The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $75,000 - Thursday the 17th of April 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  WITH MORE MISSIONS AT HIGH DATA RATES DEMANDING USE OF LIMITED SPECTRAL RESOURCES, NASA'S SCAN OFFICE RECENTLY COORDINATED A STUDY TO IDENTIFY A SPACE COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE TO SUPPORT FUTURE MISSIONS. THE STUDY RECOMMENDS PRECODED GMSK AND AR4JA LDPC CODES AS PREFERRED OPTIONS IN MOST SPACE NETWORK AND GROUND NETWORK FORWARD AND RETURN LINKS AND DEEP SPACE NETWORK RETURN LINKS. THIS MODULATION AND CODING PAIR PROVIDES EXCELLENT BANDWIDTH-EFFICIENCY AND GREATLY REDUCED TRANSMITTER SWAP. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE NO HIGH-DATA-RATE AR4JA LDPC DEVICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND EXISTING GMSK RECEIVERS OPERATE FAR FROM THE PERFORMANCE PREDICTED BY THEORY, ESPECIALLY IN THE PRESENCE OF SEVERE CHANNEL AND EQUIPMENT IMPAIRMENTS. PHASE I PROVIDED A DESIGN OF A SOFT-DECISION GENERATING GMSK DEMODULATOR INTEGRATED WITH AN AR4JA LDPC DECODER AND WITH ESTIMATION AND COMPENSATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF SEVERE IMPAIRMENTS. FIXED-POINT SIMULATIONS SHOW PERFORMANCE WITHIN A SMALL FRACTION OF A DB OF THE PERFORMANCE WITH FAR LESS BANDWIDTH-EFFICIENT MODULATIONS SUCH AS BPSK. THE RESULTS OF THIS EFFORT SHOW THE TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF AN INTEGRATED GMSK/AR4JA LDPC DESIGN. THE PROPOSED PHASE 2 EFFORT INVOLVES THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF A PROTOTYPE TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER TO DEMONSTRATE THE SUPERIOR CAPABILITIES OFFERED BY THIS INNOVATION AND ENABLE SUBSEQUENT COMMERCIALIZATION. A SIMPLE AND HIGHLY FLEXIBLE GUI SYSTEM FOR PROTOTYPE CONFIGURATION AND CONTROL AND MODULAR API DESIGN WILL ALLOW PHASE II REFINEMENT OF THE DESIGN AND FACILITATE INTEGRATION IN FUTURE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS.

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• $749,997 - Friday the 3rd of August 2012
  Department Of Navy
  SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS
  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)

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• $55,000 - Thursday the 17th of April 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  WITH MORE MISSIONS AT HIGH DATA RATES DEMANDING USE OF LIMITED SPECTRAL RESOURCES, NASA'S SCAN OFFICE RECENTLY COORDINATED A STUDY TO IDENTIFY A SPACE COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE TO SUPPORT FUTURE MISSIONS. THE STUDY RECOMMENDS PRECODED GMSK AND AR4JA LDPC CODES AS PREFERRED OPTIONS IN MOST SPACE NETWORK AND GROUND NETWORK FORWARD AND RETURN LINKS AND DEEP SPACE NETWORK RETURN LINKS. THIS MODULATION AND CODING PAIR PROVIDES EXCELLENT BANDWIDTH-EFFICIENCY AND GREATLY REDUCED TRANSMITTER SWAP. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE NO HIGH-DATA-RATE AR4JA LDPC DEVICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND EXISTING GMSK RECEIVERS OPERATE FAR FROM THE PERFORMANCE PREDICTED BY THEORY, ESPECIALLY IN THE PRESENCE OF SEVERE CHANNEL AND EQUIPMENT IMPAIRMENTS. PHASE I PROVIDED A DESIGN OF A SOFT-DECISION GENERATING GMSK DEMODULATOR INTEGRATED WITH AN AR4JA LDPC DECODER AND WITH ESTIMATION AND COMPENSATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF SEVERE IMPAIRMENTS. FIXED-POINT SIMULATIONS SHOW PERFORMANCE WITHIN A SMALL FRACTION OF A DB OF THE PERFORMANCE WITH FAR LESS BANDWIDTH-EFFICIENT MODULATIONS SUCH AS BPSK. THE RESULTS OF THIS EFFORT SHOW THE TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF AN INTEGRATED GMSK/AR4JA LDPC DESIGN. THE PROPOSED PHASE 2 EFFORT INVOLVES THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF A PROTOTYPE TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER TO DEMONSTRATE THE SUPERIOR CAPABILITIES OFFERED BY THIS INNOVATION AND ENABLE SUBSEQUENT COMMERCIALIZATION. A SIMPLE AND HIGHLY FLEXIBLE GUI SYSTEM FOR PROTOTYPE CONFIGURATION AND CONTROL AND MODULAR API DESIGN WILL ALLOW PHASE II REFINEMENT OF THE DESIGN AND FACILITATE INTEGRATION IN FUTURE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS.

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• $49,162 - Thursday the 5th of April 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-APG
  EXERCISE OPTION ON CLIN 0005 FOR 4 MONTHS SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF "FEATURE DETECTION ARCHITECTURE FOR LOW PROCESSING CAPABLE RADIOS"

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• $476,981 - Wednesday the 14th of November 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-APG
  SBIR PHASE II

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• $211,927 - Wednesday the 21st of March 2012
  Department Of Navy
  SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS
  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

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• $145,000 - Thursday the 17th of April 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  WITH MORE MISSIONS AT HIGH DATA RATES DEMANDING USE OF LIMITED SPECTRAL RESOURCES, NASA'S SCAN OFFICE RECENTLY COORDINATED A STUDY TO IDENTIFY A SPACE COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE TO SUPPORT FUTURE MISSIONS. THE STUDY RECOMMENDS PRECODED GMSK AND AR4JA LDPC CODES AS PREFERRED OPTIONS IN MOST SPACE NETWORK AND GROUND NETWORK FORWARD AND RETURN LINKS AND DEEP SPACE NETWORK RETURN LINKS. THIS MODULATION AND CODING PAIR PROVIDES EXCELLENT BANDWIDTH-EFFICIENCY AND GREATLY REDUCED TRANSMITTER SWAP. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE NO HIGH-DATA-RATE AR4JA LDPC DEVICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND EXISTING GMSK RECEIVERS OPERATE FAR FROM THE PERFORMANCE PREDICTED BY THEORY, ESPECIALLY IN THE PRESENCE OF SEVERE CHANNEL AND EQUIPMENT IMPAIRMENTS. PHASE I PROVIDED A DESIGN OF A SOFT-DECISION GENERATING GMSK DEMODULATOR INTEGRATED WITH AN AR4JA LDPC DECODER AND WITH ESTIMATION AND COMPENSATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF SEVERE IMPAIRMENTS. FIXED-POINT SIMULATIONS SHOW PERFORMANCE WITHIN A SMALL FRACTION OF A DB OF THE PERFORMANCE WITH FAR LESS BANDWIDTH-EFFICIENT MODULATIONS SUCH AS BPSK. THE RESULTS OF THIS EFFORT SHOW THE TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF AN INTEGRATED GMSK/AR4JA LDPC DESIGN. THE PROPOSED PHASE 2 EFFORT INVOLVES THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF A PROTOTYPE TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER TO DEMONSTRATE THE SUPERIOR CAPABILITIES OFFERED BY THIS INNOVATION AND ENABLE SUBSEQUENT COMMERCIALIZATION. A SIMPLE AND HIGHLY FLEXIBLE GUI SYSTEM FOR PROTOTYPE CONFIGURATION AND CONTROL AND MODULAR API DESIGN WILL ALLOW PHASE II REFINEMENT OF THE DESIGN AND FACILITATE INTEGRATION IN FUTURE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS.

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