The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $53,185 - Monday the 30th of November 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  DESPITE THE OBVIOUS ADVANTAGES OF MILLIMETER WAVE TECHNOLOGY, A MAJOR BARRIER TO EXPANDED USE IS HIGH ASSEMBLY COSTS DUE TO: NEED FOR SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENTS; NEED FOR PRECISION IMPACTS ON YIELDS; DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES FOR MANUFACTURABILITY; AND EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL WITH DEMONSTRATED TRACK RECORDS. THE CHALLENGES OF THIS R&D PROJECT ARE TO EXPAND AND FULLY DEVELOP THE PHASE 1 TECHNOLOGIES FOR: METHODS TO USE COMMON MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT TO ACHIEVE THE HIGH ACCURACY DIE PLACEMENT REQUIRED FOR MILLIMETER WAVE FREQUENCIES (+/- 5 MICRON ACCURACY) AUTOMATION METHODS AND PROCESSES TO ACHIEVING SPEED AND PRECISION FOR PRODUCTION OF LOW COST MODULES MODELING TO ARRIVE AT COST EFFECTIVE TRADE-OFFS FOR ACHIEVING CUSTOMER SPECIFICATIONS WITH MINIMUM CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND LABOR COST AS PART OF THE RESEARCH, NXGEN WILL CONDUCT A DEMONSTRATION EFFORT UTILIZING TWO EXISTING JPL MODULE DESIGNS FACILITATING THE COLLECTION STATISTICAL DATA BOTH IN TERMS OF YIELDS AS WELL AS BASELINE DATA FOR COST ESTIMATING.

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• $20,000 - Thursday the 5th of April 2012
  Department Of Navy
  SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS
  ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY/ PACKING OF MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS) DEVICES

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• $124,348 - Wednesday the 12th of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PERFORM TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO INTEGRATE PHASE SHIFTERS AND OTHER NEEDED ELECTRONICS FOR ELECTRONICALLY STEERED MMWAVE BEAMFORMING PHASED ARRAY RECEIVERS AT 35.6 GHZ AND 94 GHZ SO THAT THE SIZE OF THE RECEIVER PACKAGE IS COMMENSURATE WITH THE ANTENNA ARRAY. AT THESE FREQUENCIES, THE CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART IN TECHNOLOGY FOR RECEIVER OR T/R MODULE DESIGNS ARE NOT FEASIBLE. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, MULTIPLE ARRAY ELEMENTS MUST BE COMBINED AND PROCESSED INTO ONE INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS PACKAGE. THE PROJECT WILL DRAW ON NXGEN ELECTRONICS' HIGH DENSITY/HIGH FREQUENCY PACKAGING AND INTERCONNECT EXPERIENCE AND LINER SIGNAL'S RFIC PRODUCT BASELINE DESIGNS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE FOR LOW COST COMMERCIAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS TERMINALS. THE DESIGN TARGET IS 16 PHASE SHIFTERS AND SUPPORTING FUNCTIONALITY, INCLUDING LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS, COMBINERS, DOWNCONVERTERS, AND DIGITAL BEAMFORMER CONTROL LOGIC INTEGRATED ONTO A SINGLE RFIC. THE RESULT WILL BE UNPRECEDENTED SIZE REDUCTION FOR PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS AT THESE FREQUENCIES. KEY ASPECTS OF THE SOLUTION PROPOSED IS THAT THE RFIC DESIGN WILL INCLUDE ESD PROTECTION, PACKAGE-READY IMPEDANCE MATCHING, AND OTHER ENHANCEMENTS NEEDED TO SUPPORT A DEPLOYABLE, ROBUST, MISSION-READY ANTENNA SYSTEM.

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