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 - Thursday the 28th of June 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-PICA
  SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH (SBIR) PHASE I FOR REMOTE DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL.

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• $69,999 - Monday the 30th of July 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NSWC CARDEROCK
  SBIR PHASE I PROPOSAL N103-218-0432 - EXERCISE OPTION

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• $50,000 - Friday the 21st of March 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  MANY OF THE MOST CHALLENGING CATEGORIES OF PROPULSION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ARE RELATED TO THE PREDICTION OF INTERACTING EFFECTS BETWEEN THE FLUID LOADS, THERMAL LOADS, AND THE STRUCTURAL DEFLECTION. IN PRACTICE, THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TECHNICAL DISCIPLINES ARE OFTEN NOT FULLY EXPLORED ANALYTICALLY, AND THE ANALYSIS IN ONE DISCIPLINE OFTEN USES A SIMPLIFIED REPRESENTATION OF OTHER DISCIPLINES AS AN INPUT OR BOUNDARY CONDITION. FOR EXAMPLE, THE FLUID FORCES IN AN ENGINE GENERATE STATIC AND DYNAMIC ROTOR DEFLECTION, BUT THE FORCES THEMSELVES ARE DEPENDENT ON THE ROTOR POSITION AND ITS ORBIT. THIS PRACTICE IGNORES THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA WHERE THE OUTCOME OF EACH ANALYSIS CAN BE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON THE INPUTS (I.E., CHANGES IN FLOW DUE TO DEFLECTION, CHANGES IN DEFLECTION DUE TO FLUID FORCES). SUCH A RIGID DESIGN PROCESS ALSO LACKS THE FLEXIBILITY TO EMPLOY MULTIPLE LEVELS OF FIDELITY IN THE ANALYSIS OF EACH OF THE COMPONENTS. THE GOALS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE TO DEVELOP AND VALIDATE AN INNOVATIVE DESIGN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS THE FLEXIBILITY TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ANALYZE MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES, MULTIPLE COMPONENTS, WITH MULTIPLE LEVELS OF MODEL FIDELITY. DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF SUCH A SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE SUBSTANTIALLY SUPERIOR CAPABILITIES TO CURRENT DESIGN TOOLS.

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• $50,000 - Tuesday the 21st of January 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  WITH PROPULSION RESEARCH PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON NEW LEVELS OF EFFICIENCY AND NOISE, THERE ARE TWO EMERGING AVENUES FOR ADVANCED GAS TURBINE TECHNOLOGY: THE GEARED TURBOFAN AND ULTRA-HIGH BYPASS RATIO FAN ENGINES. BOTH OF THESE CANDIDATES ARE BEING PURSUED AS COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS BETWEEN NASA AND THE ENGINE OEMS. THE HIGH BYPASS CONCEPT FROM GE AVIATION IS AN UNDUCTED FAN WHICH FEATURES A BYPASS RATIO OF OVER THIRTY, ALONG WITH THE ACCOMPANYING BENEFITS IN FUEL EFFICIENCY. THE INNOVATION BEING DEVELOPED IN THIS PROJECT IS IMPROVEMENT IS THE TEST AND MEASUREMENT CAPABILITIES OF THE UNDUCTED FAN BLADE DYNAMIC RESPONSE. IN THE COURSE OF THIS PROJECT, MECHANICAL SOLUTIONS, INC. (MSI) WILL WORK WITH GE AVIATION TO DEFINE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FAN BLADE MEASUREMENTS, TO LEVERAGE MSI'S RADAR-BASED SYSTEM FOR COMPRESSOR AND TURBINE BLADE MONITORING, AND TO DEVELOP, VALIDATE AND DELIVER A NON-CONTACTING BLADE VIBRATION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR UNDUCTED FANS.

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• $377,884 - Monday the 13th of August 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  SBIR II HI TEMP BLADE HEALTH MEASUREMENT SYS FOR ADAPTIVE ENGINES

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• $375,000 - Monday the 7th of May 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA9101 AEDC PKP PROCRMNT BR
  SBIR P2 PROPOSAL F103-220-2589 VALVE HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM

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• $372,105 - Thursday the 12th of April 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  SBIR II: HI TEMP BLADE HEALTH MEASUREMENT SYS FOR ADAPTIVE ENGINES

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• $275,000 - Friday the 3rd of February 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  SBIR PHASE II; PARALLEL OPERATION OF COMPACT, EFFICIENT TURBOGENERATORS FOR ROBUST TACTICAL ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

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• $100,000 - Thursday the 26th of July 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  PARALLEL OPERATION OF COMPACT, EFFICIENT TURBOGENERATORS FOR ROBUST TACTICAL ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

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