The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $99,873 - Thursday the 12th of January 2012
  Missile Defense Agency
  MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)
  PH I RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT

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• $969,396 - Thursday the 5th of April 2012
  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
  NEW CONTRACT AWARD FOR THE IGH-PERFORMANCE, PUMP-FED UPPER STAGES FOR NANO LAUNCH VEHICLE APPLICATIONS EFFORT IN SUPPORT OF THE ALASA PROGRAM, PHASE I.

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• $893,908 - Thursday the 23rd of February 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-APG
  PERFORMANCE OF WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH

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• $48,000 - Tuesday the 17th of December 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  TO-DATE, THE REALIZATION OF SMALL-SCALE, HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID BIPROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINES HAS LARGELY BEEN LIMITED BY THE INABILITY TO OPERATE AT HIGH CHAMBER PRESSURES IN A REGENERATIVELY-COOLED ENVIRONMENT USING ON-BOARD PUMPS FOR PROPELLANT PRESSURIZATION. VENTIONS SEEKS TO FULFILL THIS CRITICAL NEED BY USING A NOVEL FABRICATION SCHEME TO REALIZE SMALL-SCALE THRUST CHAMBERS AND TURBOPUMPS, AND PROPOSES TO EXTEND ITS PREVIOUSLY-DEMONSTRATED TECHNOLOGIES (UNDER DARPA AND NASA SPONSORED EFFORTS) TO DEVELOP A 3,000LBF, REGENERATIVELY-COOLED, CRYOGENIC PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH A T/W RATIO OF APPROX. 100 AND A VACUUM ISP UP TO 355SEC

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• $40,000 - Tuesday the 17th of December 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  TO-DATE, THE REALIZATION OF SMALL-SCALE, HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID BIPROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINES HAS LARGELY BEEN LIMITED BY THE INABILITY TO OPERATE AT HIGH CHAMBER PRESSURES IN A REGENERATIVELY-COOLED ENVIRONMENT USING ON-BOARD PUMPS FOR PROPELLANT PRESSURIZATION. VENTIONS SEEKS TO FULFILL THIS CRITICAL NEED BY USING A NOVEL FABRICATION SCHEME TO REALIZE SMALL-SCALE THRUST CHAMBERS AND TURBOPUMPS, AND PROPOSES TO EXTEND ITS PREVIOUSLY-DEMONSTRATED TECHNOLOGIES (UNDER DARPA AND NASA SPONSORED EFFORTS) TO DEVELOP A 3,000LBF, REGENERATIVELY-COOLED, CRYOGENIC PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH A T/W RATIO OF APPROX. 100 AND A VACUUM ISP UP TO 355SEC

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• $3,982,961 - Thursday the 13th of September 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  HIGH PERFORMANCE AND LOW COST LAUNCH VEHICLES FOR DEDICATED ORBITAL LAUNCH OF SMALL-SCALE PAYLOADS

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• $124,550 - Tuesday the 27th of November 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  VENTIONS PROPOSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PUMP-FED, 2-STAGE NANO LAUNCH VEHICLE FOR LOW-COST ON-DEMAND PLACEMENT OF CUBE AND NANO-SATELLITES INTO LEO. THE PROPOSED VEHICLE USES HIGH T/W AND HIGH ISP PUMP-FED ENGINES THAT OPERATE AT HIGH CHAMBER PRESSURES WITHOUT THE WEIGHT PENALTY OF HIGH PRESSURE TANKS, THEREBY REALIZING PAYLOAD FRACTIONS IN THE 1-2% RANGE. VENTIONS HAS ALREADY COMPLETED SEVERAL COMPONENT-LEVEL DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE AREA, AND IS PROPOSING ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STAGE SEPARATION MECHANISMS, PAYLOAD FAIRING AND MAIN ENGINE GIMBAL AS PART OF THE PHASE I EFFORT.

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• $124,481 - Thursday the 15th of November 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  TO-DATE, THE REALIZATION OF SMALL-SCALE, HIGH-PERFORMANCE PROPULSION SYSTEMS FOR CHALLENGING IN-SPACE MANEUVERS REQUIRING HIGH DELTA-V AND ACCELERATION OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME (I.E. SAMPLE RETURN), HAS LARGELY BEEN LIMITED BY THE LACK OF REGENERATIVELY-COOLED THRUST CHAMBER ASSEMBLIES AND TURBOPUMPS IN THE 100-1,000LBF THRUST CLASS. VENTIONS PROPOSES TO OVERCOME THIS LIMITATION BY DEVELOPING A 500LBF, LOX-COOLED, PUMP-FED ENGINE FOR IN-SPACE PROPULSION APPLICATIONS. THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL FOCUS ON: 1. OVERALL DESIGN OF A 500LBF ENGINE; 2. DETAILED DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A SUB-SCALE, LOX-COOLED MAIN COMBUSTION CHAMBER; AND 3. EXPERIMENTAL HOT-FIRE TESTING OF A LOX / IPA COMBUSTION CHAMBER ASSEMBLY TO EVALUATE COOLING CHANNEL PERFORMANCE AND LOX QUALITY AT THE INJECTOR INLET.

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