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NNX11CB24C - THE ELECTROMAGNETIC PLASMOID THRUSTER (EMPT) IS A REVOLUTIONARY ELECTRIC PROPULSION THRUSTER AND POWER PROCESSING (PPU) SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW A DRAMATIC DECREASE IN SYSTEM MASS AND INCREASE IN THRUST EFFICIENCY OVER TRADITIONAL 500-3000 W PROPULSION SYSTEMS. THE HIGH SPECIFIC POWER (>700 W/KG) AND HIGH EFFICIENCY OF EMPT WILL ENABLE A WIDE RANGE OF DEEP SPACE MISSIONS SUCH AS NEPTUNE, PLUTO AND OORT CLOUD ORBITAL INSERTION. ADDITIONALLY, A SOLAR ELECTRIC EMPT SYSTEM WOULD DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE CAPABILITY AND REDUCE THE TRAVEL TIME OF AN ASTEROID OR MARTIAN MOON SAMPLE AND RETURN MISSION DUE TO THE VARIABLE-POWER, LOW-MASS PROPULSION SYSTEM. THE EMPT EMPLOYS A ROTATING MAGNETIC FIELD (RMF) TO PRODUCE LARGE PLASMA CURRENTS INSIDE A CONICAL THRUSTER CREATING A PLASMOID THAT IS MAGNETICALLY ISOLATED FROM THE THRUSTER WALLS. THE INTENSIFIED GRADIENT MAGNETIC FIELD FROM THE PLASMOID TOGETHER WITH THE LARGE PLASMA CURRENTS RESULT IN AN ENORMOUS BODY FORCE THAT EXPELS THE PLASMOID AT HIGH VELOCITY. THE EMPT IS A PULSED DEVICE, NOMINALLY OPERATING AT 1 KWE WITH 0.5-1 JOULE DISCHARGES AT 1-2 KHZ. PRESENTED IS A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE RELEVANT PLASMA PHYSICS AS WELL AS THE THRUSTER AND PPU DESIGN. THE PHASE I EMPT DEMONSTRATED THE MULTI-PULSE FORMATION AND EJECTION OF PLASMOIDS AT 0.1-3 JOULES AND 500-6,000 S ISP ON BOTH XENON AND ARGON. ADDITIONALLY, IT DEMONSTRATED ZERO EROSION OR LIFE LIMITING PHENOMENA. THE FOCUS OF THE PROPOSAL IS THE EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF AN INTEGRATED THRUSTER AND PPU OPERATING IN A STEADY-STATE MODE. THE EMPT WILL BE CHARACTERIZED OVER A RANGE OF PARAMETERS: INPUT POWER FROM 200-3000 WATTS, AND 1,500-4,000 SECONDS SPECIFIC IMPULSE. THE INTEGRATED THRUSTER AND PPU TO BE BUILT AND TESTED WILL HAVE A TOTAL SYSTEM MASS OF LESS THAN 1.5 KG. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF PHASE II WILL BE A FULLY INTEGRATED, STEADY-STATE DEMONSTRATION OF THRUSTER AND INTEGRATED POWER PROCESSING. PHASE II WILL MATURE THE TECHNOLOGY FROM A TRL LEVEL 4 TO 6.
Definitive Contract - 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Contractor
M S N W LLC
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
06/01/2011
Obligated Amount
$600k
NNX11CF52P - A VENUS MISSION WILL REQUIRE A VEHICLE FOR ATMOSPHERIC EXPLORATION AND TO TRANSPORT THE SAMPLES FROM THE VENUS SURFACE TO THE TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE. FOR THIS PURPOSE IT IS REASONABLE (DUE TO THE HIGH DENSITY OF THE VENUS ATMOSPHERE) TO USE INFLATABLE BALLOONS, WHICH OCCUPY MINIMAL SPACE IN THE FOLDED POSITION AND POSSESS BUOYANCY UPON BEING INFLATED. THE VENUS ATMOSPHERE CONTAINS HOT (UP TO 460OC) CLOUDS OF SULFURIC ACID. THE ONLY KINDS OF MATERIAL FOR AN INFLATABLE TO WITHSTAND SUCH HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE METALS. A SEQUENCE OF OPERATIONS IS PROPOSED TO BUILD BALLOONS OF DIFFERENT SHAPES WITH DIFFUSION BONDING OF STAINLESS STEELS OR OTHER ALLOYS, WHICH ARE MOST RESISTANT AGAINST HOT 85% SULFURIC ACID. HOWEVER, EVEN THESE MATERIALS POSSESS A MANY TIMES GREATER CORROSION RATE THAN THAT SATISFYING THE CURRENT TOPIC REQUIREMENTS ON THE BALLOON LIFE TIME AND AREAL DENSITY. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED CORROSION RESISTANCE, THE FULLY BONDED BALLOON WILL BE COATED WITH A THIN LAYER OF GOLD OR TANTALUM BY A PVD PROCESS OR WITH GOLD BY ELECTROPLATING SO THAT THE ENTIRE LAMINATE WOULD POSSESS AN AREAL DENSITY OF BELOW 1000 G/M3. BUILDING A SEAMLESS BELLOWS BY PVD IS A BACKUP OPTION.
Purchase Order - 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Contractor
MATERIALS & ELECTROCHEMICAL RE (MATERIALS & ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CORP.)
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
03/02/2011
Obligated Amount
$100k
NNX11CF63P - TODAY, THE ABILITY OF SENSORS TO GENERATE GEOGRAPHICAL DATA IS VIRTUALLY LIMITLESS. ALTHOUGH NASA NOW PROVIDES (TOGETHER WITH OTHER AGENCIES SUCH AS THE USGS) A CAPABILITY FOR ACCESSING, MANIPULATING, AND VISUALIZING THESE DATA, AN ENORMOUS GAP STILL EXISTS BETWEEN THE SENSOR DATA AND THE VISUALIZATION CAPABILITY, LARGELY DUE TO THE RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES WITH RESPECT TO DESKTOP VISUALIZATION OF LARGE DATASETS. THE CHALLENGE ADDRESSED IN THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP NEW METHODS FOR AUTOMATING THE ACCESS AND PROCESSING OF RAW SENSOR DATA, SHARING DATA AND METHODS AMONG RESEARCHERS, AND INTEGRATING VISUALIZATION THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE, WE WILL DEVELOP TWO NEW INNOVATIONS: GEO-CLOUD AND COAST HPGIS. GEO-CLOUD IS THE DISTRIBUTED NETWORK ENVIRONMENT THAT MAINTAINS CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN A GEO-BROWSER AND GEO-RESOURCES (SENSOR DATA, GIS DATASETS, MODELS, SIMULATIONS, AND METADATA). THE GEO-CLOUD MAINTAINS ALL METADATA (AND ONTOLOGY) REQUIRED TO EFFICIENTLY CATALOG, LOCATE, STORE, ACCESS, AND UPDATE GEO-RESOURCES. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GEO-CLOUD CREATION IS THAT IT IS A HIGHLY PERFORMING, SCALABLE, NETWORK ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOMPASSES: 1) A HIGH PERFORMANCE CLOUD COMPUTING (HPCC) ENVIRONMENT, AND 2) GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT (HPGIS) WHEREBY USERS CAN STORE, ACCESS, AND MANIPULATE EXTENSIVE GEOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES. THE GEO-CLOUD PROVIDES VIRTUALIZED ACCESS TO INTERNET2 AND SUPERCOMPUTING RESOURCES FOR PROCESSING VERY LARGE DATASETS AND SIMULATIONS. COAST HPGIS IS AN ENHANCED VERSION OF THE NASA COAST PRODUCT WHICH IS BASED ON THE NASA WORLD WIND GEO-BROWSER. COAST HPGIS INCLUDES PLUG-INS, OVERLAYS, AND INTERFACES FOR COAST IN ORDER TO ENABLE INTERACTION WITH THE GEO-CLOUD FOR REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF TEMPORAL AND PARAMETRIC SIMULATIONS AND MODELS.)
Purchase Order - 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Contractor
DQSI CORPORATION (DQSI, CORPORATION)
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
02/18/2011
Obligated Amount
$99.7k
NNX11CF53P - ADVANCED DROPSONDES THAT COULD EFFECTIVELY BE GUIDED THROUGH ATMOSPHERIC REGIONS OF INTEREST SUCH AS VOLCANIC PLUMES COULD ENABLE UNPRECEDENTED OBSERVATIONS OF IMPORTANT ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA. INNOVATIVE DYNAMICS, INC. PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A FLIGHT READY OPTICAL SENSOR PACKAGE TO PROVIDE HAZARDOUS VOLCANIC ASH AND PARTICULATE INFORMATION WITHIN COMMERCIAL AIRSPACE. THE PROBE WILL INITIALLY BE USED AS A DROPSONDE FROM A UAV BUT EVENTUALLY BE CARRIED BY ALL AIRCRAFT. THIS VOLCANIC ASH PARTICULATE INFORMATION WOULD THEN BE INCORPORATED INTO STANDARD E-PIREP REPORTS AS WELL AS DISTRIBUTED VIA AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. THE INNOVATION IS A NEW CAPABILITY FOR MAKING IN-SITU MEASUREMENT OF CLOUD PARTICULATES TO IMPROVE PILOT AWARENESS OF HAZARDOUS OPERATING CONDITIONS, SUCH AS THOSE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED BY AIRCRAFT ENGINES OPERATING IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC NEAR ICELAND. CLOUD AND ASH PARTICULATE INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY OBTAINED BY POSITIONING A SATELLITE TO A LOCATION, PRODUCES LIMITED DATA, AND IS COST PROHIBITIVE. IDI PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A FLIGHT DEPLOYABLE OPTICAL PROBE WHICH WILL DETERMINE VARIOUS AIRBORNE PARTICULATES SUCH AS VOLCANIC ASH PARTICLE SIZE AND DENSITY. THE PROBE PACKAGING WILL BE DEVELOPED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING RQ-4 DROPSONDE HARDWARE, WILL BE LOW-COST, LOW-WEIGHT AND WILL BE ABLE TO BE DEPLOYED ON VARIOUS PLATFORMS, I.E., RADIOSONDES AND OTHER PAYLOAD RECOVERY VEHICLES.
Purchase Order - 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Contractor
INNOVATIVE DYNAMICS INC
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
02/18/2011
Obligated Amount
$99.9k
NNX10CE12P - THE ELECTROMAGNETIC PLASMOID THRUSTER (EMPT) IS A REVOLUTIONARY ELECTRIC PROPULSION THRUSTER AND POWER PROCESSING (PPU) SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW A DRAMATIC DECREASE IN SYSTEM MASS AND INCREASE IN THRUST EFFICIENCY OVER TRADITIONAL 500-1000 W PROPULSION SYSTEMS. THE HIGH SPECIFIC POWER (>700 W/KG) AND HIGH EFFICIENCY OF EMPT WILL ENABLE A WIDE RANGE OF DEEP SPACE MISSIONS SUCH AS NEPTUNE, PLUTO AND OORT CLOUD ORBITAL INSERTION. ADDITIONALLY, A SOLAR ELECTRIC EMPT SYSTEM WOULD DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE CAPABILITY AND REDUCE THE TRAVEL TIME OF AN ASTEROID OR MARTIAN MOON SAMPLE AND RETURN MISSION DUE TO THE VARIABLE-POWER, LOW-MASS PROPULSION SYSTEM. THE EMPT EMPLOYS A ROTATING MAGNETIC FIELD (RMF) TO PRODUCE LARGE PLASMA CURRENTS INSIDE A CONICAL THRUSTER CREATING A PLASMOID THAT IS MAGNETICALLY ISOLATED FROM THE THRUSTER WALLS. THE INTENSIFIED GRADIENT MAGNETIC FIELD FROM THE PLASMOID TOGETHER WITH THE LARGE PLASMA CURRENTS RESULT IN AN ENORMOUS BODY FORCE THAT EXPELS THE PLASMOID AT HIGH VELOCITY. THE EMPT IS A PULSED DEVICE, NOMINALLY OPERATING AT 1 KWE WITH 1 JOULE DISCHARGES AT 1 KHZ. PRESENTED IS A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE RELEVANT PLASMA PHYSICS AS WELL AS THE THRUSTER AND PPU DESIGN. ALL PHYSICAL PRINCIPALS BEHIND THE EMPT HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED IN THE LABORATORY AT THE RELEVANT SCALES. ADDITIONALLY, THE AFOSR-FUNDED ELF THRUSTER HAS DEMONSTRATED RMF FORMATION AND ACCELERATION IN A THRUSTER APPLICATION AT HIGHER ENERGY LEVELS. THE FOCUS OF THE PROPOSAL IS THE EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF AN INTEGRATED THRUSTER AND PPU OPERATING IN A MULTI-PULSE MODE. THE EMPT WILL BE CHARACTERIZED OVER A RANGE OF PARAMETERS: INPUT POWER FROM 200-1000 WATTS, 50-80 MN THRUST, AND 1500-4000 SECONDS SPECIFIC IMPULSE. THE INTEGRATED THRUSTER AND PPU TO BE BUILT AND TESTED WILL HAVE A TOTAL SYSTEM MASS OF LESS THAN 1.5 KG. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF PHASE I WILL MATURE THE TECHNOLOGY FROM A TRL LEVEL 3 TO 5. PHASE II WILL BE A FULLY INTEGRATED, STEADY-STATE DEMONSTRATION WITH LIFE TEST.
Purchase Order - 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Contractor
M S N W LLC
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
01/27/2010
Obligated Amount
$100k
NNX10RA16C - TAS::80 0119::TAS TLC DEMONSTRATED A HIGH PERFORMANCE REMOTE DOPPLER RADAR ADJUSTABLE X-BAND TO W-BAND TRANSCEIVER CHIP THAT CAN PERFORM WELL AS A FMCW, SUPER-HETERODYNE OR PULSE RADAR THAT MEETS SPACE QUALIFICATION SPECIFICATIONS. THIS RECONFIGURABLE TRANSCEIVER WILL SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR THE PRECIPITATION&CLOUD MEASUREMENT DOPPLER RADAR SYSTEM THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED, TESTED AND DELIVERED TO NASA IN THIS PHASE II EFFORT.
Definitive Contract - 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Contractor
TLC PRECISON WAFER TECHNOLOGY (TLC PRECISION WAFER TECHNOLOGY, INC.)
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
12/28/2009
Obligated Amount
$636k
NNX09CD88P - LOW COST AUTOMATED MODULE ASSEMBLY FOR 180 GHZ DEVICES EMERGENCE OF INDIUM PHOSPHIDE IC'S HAS MADE POSSIBLE DEVICES OPERATING AT FREQUENCIES UP TO 200GHZ AND BEYOND. BUILDING MODULES USING THESE DEVICES OPENS A GOLDMINE OF MILITARY AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS. SYSTEMS INTEGRATION OF THESE DEVICES INTO AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE MODULES HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE DUE TO COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ASSEMBLY REQUIREMENTS. RESEARCH INTO: PLACEMENT PRECISION REQUIREMENTS, MATERIAL SELECTION AND COST, ASSEMBLY PROCESSES, AND AUTOMATION ARE THE SUBJECTS OF THIS PROPOSAL. BECAUSE OF ITS CAPABILITIES, NXGEN ELECTRONICS IS UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO PERFORM THIS RESEARCH. SINCE 2003 JPL HAS BEEN DEVELOPING MINIATURE MMIC LOW POWER RADIOMETERS FOR GEOSTAR AND PATH MISSIONS. CURRENT WEATHER AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONAL SATELLITES EMPLOY BOTH INFRARED (IR) AND MICROWAVE (MW) ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDERS. SINCE CLOUDS ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY OPAQUE AT INFRARED WAVELENGTHS, SOUNDS REQUIRE CLOUD FREE OBSERVATION. POES SATELLITES PROVIDE COVERAGE BUT PROVIDE COVERAGE IN RELATIVELY NARROW SWATHS, AND WITH REVISIT TIME OF 12-24 HOURS. GEOSTAR OFFERS THE POSSIBILITY OF MW TEMPERATURE AND WATER VAPOR SOUNDINGS AS WELL AS RAIN MAPPING FROM GEO. THE RESULTS OF THIS SBIR RESEARCH WILL BE A DIRECT BENEFIT TO THESE PROGRAMS BY USING THEIR REQUIREMENTS AS A FOCUS FOR THE STUDY, AND PROVIDE THE GROUNDWORK FOR BROADER SUPPORT FOR THE COMMERCIALIZATION PROCESS.
Purchase Order - 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Contractor
NXGEN ELECTRONICS, INC.
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
01/21/2009
Obligated Amount
$90.7k

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