The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $99,951 - Friday the 20th of January 2012
  Department Of Army
  W2R2 CONST ENGRG LAB
  U435CFM SBIR PHASE ONE

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• $99,921 - Monday the 21st of March 2016
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-APG
  IGF::OT::IGF ADVANCED SMALL, LIGHTWEIGHT MULTI-FUELED 1,000 - 1,500 W VARIABLE SPEED LOAD FOLLOWING MAN-PORTABLE POWER UNIT

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• $50,000 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  A NOVEL SHORT CONTACT TIME MICROLITH SABATIER REACTOR SYSTEM FOR CO2 REDUCTION OFFERS A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE IN SUPPORT OF MANNED SPACEFLIGHT. COMPARED TO CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE ALTERNATIVES (INCLUDING MICROCHANNELS), THE REACTOR WILL BE MUCH SMALLER AND LIGHTER, MORE ENERGY AND RESOURCE EFFICIENT, AND MORE DURABLE. IN THE SPACECRAFT CABIN ATMOSPHERE REVITALIZATION SYSTEM (ARS), THE UTILIZATION OF CO2 TO PRODUCE LIFE SUPPORT CONSUMABLES, SUCH AS O2 AND H2O, VIA SABATIER PROCESS AS PART OF THE CO2 REDUCTION ASSEMBLY (CRA) IS AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION FOR BOTH LOW-EARTH ORBIT AND LONG-TERM MANNED SPACE EXPLORATIONS, AND ALSO HAS APPLICATION FOR LUNAR/MARTIAN ISRU CONCEPTS. THE MATURATION OF THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE LAUNCH WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS AND THE NEED OF RE-SUPPLY FROM EARTH. PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC. (PCI) PROPOSES TO BUILD ON PHASE 1 PROOF OF CONCEPT SUCCESS TO DEVELOP, DEMONSTRATE, AND DELIVER AN INTEGRATED MICROLITHREG-BASED GROUND TEST SABATIER REACTOR DEVELOPMENT UNIT (SDU) FOR CO2 REDUCTION, WITH COLLABORATIVE SUPPORT FROM A SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR. THE SDU WILL CONVERT CO2 AND H2 TO METHANE AND WATER, ACHIEVING CLOSE-TO-EQUILIBRIUM CO2 CONVERSIONS AT HIGH THROUGHPUTS AND AT LOW OPERATING TEMPERATURES ( 350OC). MAJOR SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR PARTICIPATION WILL HELP GUIDE THE PROGRAM. TRL IS NOW 4 AND WILL BE ADVANCED TO 5.

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• $36,458 - Tuesday the 21st of August 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  SBIR PHASE III - LASER SINTERED LATTICE COATING

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• $30,961 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  SBIR PHASE III THE NASA ADVANCED EXPLORATION SYSTEMS (AES) LOGISTICS REDUCTION IS DEVELOPING A HEAT MELT COMPACTOR (HMC) SOLID WASTE PROCESSING SYSTEM. THE HMC PROCESSES WET AND DRY SOLID WASTE BY SUBJECTING IT TO A HEATED COMPACTION PROCESS. IN THIS PROCESS, THE SOLID WASTE WHICH CHARACTERISTICALLY CONTAINS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PLASTIC IS HEATED AND COMPRESSED INTO A TILE . WATER VAPOR AND VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS) ARE LIBERATED DURING THE HEATING AND COMPACTION PROCESS. THE WATER IS CONDENSED AND RECOVERED FOR RE-USE BY THE CREW. AFTER CONDENSING THE WATER FROM THE EXHAUST GAS STREAM, A SOURCE CONTAMINATION CONTROL UNIT (SCCU) PROCESSES THE GAS STEAM TO REMOVE THE VOCS. PROCESS TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS FOR THE SCCU INCLUDE PACKED PHYSICAL ADSORBENT BEDS AND THERMAL CATALYTIC OXIDATION REACTOR COMPONENTS. THESE COMPONENTS MAY BE USED INDIVIDUALLY OR IN COMBINATION DEPENDING ON THE VOC CONTENT OF THE HMC PROCESS GAS STREAM. DETAILS ON THE HMC MAY BE FOUND IN AIAA-2012-3545. THE TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORK IS TO DEVELOP A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR A THERMAL CATALYTIC OXIDATION REACTOR AND COMPACT RECUPERATIVE HEAT EXCHANGER SUITABLE FOR DEMONSTRATION AS THE SCCU FOR A DEVELOPMENTAL HMC UNIT. THIS WORK BUILDS DIRECTLY FROM TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS ACHIEVED DURING SBIR PHASE II PROJECT NAS8-40573 (UNIQUE METAL MONOLITH CATALYTIC CONVERTER FOR SMALL EFFICIENT TRACE CONTAMINANT CONTROL). THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN WILL SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR FUTURE FABRICATION, ASSEMBLY, AND TESTING OF A SCCU. THE USCM CATALYTIC REACTOR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, OPERATING CONDITIONS, PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS, AND LIKELY CONTAMINANTS WILL BE IDENTIFIED BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH NASA ENGINEERS. PROJECTED REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING SYSTEM OPERATING ENVELOPE AND INTEGRATION ISSUES, FOR INTEGRATING THE CATALYTIC OXIDIZER WITH THE HMC PROTOTYPE FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) APPLICATION WILL BE IDENTIFIED. THESE WILL BE CONFIRMED AS PER THE DESIRED SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS BASED ON NASA SPECIFICATIONS. A COMPACT RECUPERATIVE HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN WILL ALSO BE EVALUATED AS PART OF THE USCM REACTOR ASSEMBLY. APPROPRIATE OPERATING REQUIREMENTS AND REACTOR NEEDS WILL ALSO BE IDENTIFIED. THE INFORMATION WILL BE USED TO CONFIRM OPERATING CONDITIONS AND PREPARE PRELIMINARY REACTOR DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS AS WELL AS TESTING GUIDELINES. DISCUSSIONS WILL ALSO TAKE PLACE WITH NASA ENGINEERS AND HMC PROJECT LEADS TO CONFIRM THE INTERFACING BETWEEN THE USCM CATALYTIC REACTOR AND THE REMAINING SUB-COMPONENTS WITHIN THE HMC PROTOTYPE UNIT. A DETAILED SOLID MODEL OF THE USCM REACTOR DESIGN CONCEPT ALONG WITH THE PROJECTED OPERATING PROCEDURE AND CONDITIONS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED TO NASA FOR FURTHER REVIEW ON THE OVERALL DESIGN AND SIZING.

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• $2,793,438 - Thursday the 20th of September 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-APG
  1 KWE JP-8 FUELED, MAN-PORTABLE GENSET FOR POWER GENERATION FOR EXPEDITIONARY SMALL UNIT OPERATIONS

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• $149,909 - Monday the 14th of May 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-APG
  FUEL FLEXIBLE REFORMER SBIR I

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• $124,842 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  CURRENT APPROACHES PLANNED FOR SPACE SUIT ATMOSPHERE REVITALIZATION (AR) ARE NEITHER COMPATIBLE WITH EACH OTHER NOR REGENERABLE IN SPACE, AND HAVE A HIGH LIFE CYCLE OPERATING COST ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. THE PROPOSED PCI INNOVATION IN COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD INVOLVES SYNTHESIZING IMPROVED SORBENTS ON HIGH SURFACE AREA SUPPORTS TAILORED FOR CO2, WATER AND TRACE CONTAMINANT REMOVAL. PHASE I EFFORT WILL DEMONSTRATE PROOF OF CONCEPT DEVELOPING APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR COATING HIGH CAPACITY SORBENTS ON HIGH SURFACE AREA SUPPORTS, SCALABILITY OF THE APPROACH WITH HIGH BED UTILIZATION, MAXIMIZING SORPTION CAPACITY RESULTING IN ULTRA-COMPACT SORPTION ADSORBER, RAPID REGENERATION TO VACUUM AND AN OPERATING DEMONSTRATION ON A BENCH SCALE; REPRESENTING SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES OVER CURRENT STATE-OF-THE ART AR METHODS.

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