The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $900,000 - Wednesday the 20th of February 2013
  Federal Aviation Administration
  DEPT OF TRANS/FEDERAL AVIATION ADMIN
  CONCEPT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES REGARDING SURFACE DATA EXCHANGE TAS::69 8107::TAS IGF::CL::IGF

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• $81,000 - Monday the 11th of February 2013
  Federal Aviation Administration
  DEPT OF TRANS/FEDERAL AVIATION ADMIN
  FOR TASK ORDER 0001 TAS::69 8107::TAS

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• $78,484 - Saturday the 22nd of December 2012
  Federal Aviation Administration
  DEPT OF TRANS/FEDERAL AVIATION ADMIN
  MOD 0007: CORRECT MOD 006 AND EXTEND THE POP TAS::69 8108::TAS

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• $77,700 - Saturday the 22nd of December 2012
  Federal Aviation Administration
  DEPT OF TRANS/FEDERAL AVIATION ADMIN
  MOD 0011, FUNDING TAS::69 8108::TAS

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• $75,000 - Monday the 11th of February 2013
  Federal Aviation Administration
  DEPT OF TRANS/FEDERAL AVIATION ADMIN
  INCREMENTAL FUNDING MODIFICATION #6 DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE FLEXIBLE AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT (FAM) OPERATIONAL CONCEPT BY CONDUCTING FAST-TIME SIMULATION MODELING FOR THE FAM CONCEPT TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL BENEFIT OF FLEXIBLE AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT AND THE SENSITIVITY OF FAM BENEFITS TO AIRPORT CONSTRAINTS, EN ROUTE CONSTRAINTS, WEATHER DISTURBANCES, EQUIPAGE MIX, AND DEMAND FORECAST ACCURACY. TAS::69 8107::TAS

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• $75,000 - Monday the 13th of January 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  METRON AVIATION, INC. PROPOSES TO DESIGN A SYSTEM TO SUPPORT A MARKETPLACE IN WHICH FLIGHT OPERATORS CAN EXCHANGE ARRIVAL SLOTS IN TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT (TFM) INITIATIVES SUCH AS AIRSPACE FLOW PROGRAMS (AFPS) AND GROUND DELAY PROGRAMS (GDPS) WHILE REQUIRING NO CHANGES IN FAA AUTOMATION OR PROCEDURES. THE ADVENT OF AFPS IN 2006 HAS GENERATED MANY MORE POTENTIALLY EXCHANGEABLE RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE VALUED SUFFICIENTLY DIFFERENTLY BY THEIR OWNERS TO MAKE A TRADE DESIRABLE. WE BELIEVE THAT NAS USERS AND THE FAA WOULD EMBRACE SUCH A MARKETPLACE AND THAT IT WOULD ENABLE USERS TO COLLECTIVELY REDUCE THEIR OPERATING COSTS RESULTING FROM NAS CONGESTION. BOTH FAA AND NASA RESEARCH HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR EFFICIENT AND EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF NAS RESOURCES AND INCREASED OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY. MARKET-BASED MECHANISMS HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED FOR TRANSFERRING SYSTEM-IMPOSED DELAY FROM MORE CRITICAL TO LESS CRITICAL FLIGHTS. NO SUCH CAPABILITY IS AVAILABLE TO NAS USERS TODAY. IN THIS SBIR, WE WILL SHOW HOW THE ADVENT OF AFPS CHANGES THE FORCES AT WORK IN A SLOT-TRADING MARKETPLACE, MAKING ITS FUNCTIONS MUCH MORE VALUABLE TO FLIGHT OPERATORS.

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• $75,000 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS HAVE ENABLED A WIDE RANGE OF AERIAL VEHICLES THAT CAN BE REMOTELY OPERATED. VIABLE APPLICATIONS INCLUDE MILITARY MISSIONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, BORDER PATROL, WEATHER DATA COLLECTION, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LAND USE IMAGING, AND CARGO TRANSPORT. NASA AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN THIS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) RESEARCH. UAVS CAN BE FLOWN IN THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM (NAS) TODAY, BUT ONLY WITH SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM THE FAA A PROCESS THAT OFTEN TAKES 60 TO 90 DAYS. MOREOVER, PERMISSION IS OFTEN CONTINGENT ON HEAVY RESTRICTIONS, SUCH AS ACCOMPANYING THE UAV WITH A MANNED CHASE PLANE, THEREBY NULLIFYING THE COST SAVINGS OF A UAV. FULL FRUITION OF UAV TECHNOLOGY WILL REQUIRE INCORPORATION OF UAVS INTO MAINSTREAM AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (ATM) PRACTICES, INCLUDING TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT FLOW CONTROL PROGRAMS AND POSSIBLE CREATION OF SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE (SUA). IN THIS SBIR, WE PROPOSE A UAV-TO-TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT (AIM-UAS) INTERFACE. THIS ALLOWS TRAFFIC MANAGERS TO ANTICIPATE AND TRACK UAVS. IN TURN, THIS ALLOWS UAV OPERATORS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR IMPACT ON COMMERCIAL AIR TRAFFIC AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.

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• $749,996 - Thursday the 8th of January 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  AMES RESEARCH CENTER
  TAS::80 0125::TAS RECOVERY ACT-CLIN 01 TITLE: NASA RESEARCH ANNOUCEMENT (NRA) ENTITLED RECOVERY LIST TITLE: "PREDICTING MODELING&ANALYSIS IN SUPPORT OF DEEPER ASSESSMENT OF SYSTEM SAFETY&RISKS FOR NEXTGEN AIRSPACE CONCEPTS."

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• $712,500 - Wednesday the 20th of February 2013
  Federal Aviation Administration
  DEPT OF TRANS/FEDERAL AVIATION ADMIN
  CONCEPT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES REGARDING SURFACE DATA EXCHANGE TAS::69 8107::TAS IGF::CL::IGF

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• $698,078 - Monday the 11th of February 2013
  Federal Aviation Administration
  DEPT OF TRANS/FEDERAL AVIATION ADMIN
  INCREMENTAL FUNDING MODIFICATION 0005 TAS::69 8107::TAS

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