The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $100,000 - Friday the 28th of October 2011
  Department Of Army
  W6QK AATD CONTR OFF
  SBIR PHASE I FINAL REPORT AND PROJECT SUMMARY FOR SBIR TOPIC PREVENTION OF ICE ACCULATION.

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• $79,999 - Monday the 27th of February 2012
  Environmental Protection Agency
  RTP PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS DIVISION (RTPPOD)
  SBIR PHASE I - NEI CORPORATION

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• $79,998 - Monday the 24th of October 2011
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV LKE
  SBIR PHASE I TOPIC N112-097

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• $79,997 - Monday the 2nd of July 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER
  SBIR TOPIC N121-035 "ENGINEERED NANOSCALE MATERIALS FOR USE IN THERMAL BATTERIES".

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• $4,500 - Friday the 27th of July 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-APG DIR
  SERVICES

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• $341,089 - Monday the 6th of May 2013
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-RSA
  INCREMENTAL FUNDING MODIFICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $341,088.85 TO CONTRACT NO. W31P4Q-11-C-0194. PACRAT # FOR THIS ACTION ONLY IS RA-T129-12.

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• $275,000 - Thursday the 11th of September 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE STATE-OF-THE-ART LI-ION BATTERIES DO NOT FULLY MEET THE ENERGY DENSITY, POWER DENSITY AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED FOR FUTURE EXPLORATION MISSIONS. BUILDING UPON OUR PHASE I FEASIBILITY STUDY, WE PROPOSE TO IMPLEMENT AN ADVANCED CATHODE MATERIAL IN PRACTICAL LI-ION BATTERIES. THE CATHODE MATERIAL OFFERS SUPERIOR ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE OVER ITS COMMERCIALLY USED COUNTERPART, PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF DISCHARGE CAPACITY AND ENERGY DENSITY. IN PHASE I, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH A LEADING UNIVERSITY-BASED RESEARCHER, WE DEMONSTRATED THAT INTRINSIC MODIFICATIONS IN THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE, AND EXTRINSIC MODIFICATIONS ON THE SURFACE OF CATHODE PARTICLES, CAN LEAD TO ENERGY DENSITIES GREATER THAN 1150 WH/KG AT ROOM TEMPERATURE AND 800 WH/KG AT ZERO DEGREES C FOR THE CATHODE POWDER. IN THE PHASE II PROGRAM, WE INTEND TO COMBINE THE INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC EFFECTS IN THE CATHODE MATERIAL, WHICH WILL DELIVER THE NEEDED ENERGY DENSITY AT LOW TEMPERATURES, ALONG WITH OTHER DESIRABLE ATTRIBUTES. THIS WILL REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENT OF THE STATE-OF-THE-ART IN CATHODE MATERIALS. THE STRUCTURAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL MODIFICATIONS INTRODUCED IN THE MATERIAL WILL ALLOW US TO (I) MAINTAIN HIGH ENERGY AND POWER DENSITY AT LOW TEMPERATURE (II) LOWER THE IRREVERSIBLE CAPACITY LOSS AND IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY, AND (III) FURTHER STABILIZE AND ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF THE CELL. IN PHASE II, OUR UNIVERSITY-BASED COLLABORATOR WILL FABRICATE AND TEST SMALL LI-ION POUCH CELLS, WHICH WILL HELP OPTIMIZE THE CATHODE MATERIAL. IN ADDITION, PROTOTYPE LI-ION CELLS WITH A CAPACITY OF ~ 5AH WILL BE FABRICATED AND TESTED BY A LARGE LI-ION BATTERY MANUFACTURER AND SUPPLIER TO THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY. FURTHER, A PRIME CONTRACTOR HAS OFFERED TO GUIDE THE PHASE II PROGRAM. THE OUTCOME OF A SUCCESSFUL PHASE II PROGRAM WILL BE THE DEMONSTRATION OF AN ADVANCED AND ROBUST ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM THAT CAN BE USED FOR FUTURE APPLICATIONS.

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• $149,994 - Thursday the 17th of November 2011
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8651 AFRL RWK
  SBIR I, NEI CORP

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• $125,000 - Thursday the 14th of February 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  CARBON POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS) ARE ATTRACTIVE STRUCTURAL MATERIALS FOR NASA APPLICATIONS DUE TO THEIR HIGH STRENGTH TO WEIGHT RATIO, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES THAT CAN BE TAILORED TO SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS, AND FATIGUE RESISTANCE. REINFORCING SPECIFIC CRITICAL AREAS IN PMCS IS MOST ADVANTAGEOUS FOR STRUCTURAL DURABILITY. SINCE CARBON NANOTUBES (CNTS) HAVE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH, THEY CAN BE USED AS A FUNCTIONAL ADDITIVE TO ENHANCE THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PMCS IN THESE CRITICAL AREAS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE KNOWN ISSUES WITH DISPERSING AND ALIGNING CNTS IN THE POLYMER MATRIX, THUS LIMITING THEIR STRENGTH-BEARING PROPERTIES. THE PROPOSED PHASE I PROGRAM AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE A NOVEL MEANS OF INCORPORATING ALIGNED CNTS SPECIFICALLY, AND ONLY, WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED DURING FABRICATION OF A PMC COMPONENT STRUCTURE, THUS LIMITING THEIR USE TO SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE THEY ARE WANTED. THE KEY INNOVATION USES A COMMERCIALLY-VIABLE NANOFIBER TECHNOLOGY TO BOTH DISPERSE AND TO ALIGN THE CNTS. THE CONTINUOUS NANOFIBERS WILL BE FORMED INTO NANOFIBER-REINFORCING MATS (NRMS) WHICH WILL BE USED DURING LAYUP OF THE CARBON PMC STRUCTURE AND PLACED ONLY WHERE ADDED REINFORCEMENT IS NEEDED. FOR DEMONSTRATION OF FEASIBILITY IN PHASE I, PREPREGS WILL BE USED, BUT THE CONCEPT IS ADAPTABLE TO OTHER FORMS OF PMC MANUFACTURING SUCH A FILAMENT WINDING. IN PHASE II WE WILL SCALE-UP THE TECHNOLOGY AND FABRICATE LARGE TEST SAMPLES, WHICH WILL INVOLVE WORKING WITH A PREPREG MANUFACTURER AND FABRICATOR OF PMC COMPONENT PARTS, IN ORDER TO MEET NASA SPECIFICATIONS.

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• $124,999 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  AS PART OF THE SPACESUIT PRESSURE GARMENT, THE EVA GLOVE INCORPORATES A SILICONE PAD ON THE PALM FOR PROTECTION OF THE BLADDER FROM CUTS AND PUNCTURES. REPEATED GRIPPING AND ROTATIONAL MOTION CAUSE DELAMINATION OF THE SILICONE PAD FROM THE UNDERLYING VECTRAN FABRIC. IN ADDITION, FREQUENT SCUFFING CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE PALM PAD AND LOSS OF MATERIAL AND MATERIAL FUNCTIONS. IMPROVING ADHESION OF THE SILICONE LAYER WITH THE UNDERLYING FABRIC, AND ENHANCING THE OVERALL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE GLOVE SURFACE, WILL BENEFICIALLY IMPACT EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITIES BY THE ASTRONAUTS. IN PHASE I, WE PROPOSE TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A SILICONE NANOCOMPOSITE PALM PAD MATERIAL WITH ENHANCED ADHESIVE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, AND THE ABILITY TO SELF-HEAL SCRATCHES AND MICROCRACKS. THE NOVEL SILICONE NANOCOMPOSITE COMBINES A NANOSCALE ADDITIVE AND A SELF-HEALING AGENT INTO A UNIQUE STRUCTURE IN WAYS NEVER DONE BEFORE. THE PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH A NASA SPACESUIT CONTRACTOR. TEST COUPONS WITH A SILICONE NANOCOMPOSITE COATING ON VECTRAN FABRIC WILL BE USED TO DEMONSTRATE PROOF OF CONCEPT. THE PHASE II PROGRAM WILL BUILD UPON THE PHASE I DEMONSTRATION EFFORT BY IMPLEMENTING THE TECHNOLOGY IN A PROTOTYPE GLOVE ASSEMBLY.

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