The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $60,000 - Thursday the 6th of September 2012
  National Institute Of Standards And Technology
  DEPT OF COMM/NAT INST STAND AND TECHNOL
  POLYMER AGING MONITOR

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• $50,000 - Friday the 21st of March 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE HEALTH AND INTEGRITY OF AIRCRAFT SENSORS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN AVIATION SAFETY. UNFORTUNATELY, INACCURATE OR FALSE READINGS FROM THESE SENSORS CAN LEAD TO IMPROPER DECISION-MAKING RESULTING IN SERIOUS AND SOMETIMES FATAL CONSEQUENCES. THE RESEARCH PERFORMED IN PHASE I DEMONSTRATED THE FEASIBILITY OF USING ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES TO IDENTIFY ANOMALIES IN PITOT TUBES RESULTING FROM BLOCKAGE SUCH AS ICING, MOISTURE, OR FOREIGN OBJECTS. THE CORE TECHNOLOGY USED IN THIS PROJECT IS REFERRED TO AS "NOISE ANALYSIS" SINCE IT RELATES A SENSOR'S RESPONSE TIME TO THE DYNAMIC COMPONENT (NOISE) FOUND IN THE SIGNAL OF THESE SAME SENSORS. THIS ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE HAS USED EXISTING ELECTRICAL SIGNALS OF PITOT TUBE SENSORS THAT RESULT FROM MEASURED PROCESSES DURING IN-FLIGHT CONDITIONS AND/OR INDUCED SIGNALS IN PRE-FLIGHT CONDITIONS TO DETECT ANOMALIES IN THE SENSOR READINGS.

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• $50,000 - Thursday the 10th of April 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DESIGN AND DEVELOP AN AUTONOMOUS INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL (I&C) HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM FOR SPACE NUCLEAR POWER APPLICATIONS. THE SYSTEM, ONCE FULLY DEVELOPED, WILL BE ABLE TO DETECT SYSTEM ANOMALIES BASED ON ANALYTICAL MODELING TECHNIQUE USING DATA FROM EXISTING SENSORS IN THE POWER GENERATOR. THE PRIMARY APPLICATION FOR THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY WILL BE WITH SPACE NUCLEAR REACTORS AND THE NON-NUCLEAR TEST SYSTEMS THAT ARE BEING USED FOR COMPONENT AND SYSTEM LEVEL VALIDATION.

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• $200,000 - Thursday the 10th of April 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DESIGN AND DEVELOP AN AUTONOMOUS INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL (I&C) HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM FOR SPACE NUCLEAR POWER APPLICATIONS. THE SYSTEM, ONCE FULLY DEVELOPED, WILL BE ABLE TO DETECT SYSTEM ANOMALIES BASED ON ANALYTICAL MODELING TECHNIQUE USING DATA FROM EXISTING SENSORS IN THE POWER GENERATOR. THE PRIMARY APPLICATION FOR THE PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY WILL BE WITH SPACE NUCLEAR REACTORS AND THE NON-NUCLEAR TEST SYSTEMS THAT ARE BEING USED FOR COMPONENT AND SYSTEM LEVEL VALIDATION.

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