The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $248,835 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  ARMSTRONG FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS: MODULAR MINIMUM COST LAUNCH SYSTEM (MCLS) FOR NANO-SATELLITES. DEVELOPMENT OF A WINGED, ROCKET-POWERED VEHICLE BASED ON THE SPRITE VEHICLE DESIGN THAT WILL BE HORIZONTALLY AIR-LAUNCHED FROM A CARRIER AIRCRAFT. THIS VEHICLE WILL BE A SINGLE AIRFRAME, FULLY CONSTRUCTED, WITH MASS PROPERTIES EQUIVALENT TO THE FINAL POWERED VEHICLE.

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• $149,829 - Tuesday the 30th of August 2016
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  AMES RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS MINIMUM-COST LAUNCH VEHICLE- SBIR PHASE III, MODULAR SMALL SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLE. SUBORBITAL LAUNCH DEMONSTRATION - COMPLETE THE PERMITTING PROCESS, COMPLETE VEHICLE FABRICATION AND TEST ACTIVITIES, SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCT AND DEMONSTRATE A FLIGHT READINESS/CERTIFICATION REVIEW AND PERFORM LAUNCH OPERATIONS.

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• $149,644 - Thursday the 5th of September 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  AS MINIMUM COST WILL BE REQUIRED FOR A DEDICATED NANO-SAT LAUNCH VEHICLE, A PARALLEL STAGED, HIGHLY MODULAR VEHICLE ARCHITECTURE IS PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT. THE PRINCIPAL ADVANTAGE OF A MODULAR ARCHITECTURE FOR THIS SIZE OF VEHICLE IS THE SINGLE PROPULSION DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BOOST STAGES AT A RELATIVELY SMALL SCALE. THIS APPROACH DRASTICALLY SHORTENS DEVELOPMENT TIMELINES AND COST. A CANDIDATE LAUNCH VEHICLE WITH A CLUSTER OF SEVEN IDENTICAL MODULES WOULD LIGHT 4 MODULES FOR THE FIRST STAGE, 2 FOR THE SECOND, 1 FOR THE THIRD, AND FIRE 1 SMALL SPINNING APOGEE KICK MOTOR (AKM) FOR THE FOURTH. WHITTINGHILL AEROSPACE (WASP) PROPOSES TO REFINE THE PHASE 1 DESIGN OF AN ALL-COMPOSITE, N2O-FED HYBRID ROCKET MOTOR (HRM) PROPELLED, 25 KG TO LEO LAUNCHER. WASP WILL THEN BUILD AND FIRE THE AKM, BUILD AND FIRE THE CORE MODULE HRM, THEN LAUNCH THE FULL-SCALE CORE MODULE AS AN UNGUIDED SOUNDING ROCKET FROM A COMMERCIAL RANGE. AT THE CONCLUSION OF PHASE 2, THE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE AT A TRL LEVEL OF 6.

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