The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $99,999 - Thursday the 26th of January 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-APG
  PERFORMANCE OF WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH

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• $80,000 - Monday the 30th of April 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV LKE
  SBIR PI N121-018

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• $749,956 - Tuesday the 12th of August 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTION - CORNERSTONE RESEARCH GROUP INC. (CRG) PROPOSES TO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS FROM THE 2010 NASA SBIR PHASE I TOPIC X5.03, "NO-OVEN, NO-AUTOCLAVE (NONA) COMPOSITE PROCESSING." NONA OFFERS NASA THE ABILITY TO MANUFACTURE COMPOSITES WITHOUT AN OVEN OR AUTOCLAVE, WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE MANUFACTURING COSTS. LARGE, SINGLE-PIECE COMPOSITE STRUCTURES FOR NASA HEAVY LIFT LAUNCH VEHICLES ARE CURRENTLY EXPENSIVE TO FABRICATE PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT (OVENS, AUTOCLAVES, AND TOOLING) NEEDED TO CURE THE PART AND MAINTAIN TOLERANCES AT CURE CONDITIONS. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW AUTOCLAVES IN THE WORLD LARGE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT LARGE COMPOSITE FABRICATION, AND THEY ARE ALREADY COMMITTED TO LONG-TERM PROGRAMS. THE COST OF BUILDING ADDITIONAL AUTOCLAVES IS PROHIBITIVE, AND INHERENT SIZE CONSTRAINTS STILL REMAIN. CRG'S INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADDRESSES THESE ROADBLOCKS BY PROVIDING: - HIGH-PERFORMANCE, 350F EPOXY COMPOSITE CURED WITHOUT OVEN OR AUTOCLAVE - DECREASED CAPITAL, OPERATING, AND LABOR COSTS - NO POST CURE REQUIRED - A SCALABLE RESIN INFUSION PROCESS - INCREASED PART THROUGHPUT

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• $50,000 - Wednesday the 5th of February 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  CORNERSTONE RESEARCH GROUP, INC. (CRG) DEMONSTRATED FEASIBILITY IN THE REDUCTION OF NOISE ATTRIBUTED TO DRAINAGE SLOTS IN JET ENGINE ACOUSTIC LINERS. THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN RULES FOR OPTIMUM SLOT DESIGN AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ADAPTIVE MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES TO CONTROL SLOT DIMENSIONS. CRG BROUGHT THIS TECHNOLOGY TO A TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL (TRL) 2 AFTER THE PHASE 1 EFFORT AND WILL BRING A TRL 4 AFTER THE PHASE 2 EFFORT. THE PHASE 1 EFFORT PROVIDED SIMULATED DATA FOR THE ACOUSTIC DESIGNER TO START TO UNDERSTAND AND DEVELOP PRELIMINARY MODELS ON THE EFFECTS OF DRAINAGE SLOTS TO THE LINER'S ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE CHARACTERISTICS. THIS DATA HAS PROVIDED JUSTIFICATION TO PURSUE ADAPTIVE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL COUNTERACT THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF DRAINAGE SLOTS THROUGH ADAPTIVE MEANS. IN PHASE 2, CRG WILL REFINE THE DESIGN, SCALE UP FABRICATION, DEMONSTRATE A FULL-SCALE OPERATIONALLY RELEVANT AIRCRAFT PART, AND ANALYZE MANUFACTURING COSTS AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE TECHNOLOGY INSERTION PLAN.

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• $50,000 - Saturday the 29th of March 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  CRG'S SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER (SMP) TOOLING TECHNOLOGIES, SMART TOOLING, OFFER CUTTING-EDGE MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS THAT CAN MEET THE CONSTRUCTION NEEDS OF ALL FUTURE COMPOSITE PLATFORMS AND SYSTEMS. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SMART TOOLING, SMART MANDRELS AND SMP BLADDERS, OFFERS END USERS SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES TO SAVE DIRECT EXPENSE FOR TOOLING COST AND MANUFACTURING LABOR TO FABRICATE COMPLEX GEOMETRY AND TRAPPED COMPOSITES. CRG'S CONCEPT FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE MANDREL PRODUCT IS TO LEVERAGE A PROVEN SMART MANDREL PROCESS AND REPLACE THE CURRENT MATERIAL SYSTEM WITH A NOVEL SMP CAPABLE OF REMAINING RIGID AT THE 350 F LAMINATE CURE TEMPERATURES THEN SOFTENING FOLLOWING CURE FOR EXTRACTION.

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• $45,000 - Wednesday the 1st of February 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  X-RAY SENSOR ENHANCEMENT

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• $41,907 - Wednesday the 5th of March 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  CORNERSTONE RESEARCH GROUP, INC. (CRG), PROPOSES TO DEVELOP SELF-DEPLOYING, COMPOSITE STRUCTURES FOR LUNAR HABITATS, BASED ON CRG'S VERITEX(TM) MATERIALS. THESE STRUCTURES WILL PROVIDE A RIGID, DURABLE HABITAT THAT WILL REDUCE THE RISK OF MECHANICAL FAILURE DUE TO CREW OR ENVIRONMENTALLY INDUCED DAMAGE COMPARED WITH INFLATABLE STRUCTURES THAT ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO PUNCTURES AND DAMAGE FROM MICROMETEOROID IMPACTS. VERITEX IS A COMPOSITE MATERIAL CONSISTING OF COMMON REINFORCEMENT FIBERS, SUCH AS E-GLASS, CARBON, KEVLAR(R), OR HIGH-STRAIN CAPABLE FABRICS, AND ONE OF CRG'S SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS (SMP). VERITEX MATERIALS WILL RETURN TO A MEMORIZED SHAPE WHEN RAISED ABOVE A SPECIFIC ACTIVATION TEMPERATURE. THIS UNIQUE FEATURE ENABLES THE USE OF VERITEX(TM) AS A PRIMARY LUNAR STRUCTURE FOR ITS PREDICTABILITY AND REPEATABILITY, WHICH WILL OFFER QUICK, SELF-DEPLOYING LUNAR HABITAT THAT CAN RETURN TO A RIGID ENCLOSURE AFTER THE DEPLOYMENT PROCESS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXPANDING COMPOSITE HABITATS WILL OFFER INCREASED PACKING EFFICIENCY COMPARED WITH FULLY RIGID STRUCTURES THAT LACK EXPANDABLE CHARACTERISTICS AND WASTE VALUABLE CARGO SPACE. THIS HABITATION STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGY WILL ACHIEVED TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL (TRL) 4 DURING PHASE 1 WITH PROOF-OF-CONCEPT FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND WILL ACHIEVE A TRL OF 5 DURING PHASE II.

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• $375,000 - Monday the 5th of December 2011
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  SBIR II- RAPID-RELEASE FASTENERS FOR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS

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• $374,933 - Monday the 4th of June 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  RAPID-RELEASE FASTENERS FOR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS-COMPLETION OF FUNDING

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• $364,932 - Monday the 20th of August 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-PICA
  INCREMENTAL FUNDING FOR YEAR 2 OF PHASE II SBIR

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