The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $97,672 - Wednesday the 29th of October 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS THIS CONTRACT IS FOR (R&D) PHYSICAL SCIENCES-ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT. DEVELOPMENT OF HGCDTE LINEAR MODE PHOTON COUNTING AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE AARRAY ASSEMBLY FOR INFRARED LIDARS NASA GSFC IS DEVELOPING A MULTI-BEAM SWATH MAPPING LASER ALTIMETER FOR THE LIDAR SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY (LIST) MISSION RECOMMENDED IN THE NRC EARTH SCIENCE DECADAL SURVEY. ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENT IN THE LIST MISSION IS THE NEAR INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR ARRAY THAT CAN DETECT SINGLE TO MULTIPLE PHOTON LASER PULSES. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEW TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED AT DRS TECHNOLOGIES, RECONNAISSANCE, SURVEILLANCE AND TARGET ACQUISITION (RSTA), THAT PROMISE TO MEET THE LIST LIDAR REQUIREMENTS. OUR JOINT PROPOSAL, TITLED `HGCDTE INFRARED AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE SINGLE PHOTON DETECTOR ARRAYS FOR THE LIST AND OTHER DECADAL MISSIONS, TO NASA NRA NNH10ZDA001N, ROSES-2010, PROGRAM ELEMENT A.36, ADVANCED COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM (ACT), HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR FUNDING STARTING JANUARY 2012. ONE MAJOR ELEMENT OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES IS TO PARTNER WITH DRS TO DEVELOP AN LINEAR MODE SINGLE PHOTON HGCDTE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE INFRARED DETECTOR ASSEMBLY. THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF INTEGRATED HIGH BANDWIDTH AND LOW NOISE PREAMPLIFIER ARRAY WITH THE PHOTODIODE ARRAY ON THE SAME SUBSTRATE AND A COOLING SYSTEM WITH OPTICAL WINDOWS FOR A LABORATORY DEMONSTRATION. THE DETECTOR SYSTEM WHICH USES DRS COMPANY PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSES IS EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCE THE TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL FOR LIST MISSION, IMPROVE THE MEASUREMENT PERFORMANCE, AND ENABLE A LONG OPERATION LIFETIME IN SPACE. THE TECHNOLOGY CAN ALSO BENEFIT OTHER NASA LIDAR AND PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING MISSIONS THAT NEED NEAR INFRARED PHOTON FOCAL PLAN ARRAY DETECTORS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS ACQUISITION IS FOR DRS RSTA TO DEVELOP A CUSTOM LINEAR MODE PHOTON COUNTING HGCDTE ELECTRON-AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE (E-APD) SYSTEM WITH AN INTEGRATED HIGH SPEED AND LOW NOISE PREAMPLIFIER FOR OPERATION AT 1 TO 4 UM AND COUPLING OPTICS FOR A LABORATORY DEMONSTRATION WITH OUR EXISTING SWATH MAPPING INSTRUMENT. THE PREAMPLIFIER(S) IS TO HAVE A BANDWIDTH GREATER THAN THE INTRINSIC BANDWIDTH OF THE APDS AND SUFFICIENT TO RESOLVE SINGLE PHOTON EVENT. THE TOTAL NOISE INTEGRATED OVER THE BANDWIDTH MUST BE LOWER THAN THE APD PHOTOCURRENT PULSE FROM A SINGLE PHOTON EVENT. THE HGCDTE E-APD SYSTEM IS TO INCLUDE A PORTABLE AND LONG HOLD LIQUID NITROGEN DEWAR AND THE SUPPORTING ELECTRONICS. FABRICATION OF THE CMOS READ OUT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (ROIC) FOR THE HGCDTE APD SYSTEM. REVIEW OF PREVIOUS 2X8 ROIC DESIGN AND TEST DATA, ROIC PERFORMANCE MODEL UPDATE SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE ROIC DESIGN AND PREDICTED PERFORMANCE, DEWAR SYSTEM DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, DEWAR DESIGN MODIFICATION, DEWAR DESIGN MODIFICATION PER PREVIOUS TEST DATA, SELECTION OF THE CHIP CARRIER PACKAGE AND HOLDER, DEWAR ACQUISITION AND TESTS, RECEIVE AND INSTALL THE COLD FILTERS, INTEGRATE ELECTRONICS AND DEWAR, PHOTON COUNTING FOCAL PLANE ARRAY (FPA) PROCESSING, LOT 1 FABRICATION AND TESTS, FPA FABRICATION, FPA FAN-OUT APD TESTING, LOT 2 FABRICATION AND TESTS, FPA FABRICATION, FPA FAN-OUT APD TESTING, LINEAR MODE PHOTON COUNTING (LMPC) SYSTEM TESTS, INTERIM TEST,MOUNT SELECTED DEVICES TO THE CHIP

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• $912,000 - Tuesday the 14th of January 2014
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
  56-9606-12 INCREMENTAL FUNDING

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• $800,000 - Tuesday the 14th of January 2014
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
  56-9630-12 - INCREMENT OF FUNDS

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• $80,000 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THIS EFFORT IS FOR A CO2 LASER SOUNDER AIRBORNE DEMONSTRATION FOR THE ASCENDS MISSION. THE PURPOSE OF THIS EFFORT IS A LIDAR SYSTEM FOR THE DETECTION OF CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE IN SUPPORT OF NASA ASCENDS PROGRAM. THIS WORK WILL ACCELERATE THE ASCENDS MISSION BY UTILIZING SOLID STATE LOW NOISE HGCDTE E APD WITH HIGH BANDWIDTH, LOW NOISE, CMOS RTIA TO ACHIEVE PERFORMANCE SIGNIFICANT PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OVER CURRENT PMT AND DEMONSTRATING AND INTEGRATING THE REMAINING KEY TECHNOLOGY ELEMENTS FOR THE SPACE LIDAR. THE CONTRACTOR WILL LEVERAGE-IN NEW HIGH-PERFORMANCE AND HIGH-TRL COMPONENTS DEVELOPED FOR DOD, INCLUDING SPACE LASER POWER AMPLIFIER STAGES FROM RAYTHEON, AND HIGHLY SENSITIVE HGCDTE APD DETECTORS FROM DRS. WE WILL EVALUATE THEIR PERFORMANCE IN LAB TESTS, AND DEMONSTRATE THEM IN 13KM ALTITUDE AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS USING SIMULATED SPACE GEOMETRIES. THIS WILL REDUCE THE RISK AND COST OF THE ASCENDS LIDAR, REDUCING THE SPACE LIDAR S DEVELOPMENT TIME. THIS WORK IS HIGHLY LEVERAGED BY THE EXISTING CAPABILITY THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED UNDER THE PRESENT IIP EFFORT. IT IS AUGMENTED BY GSFC INTERNAL INVESTMENTS AND BY THE ASCENDS SCIENCE DEFINITION PROGRAM. THE END RESULT OF THIS EFFORT WILL BE A CLOSED CYCLE COOLER CONTAINING A NIR SENSITIVE APD WITH PREAMP AND BUFFER AS FOLLOWS: - MINIMUM DETECTOR OPTICAL SIZE OF 150 M (ROUND OR SQUARE PIXEL) - INTERMEDIATE DEMO DELIVERABLE AT THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR - LIDAR WILL BE INSTALLED IN AIRBORNE PLATFORM FOR FEASIBILITY TESTING

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• $76,000 - Tuesday the 14th of January 2014
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
  56-9602-12 INCREMENTAL FUNDING

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• $620,892 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  IGF::CT::IGF CRITICAL FUNCTIONS NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING A MERCURY-CADMIUM-TELLURIDE (HGCDTE) ELECTRON-AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES (E-APD) INFRARED DETECTOR SYSTEM WITH DRS RECONNAISSANCE, SURVEILLANCE AND TARGET ACQUISITION (RSTA) DIVISION FOR TRACE GAS LIDARS ON THE ACTIVE SENSING OF CARBON-DIOXIDE EMISSION OVER DAYS, NIGHTS, AND SEASONS (ASCENDS) MISSION AND LIDAR SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY (LIST) MISSION. BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HGCDTE E-APD, NASA GSFC HAS A NEED FOR PROTON RADIATION TESTING OF HGCDTE E-APD NEAR INFRARED PHODODETECTOR SYSTEM, FABRICATION OF A 4X4 PIXEL ARRAY HGCDTE E-APD READ-OUT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (ROIC) FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS (FPA) SYSTEM, AND A 2X8 PIXEL ARRAY HGCDTE E-APD ROIC LINEAR MODE PHOTON COUNTING (LMPC) SYSTEM. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACQUISITION IS: (A) TO TEST AND CHARACTERIZE THE EFFECTS OF HIGH-ENERGY PROTON RADIATION ON THE HGCDTE E-APD FABRICATED BY DRS; (B) TO TEST AND CHARACTERIZE THE EFFECTS OF PROTON RADIATION ON THE HGCDTE E-APD READ-OUT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (ROIC) FOCAL PLANE ASSEMBLY (FPA) DEVELOPED FOR ASCENDS MISSION; (C) TO DELIVER A SECOND UNIT OF THE HGCDTE E-APD ROIC FPA SYSTEM WHICH WAS INITIALLY DEVELOPED UNDER A NASA GSFC CONTRACT, AND (D) TO DELIVER A SECOND UNIT OF THE HGCDTE E-APD LMPC SYSTEM WHICH WAS INITIALLY DEVELOPED UNDER A NASA GSFC CONTRACT.

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• $60,000 - Tuesday the 14th of January 2014
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
  56-9621-12 - EXERCISE OPTION 2 AND 3A.

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• $5,627,263 - Monday the 24th of October 2011
  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
  THE LCTI-M PROGRAM ADDRESSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW COST ROOM TEMPERATURE INFRARED (IR) CAMERAS BASED UPON CELL PHONE CMOS CAMERA TECHNOLOGY MODEL, WHERE THE IMAGING SENSOR, OPTICS AND ELECTRONICS ARE FABRICATED AT THE WAFER LEVEL. THE CURRENT MODIFICATION APPLIES INCREMENTAL FUNDING.

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• $350,676 - Thursday the 28th of April 2016
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-RSA
  INCREMENTAL FUNDING

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• $340,000 - Tuesday the 14th of January 2014
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
  56-9636-12 INCREMENT OF FUNDS

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