The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $81,517 - Thursday the 16th of February 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV LKE
  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SBIR PH II TOPIC N091-025

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• $50,000 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THIS NASA SBIR PHASE II PROJECT SEEKS TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A SUITE OF SENSOR PRODUCTS TO MONITOR THE HEALTH OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES. SENSORS WILL BE MADE USING THE COMPANY S DIRECT WRITE PROCESS BASED ON MESOPLASMA DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGY. THIS ALLOWS A WIDE VARIETY OF SENSOR MATERIALS AND ARCHITECTURES TO BE DEPOSITED ONTO CONFORMAL COMPONENTS MADE FROM POLYMER COMPOSITE, METALLIC, AND CERAMIC MATERIALS. SENSORS INCLUDE STRAIN GAGES, THERMOCOUPLES, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES, DAMAGE DETECTION SYSTEMS ALONG WITH SHIELDED CONDUCTORS AND PASSIVE CIRCUIT COMPONENTS. IMPROVING THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE DIRECT WRITE PROCESS WITH ADVANCED COMPOSITES IS ESSENTIAL FOR TRANSITIONING THE TECHNOLOGIES TO NASA PLATFORMS. A PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE IS TO DEMONSTRATE OPERABILITY OF DIRECT WRITE SENSORS UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT MAY BE EXPECTED ON A NASA MISSION FOR WHICH COMPOSITE MONITORING IS NECESSARY. INSTRUMENTED STRUCTURES WILL BE EXPOSED TO CRYOGENIC AND HIGH TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS AS WELL AS REQUISITE MECHANICAL LOADING AS ANTICIPATED IN OPERATION. SENSORS WILL DEMONSTRATE THEIR DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITY AND COMPATIBILITY WITH EXISTING DATA ACQUISITION AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NASA APPLICATIONS OF INTEREST. FURTHERMORE, REDUCING CUMBERSOME LEADWIRE BUNDLES THROUGH INTEGRATED WIRING OR PASSIVE WIRELESS SENSING APPROACHES WILL MAKE DIRECT WRITE TECHNOLOGY AN EVEN MORE SUITABLE SOLUTION FOR INTEGRATED HEALTH AND CONDITION MONITORING.

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• $200,000 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THIS NASA SBIR PHASE II PROJECT SEEKS TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A SUITE OF SENSOR PRODUCTS TO MONITOR THE HEALTH OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES. SENSORS WILL BE MADE USING THE COMPANY S DIRECT WRITE PROCESS BASED ON MESOPLASMA DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGY. THIS ALLOWS A WIDE VARIETY OF SENSOR MATERIALS AND ARCHITECTURES TO BE DEPOSITED ONTO CONFORMAL COMPONENTS MADE FROM POLYMER COMPOSITE, METALLIC, AND CERAMIC MATERIALS. SENSORS INCLUDE STRAIN GAGES, THERMOCOUPLES, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES, DAMAGE DETECTION SYSTEMS ALONG WITH SHIELDED CONDUCTORS AND PASSIVE CIRCUIT COMPONENTS. IMPROVING THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE DIRECT WRITE PROCESS WITH ADVANCED COMPOSITES IS ESSENTIAL FOR TRANSITIONING THE TECHNOLOGIES TO NASA PLATFORMS. A PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE IS TO DEMONSTRATE OPERABILITY OF DIRECT WRITE SENSORS UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT MAY BE EXPECTED ON A NASA MISSION FOR WHICH COMPOSITE MONITORING IS NECESSARY. INSTRUMENTED STRUCTURES WILL BE EXPOSED TO CRYOGENIC AND HIGH TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS AS WELL AS REQUISITE MECHANICAL LOADING AS ANTICIPATED IN OPERATION. SENSORS WILL DEMONSTRATE THEIR DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITY AND COMPATIBILITY WITH EXISTING DATA ACQUISITION AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NASA APPLICATIONS OF INTEREST. FURTHERMORE, REDUCING CUMBERSOME LEADWIRE BUNDLES THROUGH INTEGRATED WIRING OR PASSIVE WIRELESS SENSING APPROACHES WILL MAKE DIRECT WRITE TECHNOLOGY AN EVEN MORE SUITABLE SOLUTION FOR INTEGRATED HEALTH AND CONDITION MONITORING.

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• $125,000 - Wednesday the 9th of January 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES (UAVS) ARE BECOMING MORE PREVALENT FOR SUBORBITAL SCIENTIFIC EARTH EXPLORATION, WHICH OFTEN INVOLVES HIGH ALTITUDE, LONG ENDURANCE FLIGHT MISSIONS. EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY INVOLVING SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES (E.G. POLAR MISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE U.S. GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM), CAN LEAD TO THE ACCRETION OF ICE ON CONTROL SURFACES AND JEOPARDIZE BOTH THE VEHICLE HEALTH AND MISSION SUCCESS. MESOSCRIBE PROPOSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRUCTURALLY INTEGRATED ICE DETECTION AND MINIMIZATION SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTATION ONTO UAV PLATFORMS. THE SYSTEM, ENCOMPASSING MULTIFUNCTIONAL DETECTION AND DE-ICING MODULES AS WELL AS POWER DISTRIBUTION ARRAYS, WILL BE DESIGNED AND FABRICATED USING DIRECT WRITE TECHNOLOGY. SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE IDENTIFIED BASED ON THE CHOSEN SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR INTEGRATED SWITCHING NETWORKS, WHICH WILL BE REQUIRED TO TOGGLE BETWEEN DETECTION AND DE-ICING MODES FOR POWER MANAGEMENT. PROTOTYPE MODULES WILL BE FEASIBILITY TESTED DURING PHASE I TO DEMONSTRATE CONCEPT EFFICACY AND PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE. THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY OFFERS A VARIETY OF BENEFITS FOR INTEGRATION ONTO UAVS, INCLUDING MULTIFUNCTIONAL ICING DETECTION/MINIMIZATION CAPABILITIES, LOW-PROFILE NON-INTRUSIVE CONDUCTOR NETWORKS, MINIMAL POWER CONSUMPTION, AND RUGGEDIZED IMPLEMENTATION.

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• $100,000 - Friday the 20th of January 2012
  Missile Defense Agency
  MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)
  PH I RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT

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