The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $79,945 - Thursday the 9th of August 2012
  Department Of Navy
  OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH
  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)

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• $749,879 - Monday the 22nd of October 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA9550 AFRL AFOSR
  STTR PHASE II - HYBRID OPTICAL AND MAGNETIC ULTRACOLD ATOM CHIP SYSTEM

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• $61,420 - Wednesday the 18th of July 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-APG ADELPHI
  MAGNETIC OPTIC TRAP (MOT) KIT

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• $46,500 - Sunday the 26th of August 2012
  National Institute Of Standards And Technology
  DEPT OF COMM/NAT INST STAND AND TECHNOL
  VACUUM CELL

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• $375,000 - Wednesday the 15th of February 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV LKE
  RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT

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• $249,984 - Tuesday the 20th of March 2012
  Department Of Navy
  OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH
  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)

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• $124,940 - Tuesday the 13th of November 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  COLDQUANTA'S ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE IS TO PRODUCE A COMPACT, TURNKEY, ULTRACOLD-ATOM SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR PERFORMING INTERFEROMETRY WITH BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES. TO PRODUCE ULTRACOLD-ATOM-BASED DEVICES (E.G. INERTIAL SENSORS, MAGNETOMETERS, CLOCKS, ETC.) THAT CAN COMPETE WITH EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES, HIGHER FLUXES AND/OR FASTER PRODUCTION RATES WILL BE NEEDED OVER CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNIQUES. IN THIS PHASE I WORK EFFORT, COLDQUANTA WILL ADDRESS THIS NEED FOR GREATER FLUXES BY INVESTIGATING TWO APPROACHES TOWARD DEVELOPING HIGH-FLUX COMPACT BEC-PRODUCING SYSTEMS. THE FIRST APPROACH TARGETS SYSTEMS THAT UTILIZE COLDQUANTA'S RUBECI VACUUM CELL AND ITS PROVEN SUCCESS AT THE HEART OF THE WORLD'S SMALLEST, FASTEST-PRODUCING, ULTRACOLD ATOM SYSTEMS. USING NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION, WE WILL IMPROVE THE SPEED AND EFFICIENCY (I.E. REDUCE ATOM LOSS) OF SEVERAL KEY PRODUCTION STEPS, INCLUDING FASTER TRAP LOADING FROM A COLD-ATOM SOURCE AND MORE EFFICIENT ATOM TRANSFER BETWEEN MAGNETIC TRAPS. IN THE SECOND, HIGHER PAYOFF APPROACH, WE WILL INVESTIGATE IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSEMBLY-LINE PRODUCTION OF BECS USING VACUUM CELL CONSTRUCTION THAT ALLOWS EACH STAGE OF PRODUCTION TO OCCUR SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGHOUT A SERIES OF INTERCONNECTED VACUUM CHAMBERS. THE RESULTING SYSTEM WOULD CREATE ULTRACOLD ATOMS QUASI-CONTINUOUSLY AND INCREASE PRODUCTION RATES BY VIRTUALLY ELIMINATING DEAD TIME BETWEEN SEQUENTIAL OPERATING CYCLES.

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