The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $749,999 - Thursday the 19th of June 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTION - THIN, FLEXIBLE, AND HIGHLY EFFICIENT SOLAR ARRAYS ARE NEEDED THAT PACKAGE COMPACTLY FOR LAUNCH AND DEPLOY INTO LARGE, STRUCTURALLY STABLE HIGH POWER GENERATORS. INVERTED METAMORPHIC MULTI-JUNCTION (IMM) SOLAR CELLS CAN ENABLE THESE ARRAYS, OFFERING HIGHER EFFICIENCIES OF>33% AND LOWER MASS AND FLEXIBILITY, BUT INTEGRATION CHALLENGES OF THIS THIN CRYSTALLINE CELL TECHNOLOGY NEED SOLUTION. THE THIN HYBRID INTERCONNECTED SOLAR-ARRAY (THINS) TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS ROBUST AND RELIABLE INTEGRATION OF IMM CELLS INTO A FLEXIBLE BLANKET COMPRISING STANDARDIZED MODULES ENGINEERED FOR PRODUCIBILITY. THE MODULES SUPPORT THE IMM CELL BY USING MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR STRUCTURAL STABILITY, SHIELDING, CTE STRESS RELIEF, AND INTEGRATED THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS. THE PHASE I EFFORT DEMONSTRATED THE FEASIBILITY OF KEY THINS COMPONENT, INCLUDING THE STRUCTURALLY STABILIZED IMM CELL, AND INTEGRATION WITH ADVANCED MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SUBSTRATE AND SUPERSTRATE COMPONENTS, AND COMPLETED THE MODULARITY APPROACH FOR INTERFACING INTO THE ROLL OUT SOLAR ARRAY (ROSA) DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURE, WHILE IMPROVING STANDARDIZATION AND MANUFACTURABILITY. DESIGN EVALUATION SHOWS FIGURES OF MERIT FOR ARRAY LEVEL SPECIFIC POWER, INCLUDING DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURE, GREATER THAN 400W/KG AND VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY GREATER THAN15KW/M^3, SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN CURRENT APPROACHES. THE LOW MASS AND LOW STOWED VOLUME PROVIDES A PATH TO PACKAGE 300KW IN A SINGLE LAUNCH WITH A DEPLOYMENT APPROACH THAT USES SIMPLE, ROBUST MECHANISMS. PHASE II ADVANCES THE THINS/ROSA TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATING ADVANCED 4 -JUNCTION IMM SOLAR CELLS INTO THINS MODULES USING DEMONSTRATED SPACEFLIGHT QUALIFIED MATERIALS, TESTING MODULE COUPONS IN THERMAL CYCLING AND PLASMA ENVIRONMENTS, FABRICATING A FULL-SCALE MODULE TO DEMONSTRATE AUTOMATABLE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, INTEGRATING THAT MODULE AND INACTIVE MODULES (WITH CELL SIMULATORS) INTO THE ROSA DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURE, AND CULMINATING IN A FULL-SCALE DEPLOYMENT DEMONSTRATION.

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• $375,000 - Thursday the 24th of May 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA9453 DET 8 AFRL PKV8
  FLEXIBLE COVERSHIELD FOR THIN FILM SOLAR ARRAYS

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• $196,216 - Tuesday the 1st of May 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA9453 DET 8 AFRL PKV8
  FULLY FUND CONTRACT

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• $181,343 - Wednesday the 26th of September 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA9401 AFNWC PZI
  SOLAR PANEL

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• $150,000 - Monday the 22nd of October 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA9453 DET 8 AFRL PKV8
  SYNCHRONIZED MODULAR INTEGRATED DEPLOYABLES ARRAY

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• $124,986 - Thursday the 6th of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AN OCCULTER OPTICAL EDGE AND OPTICAL EDGE MEASUREMENT VERIFICATION SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR ASTROPHYSICS MISSIONS INCLUDING JWST AND THE OCCULTING OZONE OBSERVATORY (O3). THE OPTICAL EDGE HAS TIGHT CROSS-SECTION REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO PRODUCE THE CORRECT DIFFRACTION AS LIGHT PASSES OVER THE EDGE. IT IS ALSO OF IMPORTANCE IS THE OPTICAL EDGE PROFILE TOLERANCE. THIS REQUIRES PRECISION MACHINING AND THAT THE OPTICAL EDGE BE THERMALLY STABLE. KEY TECHNICAL CHALLENGES LIE IN MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL EDGE WITH A CROSS-SECTION APPROPRIATE FOR AN OCCULTER AS WELL AS IN MEASURING THAT EDGE TO THE DEGREE OF PRECISION REQUIRED. DUE TO THE THERMAL STABILITY REQUIREMENTS, INNOVATIVE MATERIALS OR COMBINATIONS OF MATERIALS MUST BE USED. THE FOCUS OF THIS RESEARCH WILL BE TO PRODUCE AN OPTICAL EDGE WITH THE REQUIRED CROSS-SECTION AND TO MEASURE THAT EDGE ACCURATELY. ADVANCED MACHINING TECHNIQUES WILL BE INVESTIGATED WHICH MAY INCLUDE MILLING, ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING, GRINDING, AND LASER MACHINING. MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES WILL INCLUDE SCANNING LASER DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCER AND COMPUTERIZED MEASUREMENT MACHINE. THIS TECHNOLOGY COULD BE EXTENDED TO A FULL SCALE OPTICAL EDGE WITH THE CORRECT PROFILE IN A PHASE II PROGRAM.

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