The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $80,000 - Tuesday the 28th of February 2012
  Environmental Protection Agency
  RTP PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS DIVISION (RTPPOD)
  SBIR PHASE I - ADHERENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC

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• $5,050 - Friday the 18th of November 2011
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
  EPOXY FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHITE NANO-FLAKES

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• $50,000 - Thursday the 23rd of May 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  LARGE APERTURE ANTENNAS ARE OF INTEREST TO NASA FOR APPLICATIONS IN ESTABLISHING HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATION RELAYS FOR INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS. DESIGN GOALS INCLUDE 20 METER APERTURES. IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE MISSION COSTS AT THESE LARGE DIAMETERS, WEIGHT MUST BE SEVERELY RESTRICTED. ADHERENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (ATI) HAS DEVELOPED TWO TECHNOLOGIES FOR ULTRA-LIGHT SPACE STRUCTURES AND ANTENNAS, THE RIGIDIZATION ON COMMANDTM (ROC) CONCEPT, USES UV-CURING RESINS TO STABILIZE INFLATED STRUCTURES AND A SELF-DEPLOYING FOAM ANTENNA CONCEPT AT SMALL APERTURE. THESE TECHNOLOGIES WERE COMBINED IN THE PHASE I PROGRAM TO PRODUCE A FOAM STABILIZED ANTENNA WITH A ROC REFLECTOR SURFACE. THE AREAL DENSITY OF THE 0.6 M DEVISE WAS 2.2 KG/M3. IN THE PHASE II PROGRAM, ATI WILL TEAM WITH ILC DOVER AND ALLIED EM TO DEVELOP THE NEEDED MATERIALS, DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, DEPLOY, AND TEST A 3 M KA BAND ANTENNA BASED ON THE FOAM STABILIZED INFLATABLE TECHNOLOGY. ATI WILL LEAD THE MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT EFFORT, OPTIMIZING THE FOAM FORMULATIONS AND INJECTION METHODS, AS WELL AS CREATE A CUSTOM ROC RESIN FOR ANTENNA APPLICATIONS. ILC DOVER WILL MANUFACTURE THE NECESSARY INFLATABLE MOLD, AND ALLIED EM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RF DESIGN AND TESTING.

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• $30,278 - Thursday the 31st of May 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  UV CURING RESINS AND HYBRID COMPOSITE SYSTEMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ON-ORBIT CURED KEVLAR INFLATABLES.

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• $300,000 - Tuesday the 29th of May 2012
  Environmental Protection Agency
  RTP PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS DIVISION (RTPPOD)
  SBIR PHASE II- ADHERENT TECHNOLOGIES,INC.

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• $125,000 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  NASA IS SOLICITING NEW CONCEPTS FOR LIGHTWEIGHT STABILIZED INFLATABLES IN REGARDS TO LOW WEIGHT, HIGH STORAGE DENSITY, AND EASE OF DEPLOYMENT. WHAT MOST OF THE INFLATABLE CONCEPTS ARE LACKING IS THE ABILITY FOR INTEGRATED STRUCTURAL MEMBERS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE PERMANENT INFLATION PRESSURE. ANY STRUCTURE REQUIRING INFLATION PRESSURE FOR STRUCTURAL STABILITY BECOMES HAZARDOUS IN CASE OF PUNCTURE DUE TO MICROMETEORITE IMPACT OR CREW ACTIVITY; IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO FIX THE PUNCTURE WITHOUT THE WHOLE STRUCTURE COLLAPSING AROUND THE OPERATOR LIKE A TENT. ADDITIONALLY THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS SHOULD ALLOW FOR THE INTEGRATION OF HARD POINTS OR OTHER MODULAR FUNCTIONALITIES. ADHERENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. HAS BEEN ACTIVELY DEVELOPING STABILIZATION CONCEPTS FOR SPACE INFLATABLES FOR YEARS. APPLICATIONS RANGED FROM INFLATABLE SHELTERS, WITH OR WITHOUT SELF-HEALING CAPABILITIES, ANTENNA STRUCTURES, INFLATABLE WING CONCEPTS, AND STRUCTURAL REPAIR TAPE. THE TECHNOLOGY IS KNOWN AS RIGIDIZATION ON COMMAND (ROC), AND IS ACCEPTED AS THE BEST SOLUTION TO PRESERVE INFLATABLE STRUCTURES IN THE ABSENCE OF INFLATION PRESSURE. THE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO STORE IN MINIMAL VOLUME USING BOTH Z-FOLD AND ROLLING APPROACHES, WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE CORE FIBER STRUCTURES. ATI IS NOW PROPOSING TO EXTEND THE APPROACH TO STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS TO ADD STRENGTH TO THESE STRUCTURES, AND PROVIDE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR STRUCTURALLY CHALLENGING SUBSTRUCTURES LIKE FLOORS OR ROOF SUPPORTS FOR REGOLITH-COVERED RADIATION RESISTANT SHELTERS. RESIN IMPREGNATED FIBERGLASS, CARBON FIBER AND OTHER ADVANCED REINFORCING MATERIALS WILL BE USED TO OBTAIN OPTIMAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AT MINIMUM WEIGHT. AS A PROOF OF CONCEPT, THE PHASE I PROGRAM WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE BASIC UNIT OF MOST MODULAR STRUCTURAL CONSTRUCTION, THE I-BEAM. GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS A 3M DEMONSTRATION BEAM.

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