTERBAND CASCADE (IC) LASERS AND THEIR FACET COATINGS AND TO DESIGN, BUILD, AND DELIVER TO NASA A TUNABLE, NARROW LINEWIDTH MID-INFRARED LASER SOURCE OPERATING IN THE 3.2 V 3.6 MICRON WAVELENGTH BAND. INITIAL WORK WILL DEVELOP IMPROVED IC LASER ACTIVE REGIONS AS WELL AS ULTRA-LOW-REFLECTIVITY ANTI-REFLECTION FACET COATINGS. WE WILL ALSO DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE EPI-SIDE-DOWN DIE ATTACH PROCESS FOR IC LASERS USING A AU/SN SOLDER. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS INITIAL WORK IS TO ACHIEVE LASER CHIPS EMITTING IN THE APPROPRIATE WAVELENGTH REGION AND OPERATING IN CONTINUOUS WAVE MODE AT HEAT SINK TEMPERATURES>25C AND WITH SEVERAL 10S OF MW OF OUTPUT POWER. THE TEAM WILL THEN USE OUR EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH EXTERNAL CAVITY LASER SOURCES TO DESIGN, BUILD, AND DELIVER A VERSATILE, TUNABLE MID-INFRARED SOURCE TO NASA USING THE DEVELOPED IC LASER GAIN CHIP. THE DELIVERED TUNABLE LASER SOURCE WILL BE AT A TRL LEVEL OF 5 AND WILL ENABLE SENSITIVE EARTH SCIENCE TRACE GAS MEASUREMENTS AND ENHANCE NASA'S EXISTING MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY BY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING THE SENSITIVITY AND PERFORMANCE OF TRACE GAS SENSING BY VIRTUE OF A CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED SOURCE TECHNOLOGY.

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• $32,100 - Tuesday the 10th of June 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  QC LASER MOUNTED IN MODEL 900 TURN-KEY LASER SYSTEM AND SHIPPING.

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• $200,000 - Thursday the 10th of April 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  MAXION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (MAXION) PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AND FIELD TEST A CARBON MONOXIDE (CO)-SENSOR PROTOTYPE FOR POST FIRE CLEANUP AND CO DETECTION. THE SENSOR WILL HAVE THE DYNAMIC RANGE REQUIRED TO DETECT AND MONITOR CO FROM APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 500 PPMV WITH A RESOLUTION TO 1 PPMV. MAXION WILL GROW, FABRICATE AND TEST A QUANTUM CASCADE LASER (QCL) AT A UNIQUE SINGLE-MODE WAVELENGTH IDEAL FOR CO DETECTION. MAXION WILL TEAM WITH PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. (PSI) TO INTEGRATE THE QCL INTO PSI'S WAVELENGTH MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY (WMS) PLATFORM. THE WMS SENSOR BOARD, PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED FOR NEAR-IR LASERS, WILL BE REDESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE QCL LASERS. THE QCL WILL BE SPECIALLY DESIGNED AND FABRICATED FOR MINIMUM POWER CONSUMPTION. IN PHASE 1 THE QCL WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE WMS PLATFORM AND TESTED ON A BREADBOARD LEVEL. THE BREADBOARD SENSOR DEMONSTRATED THE NECESSARY DYNAMIC RANGE AND EASILY SURPASSED THE REQUIRED MINIMUM SENSITIVITY. A PHASE II PROTOTYPE DESIGN WAS MADE BASED ON THE PHASE I RESULTS FOR WHICH DYNAMIC RANGE, SENSITIVITY, SWAP, AND OPERATION WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF RELIABILITY, MINIMAL MAINTENANCE, AND SELF-CALIBRATION UNDER VARYING HUMIDITY AND AMBIENT PRESSURES ARE PRIMARY DESIGN FEATURES. THE SENSOR PROTOTYPE WILL BE TESTED IN A RELEVANT ENVIRONMENT WITH CONTROLLED BURNS AT A NASA TEST FACILITY. UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ALL FIELD TESTS, THE TRL WILL BE 6 AT THE END OF PHASE II.

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• $1,272,544 - Wednesday the 3rd of April 2013
  Office Of Procurement Operations
  SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION DIVISION
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTION - THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FUND A PROPOSAL SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO BAA 12-06.

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