United Materials & Systems Inc
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- Orlando, FL 328289506
- Estimated Number of Employees: 5
- Estimated Annual Receipts: $10,000
Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides
In order by amount of set aside monies.
- $25,000 - Tuesday the 4th of June 2013
National Aeronautics And Space Administration
NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR MANUFACTURING AN ULTRA-LOW-COST PRECISION OPTICAL TELESCOPE MIRROR WHICH CAN BE SCALED UP FOR USE IN VERY LARGE UV/OPTICAL AND/OR INFRARED TELESCOPES. THIS PROPOSAL WILL DEMONSTRATE PROTOTYPE MANUFACTURING OF A PRECISION MIRROR IN THE 0.25 TO 0.5 METER CLASS, WITH A SPECIFIC SCALE UP ROADMAP TO 1 TO 2+ METER CLASS SYSTEM WHICH CAN BE RATED FOR SPACE FLIGHT. MATERIAL BEHAVIOR, PROCESSING PARAMETERS, OPTICAL PERFORMANCE, AND MOUNTING TECHNIQUES WILL BE DEMONSTRATED. THE POTENTIAL FOR SCALE-UP WILL BE ADDRESSED FROM A PROCESSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE POINT OF VIEW. THE PHASE 1 DELIVERABLE WILL BE A 0.25 METER PROOF-OF-CONCEPT MIRROR. ITS OPTICAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AND ALL DATA ON THE PROCESSING AND PROPERTIES OF ITS SUBSTRATE MATERIAL WILL BE DETERMINED. UMS PROPOSES TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF FORMING A POLYMER DERIVED BULK CERAMIC MIRROR SUBSTRATE WITH A FULLY DENSE OPTICAL SURFACE. THIS MIRROR SUBSTRATE WITH FULLY DENSE SURFACE, WILL BE OPTICALLY FIGURED, POLISHED AND COATED WITH A REFLECTIVE METAL SYSTEM TYPICALLY USED IN A COMMERCIAL TERRESTRIAL TELESCOPE.
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