The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $99,979 - Tuesday the 25th of September 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-APG DURHAM
  SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SERVICES

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• $79,990 - Monday the 13th of August 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV LKE
  STTR PHASE I TOPIC N12A-T001

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• $749,750 - Tuesday the 20th of March 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA9550 AFRL AFOSR
  STTR PH II

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• $50,488 - Thursday the 12th of September 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  FINE WATER MIST (FWM) IS A PROMISING REPLACEMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION ON THE NEXT GENERATION OF MANNED SPACECRAFT. IT OFFERS ADVANTAGES IN PERFORMANCE, EASE OF CLEANUP, COMPATIBILITY WITH ON-BOARD ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, AND ABILITY TO RECHARGE DURING A MISSION. ADA TECHNOLOGIES HAS DESIGNED AND BUILT A PROTOTYPE HAND-HELD EXTINGUISHER THAT SUCCESSFULLY EXTINGUISHED TEST FIRES IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF 34% OXYGEN AND 8 PSIA TOTAL PRESSURE, REPRESENTING MANNED SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENTS. IN THIS PHASE II SBIR PROJECT ADA PROPOSES TO ADVANCE THIS FWM PROTOTYPE TOWARD PRODUCTION STATUS BY INCORPORATING DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS COMPATIBLE WITH SPACE-BASED OPERATION AND VALIDATING THE NEW CONFIGURATION IN FIRE TESTS IN THE SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENT CHAMBER (34% O2&8 PSIA) OPERATED BY TEAM MEMBER COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES. WE WILL ALSO PLAN FOR MICROGRAVITY (AIRCRAFT) TESTING AND PREPARE A FLIGHT QUALIFICATION TEST PLAN TO BE USED TO ESTIMATE COSTS FOR FLIGHT QUALIFICATION OF THE HARDWARE. FINALLY, THE PRODUCTION PROTOTYPE WILL BE TESTED AGAINST UL STANDARD 711 CLASS 2B AND 5B FLAMMABLE LIQUID FIRES. A COMPREHENSIVE SPECIFICATION AND DRAWING PACKAGE WILL BE PREPARED. ALL PHASE II PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARD ADVANCING THE TRL OF THE TECHNOLOGY TO LEVEL 8. IN PHASE II WE HAVE ADDED A PARTNER EXPERIENCED IN THE PRODUCTION AND QUALIFICATION OF FLIGHT TEST FIXTURES AND EXPERIMENTS. ADA HAS ALSO INITIATED DISCUSSIONS WITH A NASA CONTRACTOR FOR SPACECRAFT AS WELL AS WITH A COMMERCIAL SUPPLIER OF FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT TO TAKE THIS TECHNOLOGY INTO THE BROADER COMMERCIAL MARKETPLACE, TARGETING AEROSPACE AND FLAMMABLE FUELS STORAGE AS EARLY MARKET SEGMENTS.

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• $374,967 - Wednesday the 18th of April 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA9453 DET 8 AFRL PKV8
  FULLY FUND CONTRACT

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• $373,988 - Tuesday the 23rd of October 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8651 AFRL RWK
  INCREMENTAL FUNDING

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• $373,830 - Tuesday the 4th of September 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA9550 AFRL AFOSR
  STTR PHASE II

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• $373,136 - Wednesday the 29th of February 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  INCREMENTAL FUNDING

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• $307,456 - Friday the 29th of June 2012
  Department Of Army
  W4GG HQ US ARMY TACOM
  ADA TECH - PHASE II SIBR, RESEARCH OF ADVANCED ANODE MATERIALS FOR IMPROVED POWER IN LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES

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• $15,415 - Friday the 31st of January 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  FIBER REINFORCE POLYMER (FRP) COMPOSITE MATERIALS ARE SEEING INCREASING USE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WIDE VARIETY OF AEROSPACE STRUCTURES. HOWEVER, UNCERTAINTIES REGARDING THE MATERIAL'S IMPACT DURABILITY CONTINUE TO PLAGUE THE FRP COMPOSITES COMMUNITY. TO ADDRESS THIS NEED, ADA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (ADA), LITTLETON, CO, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE'S CENTER FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS (UD-CCM), NEWARK, DE, PROPOSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL, NON-CATALYTIC, FULLY PASSIVE, SELF-HEALING POLYMER FOR USE AS A FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER (FRP) MATRIX MATERIAL IF SUCCESSFUL, THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY WILL PROVIDE FULLY AUTONOMOUS SELF-HEALING WITHOUT THE USE OF A CATALYST. FURTHER, WHILE THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS LARGELY FOCUSED ON DEMONSTRATING SELF-HEALING CAPABILITIES IN FRP MATERIAL FORM, THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY IS BROADLY APPLICABLE TO NEXT-GENERATION POLYMER-BASED COMPOSITES SUCH AS CARBON NANOTUBE REINFORCED COMPOSITES (I.E., POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES).

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