The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $749,932 - Tuesday the 9th of December 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTION - A MOBILE-DEPLOYABLE, SUBMERSIBLE MULTI-DEPTH, SIMULTANEOUS, SPECTRO-RADIOMETER SYSTEM (AQUATREE) WAS DESIGNED UNDER PHASE-I, AND KEY ELEMENTS WERE TESTED IN THE OCEAN. DETAILED MODELING AND DESIGN ANALYSIS WERE CONDUCTED TO OPTIMIZE THE SENSOR SYSTEM FOR THE EXTREMELY WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE OF THE RADIATION FIELD FROM ABOVE THE SURFACE DOWN TO 10 M BELOW. UNDER PHASE-II A FULL SYSTEM WILL BE ASSEMBLED, INCLUDING (I) TWO FIBER FED SPECTROMETERS WITH TE COOLED CAMERAS TO PROVIDE LONG INTEGRATION TIME AND BROAD DYNAMIC RANGE, (II) FIBER OPTICS BASED RADIANCE AND IRRADIANCE COLLECTORS THAT FEED INTO THE SPECTROMETERS, (III) THE SPECTROMETERS HOUSED IN A WATERTIGHT ENCLOSURE WITH MULTIPLE FIBER AND ELECTRICAL FEEDTHROUGH CONNECTORS. CONTROL WILL BE FROM A COMPUTER ON BOARD A SHIP LOCATED UP TO 300 M AWAY TO AVOID SHADING. THE SYSTEM WILL BE DEPLOYED AT SEA. SIMULTANEOUS VALIDATION WILL BE CONDUCTED USING OTHER COMMERCIAL RADIATION MEASURING DEVICES AND PROFILERS, AND WATER SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS; COORDINATION WITH OVERHEAD ASSETS (MERIS, MODIS) WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MEASUREMENTS FOR COMPLETE VALIDATION OF THE AQUATREE PERFORMANCE AND CLOSURE FOR THE RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELING. THE PROPOSED WORK IS SYNERGISTIC AND COMPLEMENTARY TO OTHER OCEANIC RESEARCH WORK AT OKSI; INCLUDING THE AQUASCANUVNIR-MICRO, AN AIRBORNE HYPERSPECTRAL SCANNER. BOTH THE AQUASCAN AND AQUATREE COVER THE 350-1000 NM SPECTRAL RANGE. THE AQUASCAN WILL BE FLYING IN ON MANNED PLATFORM AND ALSO ON NASA UAV IN SUPPORT OF OCEAN COLOR, BENTHIC DIVERSITY, BIOMASS, AND PRODUCTIVITY OF SEAGRASS AND CORAL REEF BIOMES RESEARCH. ANOTHER PROJECT IS EXPLORING A LOW-COST SPACE ACCESS FOR A HYPERSCAN-MICRO ON BOARD A CUBESAT. HYPERSPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS OVER A LONG HORIZONTAL PATH ARE ALSO CONDUCTED BY OKSI TO EXTRACT LITTORAL AEROSOLS PROPERTIES.

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• $55,958 - Thursday the 21st of June 2012
  Missile Defense Agency
  MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)
  SBIR PHASE II RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

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• $39,424 - Friday the 28th of September 2012
  Missile Defense Agency
  MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)
  SBIR PHASE II RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. ADD WORK WITHIN SCOPE, PROVIDE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $45,058.00 FOR FTM-19 SUPPORT.

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• $39,322 - Tuesday the 24th of April 2012
  Missile Defense Agency
  MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
  SBIR PHASE II RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

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• $375,000 - Wednesday the 27th of June 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA9300 AFTC PZR
  SBIR II, SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT OF LRES (OKSI)

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• $375,000 - Thursday the 2nd of February 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  SBIR, PHASE 2, MANUFACTURING OF HIGH EFFICIENCY GRATINGS FOR IMAGING SPECTROMETRY

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• $374,997 - Tuesday the 31st of July 2012
  Department Of Air Force
  FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL/RQK
  FY12 PHASE II SBIR FINAL FUNDING

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• $311,172 - Tuesday the 14th of August 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-PICA
  PHASE II SBIR INCREMENTAL FUNDING YEAR 2

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• $229,996 - Monday the 23rd of February 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE AQUASCAN, A MINIATURIZED UV/VIS/NIR HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGER WILL BE BUILT FOR DEPLOYMENT ON A UAV OR SMALL MANNED AIRCRAFT FOR OCEAN COASTAL REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS. THE HYPERSPECTRAL SYSTEM INCLUDES A DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM WITH REMOTE OPERATION CAPABILITY PROVING A REAL-TIME WATERFALL DISPLAY OF THE HYPERSPECTRAL SCANS. OKSI TEAMED WITH SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY TO DEFINE AND DESIGN A SENSOR THAT EXPLICITLY MEETS THE PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS NEEDED FOR OCEAN REMOTE SENSING OF COASTAL REGIONS, BUT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR TERRESTRIAL REMOTE SENSING. SPECIFICALLY, SOME KEY REQUIREMENTS CALLED FOR: 1) HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION (<1 METER), 2) HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION (<10 NM), UV - NIR COVERAGE (300 - 1000 NM), 4) HIGH SENSITIVITY FOR LOW REFLECTIVITY OF OCEAN SURFACES, 5) PROVIDE SIMULTANEOUS DOWNWELLING SOLAR RADIATION MEASUREMENTS, AND 6) ALLOW FOR OPERATING MODE THAT AVOIDS SPECULAR REFLECTIONS OFF OCEAN SURFACE. THE AQUASCAN DESIGN WAS COMPLETED DURING THE PHASE I EFFORT. DURING PHASE II THE SENSOR WILL BE MANUFACTURED, TESTED, CALIBRATED, AND PREPARED FOR FLIGHT TESTING. THE SYSTEM WILL THEN BE DEMONSTRATED DURING SEVERAL AIRBORNE TESTS OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. THE TESTS WILL INCLUDE MEASUREMENTS OF SPATIALLY/SPECTRALLY UNIQUE OCEAN PHENOMENA INCLUDING RED TIDE BLOOMS AND RIVER PLUME RUN-OFFS AFTER HEAVY RAIN STORMS. COORDINATED SHIP-BASED REMOTE SENSING AND IN SITU MEASUREMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE CONCURRENTLY WITH THE NEWLY DEVELOPED MINIATURE UV/VIS/NIR AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS. THE SHIP-BASED MEASUREMENTS WILL SERVE AS GROUND TRUTH FOR VALIDATION/VERIFICATION. IN ADDITION, OKSI WILL ATTEMPT TO COORDINATE DATA COLLECTIONS WITH SATELLITE PASSES (E.G., MODIS, MERIS, SEAWIFS). COMPARISON WITH SATELLITE DATA WILL SERVE AS VALIDATION AND DEMONSTRATION OF THE CAPABILITY TO SUPPORT FUTURE SATELLITE PROGRAMS (E.G., GEO-CAPE).

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• $150,000 - Monday the 4th of June 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVSEA HQ
  BASIC

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