ARMY
SBIR 08.2 PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
The U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM) is responsible for execution of the Army SBIR program. Information on the Army SBIR Program can be found at the following website: https://www.armysbir.com/.
Solicitation, topic, and general questions regarding the SBIR program should be addressed according to the DoD portion of this solicitation. For technical questions about the topic during the pre-Solicitation period, contact the Topic Authors listed for each topic in the Solicitation. To obtain answers to technical questions during the formal Solicitation period, visit http://www.dodsbir.net/sitis. For general inquiries or problems with the electronic submission, contact the DoD Help Desk at 1-866-724-7457 (8am to 5pm EST). Specific questions pertaining to the Army SBIR program should be submitted to:
Susan Nichols
Program Manager, Army SBIR
US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM)
ATTN: AMSRD-SS-SBIR
6000 6th Street, Suite 100
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5608
(703) 806-2085
FAX: (703) 806-2044
The Army participates in one DoD SBIR Solicitation each year. Proposals not conforming to the terms of this Solicitation will not be considered. The Army reserves the right to limit awards under any topic, and only those proposals of superior scientific and technical quality will be funded. Only Government personnel will evaluate proposals with the exception of technical personnel from General Dynamics Information Technology, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), and Azimuth, Inc. who will provide Advisory and Assistance Services to the Army, providing technical analysis in the evaluation of proposals submitted against Army topic numbers: A08-121 (General Dynamics Information Technology) and A08-123 (SAIC and Azimuth, Inc.).
Individuals from General Dynamics Information Technology, SAIC, and Azimuth, Inc. will be authorized access to only those portions of the proposal data and discussions that are necessary to enable them to perform their respective duties. These firms are expressly prohibited from competing for SBIR awards and from scoring or ranking of proposals or recommending the selection of a source. In accomplishing their duties related to the source selection process, the aforementioned firms may require access to proprietary information contained in the offerors' proposals. Therefore, pursuant to FAR 9.505-4, these firms must execute an agreement that states that they will (1) protect the offerors’ information from unauthorized use or disclosure for as long as it remains proprietary and (2) refrain from using the information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished. These agreements will remain on file with the Army SBIR program management office at the address above.
SUBMISSION OF ARMY SBIR PROPOSALS
The entire proposal (which includes Cover Sheets, Technical Proposal, Cost Proposal, and Company Commercialization Report) must be submitted electronically via the DoD SBIR/STTR Proposal Submission Site (http://www.dodsbir.net/submission). The Army prefers that small businesses complete the Cost Proposal form on the DoD Submission site, versus submitting within the body of the uploaded proposal. The Army WILL NOT accept any proposals which are not submitted via this site. Do not send a hardcopy of the proposal. Hand or electronic signature on the proposal is also NOT required. If the proposal is selected for award, the DoD Component program will contact you for signatures. If you experience problems uploading a proposal, call the DoD Help Desk 1-866-724-7457 (8am to 5pm EST). Selection and non-selection letters will be sent electronically via e-mail.
Army Phase I proposals have a 20-page limit (excluding the Cost Proposal and the Company Commercialization Report). Pages in excess of the 20-page limitation will not be considered in the evaluation of the proposal (including attachments, appendices, or references, but excluding the Cost Proposal and Company Commercialization Report).
Any proposal involving the use of Bio Hazard Materials must identify in the Technical Proposal whether the contractor has been certified by the Government to perform Bio Level - I, II or III work.
Companies should plan carefully for research involving animal or human subjects, or requiring access to government resources of any kind. Animal or human research must be based on formal protocols that are reviewed and approved both locally and through the Army's committee process. Resources such as equipment, reagents, samples, data, facilities, troops or recruits, and so forth, must all be arranged carefully. The few months available for a Phase I effort may preclude plans including these elements, unless coordinated before a contract is awarded.
If the offeror proposes to use a foreign national(s) [any person who is NOT a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, or a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) – refer to Section 2.15 at the front of this solicitation for definitions of “lawful permanent resident” and “protected individual”] as key personnel, they must be clearly identified. For foreign nationals, you must provide resumes, country of origin and an explanation of the individual’s involvement.
No Class 1 Ozone Depleting Chemicals/Ozone Depleting Substances will be allowed for use in this procurement without prior Government approval.
Phase I Proposals must describe the "vision" or "end-state" of the research and the most likely strategy or path for transition of the SBIR project from research to an operational capability that satisfies one or more Army operational or technical requirements in a new or existing system, larger research program, or as a stand-alone product or service.
PHASE I OPTION MUST BE INCLUDED AS PART OF PHASE I PROPOSAL
The Army implemented the use of a Phase I Option that may be exercised to fund interim Phase I activities while a Phase II contract is being negotiated. Only Phase I efforts selected for Phase II awards through the Army’s competitive process will be eligible to exercise the Phase I Option. The Phase I Option, which must be included as part of the Phase I proposal, covers activities over a period of up to four months and should describe appropriate initial Phase II activities that may lead to the successful demonstration of a product or technology. The Phase I Option must be included within the 20-page limit for the Phase I proposal.
08.2 Solicitation Pre-release April 21 –May 18, 2008
08.2 Solicitation Opens May 19 – June 18, 2008
Phase I Evaluations June – August 2008
Phase I Selections August 2008
Phase I Awards October 2008*
*Subject to the Congressional Budget process
PHASE II PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
Note! Phase II Proposal Submission is by Army Invitation only. Small businesses are invited in writing by the Army to submit a Phase II proposal from Phase I projects based upon Phase I progress to date and the continued relevance of the project to future Army requirements. The Army exercises discretion on whether a Phase I award recipient is invited to propose for Phase II. Invitations are generally issued no earlier than five months after the Phase I contract award, with the Phase II proposals generally due one month later. In accordance with SBA policy, the Army reserves the right to negotiate mutually acceptable Phase II proposal submission dates with individual Phase I awardees, accomplish proposal reviews expeditiously, and proceed with Phase II awards.
Invited small businesses are required to develop and submit a technology transition and commercialization plan describing feasible approaches for transitioning and/or commercializing the developed technology in their Phase II proposal. Army Phase II cost proposals must contain a budget for the entire 24 month Phase II period not to exceed the maximum dollar amount of $730,000. During contract negotiation, the contracting officer may require a cost proposal for a base year and an option year. These costs must be submitted using the Cost Proposal format (accessible electronically on the DoD submission site), and may be presented side-by-side on a single Cost Proposal Sheet. The total proposed amount should be indicated on the Proposal Cover Sheet as the Proposed Cost. Phase II projects will be evaluated after the base year prior to extending funding for the option year.
Fast Track (see section 4.5 at the front of the Program Solicitation). Small businesses that participate in the Fast Track program do not require an invitation. Small businesses must submit (1) the Fast Track application within 150 days after the effective date of the SBIR phase I contract and (2) the Phase II proposal within 180 days after the effective date of its Phase I contract.
CONTRACTOR MANPOWER REPORTING APPLICATION (CMRA)
Accounting for Contract Services, otherwise known as Contractor Manpower Reporting Application (CMRA), is a Department of Defense Business Initiative Council (BIC) sponsored program to obtain better visibility of the contractor service workforce. This reporting requirement applies to all Army SBIR contracts.
Beginning in the DoD 2006.2 SBIR solicitation, offerors are instructed to include an estimate for the cost of complying with CMRA as part of the cost proposal for Phase I ($70,000 max), Phase I Option ($50,000 max), and Phase II ($730,000 max), under “CMRA Compliance” in Other Direct Costs. This is an estimated total cost (if any) that would be incurred to comply with the CMRA requirement. Only proposals that receive an award will be required to deliver CMRA reporting, i.e. if the proposal is selected and an award is made, the contract will include a deliverable for CMRA.
To date, there has been a wide range of estimated costs for CMRA. While most final negotiated costs have been minimal, there appears to be some higher cost estimates that can often be attributed to misunderstanding the requirement. The SBIR program desires for the Government to pay a fair and reasonable price. This technical analysis is intended to help determine this fair and reasonable price for CMRA as it applies to SBIR contracts.
· The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) operates and maintains the secure CMRA System. The CMRA website is located here: https://cmra.army.mil/.
· The CMRA requirement consists of the following items,
which are located within the contract document, the contractor's existing cost
accounting system (i.e. estimated direct labor hours, estimated direct labor dollars),
or obtained from the contracting officer representative:
(1) Contract number, including task and delivery order number;
(2) Contractor name, address, phone number, e-mail address, identity of contractor employee entering data;
(3) Estimated direct labor hours (including sub-contractors);
(4) Estimated direct labor dollars paid this reporting period (including sub-contractors);
(5) Predominant Federal Service Code (FSC) reflecting services provided by contractor (and separate predominant FSC for each sub-contractor if different);
(6) Organizational title associated with the Unit Identification Code (UIC) for the Army Requiring Activity (The Army Requiring Activity is responsible for providing the contractor with its UIC for the purposes of reporting this information);
(7) Locations where contractor and sub-contractors perform the work (specified by zip code in the United States and nearest city, country, when in an overseas location, using standardized nomenclature provided on website);
· The reporting period will be the period of performance not to exceed 12 months ending September 30 of each government fiscal year and must be reported by 31 October of each calendar year.
· According to the required CMRA contract language, the contractor may use a direct XML data transfer to the Contractor Manpower Reporting System database server or fill in the fields on the Government website. The CMRA website also has a no-cost CMRA XML Converter Tool.
Given the small size of our SBIR contracts and companies, it is our opinion that the modification of contractor payroll systems for automatic XML data transfer is not in the best interest of the Government. CMRA is an annual reporting requirement that can be achieved through multiple means to include manual entry, MS Excel spreadsheet development, or use of the free Government XML converter tool. The annual reporting should take less than a few hours annually by an administrative level employee. Depending on labor rates, we would expect the total annual cost for SBIR companies to not exceed $500 annually, or to be included in overhead rates.
COMMERCIALIZATION PILOT PROGRAM (CPP)
In FY07, the Army initiated a CPP with a focused set of SBIR projects. The objective of the effort was to increase Army SBIR technology transition and commercialization success and accelerate the fielding of capabilities to Soldiers. The ultimate measure of success for the CPP is the Return on Investment (ROI), i.e. the further investment and sales of SBIR Technology as compared to the Army investment in the SBIR Technology. The CPP will: 1) assess and identify SBIR projects and companies with high transition potential that meet high priority requirements; 2) provide market research and business plan development; 3) match SBIR companies to customers and facilitate collaboration; 4) prepare detailed technology transition plans and agreements; 5) make recommendations and facilitate additional funding for select SBIR projects that meet the criteria identified above; and 6) track metrics and measure results for the SBIR projects within the CPP.
Based on its assessment of the SBIR project’s potential for transition as described above, the Army will utilize a CPP investment fund of SBIR dollars targeted to enhance ongoing Phase II activities with expanded research, development, test and evaluation to accelerate transition and commercialization. The CPP investment fund must be expended according to all applicable SBIR policy on existing Phase II contracts. The size and timing of these enhancements will be dictated by the specific research requirements, availability of matching funds, proposed transition strategies, and individual contracting arrangements.
NON-PROPRIETARY SUMMARY REPORTS
All award winners must submit a Non-Proprietary Summary Report at the end of their Phase I project. The summary report is an unclassified, non-sensitive, and non-proprietary summation of Phase I results that is intended for public viewing on the Army SBIR / STTR Small Business Area. This summary report is in addition to the required Final Technical Report. The Non-Proprietary Summary Report should not exceed 700 words, and must include the technology description and anticipated applications / benefits for government and or private sector use. It should require minimal work from the contractor because most of this information is required in the final technical report. The summary report shall be submitted in accordance with the format and instructions posted within the Army SBIR Small Business Portal at http://www.armysbir.com/smallbusinessportal/Firm/Login.aspx. This requirement for a final summary report will also apply to any subsequent Phase II contract.
ARMY SUBMISSION OF FINAL TECHNICAL REPORTS
All final technical reports will be submitted to the awarding Army organization in accordance with Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL). Companies should not submit final reports directly to the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).
ARMY SBIR
A08-015 Sensor Validation for Turboshaft Engine Torque Sensors
A08-016 High Performance Computing for Rotorcraft Structural Dynamics
A08-017 Advanced Rotorcraft Comprehensive Analysis
A08-018 Light Weight Collective Pitch Control Systems for Swashplateless
A08-019 Sensor Guided Flight for Unmanned Air Vehicles
A08-020 Innovative Pitch Link Actuators for Individual Blade Control (IBC)
A08-021 Innovative Systems for Reduction of Rotorcraft Hub Drag
A08-022 Practical Composite Rotor Blade and Wing Structural Design Tool for Aeromechanical Assessments in Conceptual
A08-023 Reinforced High Temperature Titanium Metal Matrix Composite Systems For Impeller Applications in Advanced Army Turboshaft Engines
A08-024 Lightweight Metallics for Cargo Helicopter Main Rotor Shaft Applications
A08-025 On-Line Oil Condition and Metal Wear Analysis Sensor
A08-026 Advanced Manufacturing methods for Composite Gearbox Housings for Rotorcraft Applications
Aviation and Missile RD&E Center (Missile) Otho Thomas (256) 842-9227
A08-027 Effects of High Temperature on Solid Propellants: Insights Into Their Effects on Slow and Fast Cookoff responses Toward Insensitive Munitions
A08-028 Complementary Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE)/Testing (NDT) Techniques for Stockpile Reliability Programs (SRP) of U.S. Army Tectical Missile Systems
A08-029 Thermal Management in a Composite Skin Missile Airframe
A08-030 Improved environmental protection for Zinc Sulfide
A08-031 Advanced Adaptive Maneuvering Air Vehicle
A08-032 Advanced Scramjet Engine/Vehicle Design
A08-033 Transpiration Cooling Computational Fluid Dynamics Submodel
A08-034 Low Power Electronics and Energy Harvesting for Anti-tamper Applications
A08-035 High Aspect Ratio EMI Grid Application Technique
A08-036 Novel Energetic Polymers
A08-037 Low Cost Production of Domes Using Freeze Casting or Similar Technology
A08-038 Vision Based Adjunct Navigation Technologies
A08-039 Prognostics for the Full, Net-Centric, Plug and Fight Integration of Army Air and Missile Defense Systems (AMD)
A08-040 Accurate and Reliable Rocket Thruster Technology
A08-041 Improved Field of Regard for Strap Down Semi Active Laser Seekers
Armament RD&E Center (ARDEC) Carol L'Hommedieu (973) 724-4029
A08-042 Novel Structural Reactive Materials
A08-043 High Voltage, High Current, Solid State Switches
A08-044 Innovative Tantalum Machining for Weapon Applications
A08-045 Reusable and Adaptable Cognitive Decision Aids Components For Remote Weapon Stations
A08-046 Novel Efficient and Compact Diode-pumped Rod Gain Modules for Ultra Short Pulsed (USP) Lasers
A08-047 Edge-pumped Composites for Ultra-Short Pulse (USP) Lasers
A08-048 Biogically Inspired Processor
A08-049 Structurally Integrated Position and Orientation Sensor and Seeker Technologies
A08-050 Novel Titanium Alloys for Improved Workability and Formability
A08-051 High Resolution Multispectral X-ray Imaging
A08-052 Development of Nanothermite-Based Microthrusters
A08-053 Thermal Sensing and Responsive Materials for Environmental Monitoring
A08-054 Spectrally and Spatially Foveated Multi/Hyperspectral Camera
A08-055 Compact Unit for Eye-safe Standoff Explosive Detection
Army Research Laboratory (ARL) John Goon (301) 394-4288
A08-056 Bio-Inspired Battlefield Environmental Situation Awareness
A08-057 Urban Illumination for Soldier Simulations and Close-Combat Target
A08-058 Situation Awareness Assessment Tools for Network Enabled Command and Control Field Evaluations
A08-059 A psychologically inspired object recognition system
A08-060 Hearing Protection Evaluation System
A08-061 Eyesafe laser diode arrays for resonant pumping of Er-doped gain media optimized for cryogenicalled cooled operation
A08-062 Fully Flexible Information Electronics with a Flexible Display
A08-063 Bi-functional anode and High Temperature Electrolyte Membrane for Reforming Methanol Fuel Cell (RMFC)
A08-064 Utilizing Computational Imaging for Laser Intensity Reduction at CCD Focal Planes
A08-065 Desulfurization of JP-8 Fuel by Adsorption of Oxidized Organic Sulfur Compunds
A08-066 Development of a Device Capable
of Rapid isolation of DNA Capture Elements for Biotechnology Applications
A08-067 Metamaterial Antennas for Army Platforms
A08-068 Cold Spray Nanostructured Powders
A08-069 Scalable & Adaptive Munitions Technologies
A08-070 Full Field, Out-of-Plane Digital Image Correlation (DIC) from Ultra-High Speed Digital Cameras
A08-071 Self-decontaminating materials using organocatalysts
A08-072 A 250-W Solid Acid Electrolyte Fuel Cell Generator
A08-073 Hydroxyl Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell
A08-074 Development of a Fieldable Brain Trauma Analyzer System
A08-075 Terahertz Intracavity Spectrometer
A08-076 Nano-composite Semiconductor Lasers
A08-077 Large Area, High Power Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diodes
Communication-Electronics RD&E Center (CERDEC) Suzanne Weeks (732) 427-3275
A08-078 Detection and Location of Home Made Electro-Optical Booby Traps
A08-079 Precision Extraction and Characterization of Lines of Communication from Moving Target Indicator (MTI) Data
A08-080 Radio Frequency Over Fiber in Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Platforms
A08-081 Persistent Multi-Intelligence Perimeter Sensing
A08-082 Event and Temporal Reasoning Ontology's for Unstructured Data
A08-083 Advanced Modular/Reconfigurable Cooling Techniques for Signals Intelligence/Electronic Warface (SIGINT/EW) Systems
A08-084 High Isolation Transmit/Receive Antennas for Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) and Communications Applications
A08-085 Recognition of Non-Native Speakers
A08-086 Common Aperture Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) and Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) (CAGE)
A08-087 Dismounted Combat Identification
A08-088 Command and Control Translation System in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Framework
A08-089 Quality of Service Traffic Manager
A08-090 High Performance Electrochemical Capacitor Using Nanomaterials for Electrodes.
A08-091 Superior High Energy Density and High Rate Rechargeable Lithium ion Battery for Army applications
A08-092 Automated Planning Software For A Dynamic Heterogeneous Collection Of Manned And Unmanned Entities
A08-093 Counterinsurgency Campaign Design Tool Based on Logical Lines of Operation and Wiki-Inspired Knowledge Capture
A08-094 Dynamic Data Model Implementation for Context Sensitive User Interface and Embedded Semantic
A08-095 Wireless Intra-Soldier Data Reception and Transmission
A08-096 Precision Gyroscopes for Gyro-Compassing in Man-Portable Target Locator Systems
A08-097 Standoff Detection of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), Explosively Formed Penetrators (EFPs), or Landmines
A08-098 Stabilized Laser Beam Pointing
A08-099 Optimal Detection of Buried Improvised Explosive Devices (IED’s) in Clutter
A08-100 Visible to Shortwave Infrared Solid State Silicon-Germanium Imagiging Camera Development
A08-101 Advanced System Tunability for Infrared (IR) Imagers Using Enhanced User-Controlled Parameters
A08-102 Cathodoluminescence Defect Characterization for Medium Wavelength Infrared (MWIR) and Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR) HgCdTe
A08-103 Passivation Innovations for Large Format Reduced Pixel pitch strained layer superlattice Focal Plane Array Imagers Operating in the Long Wavelength Infrared (LWIR) Band
A08-104 Armor Embedded Metamaterial Antenna
A08-105 Multicast Admission Control for Multi-Domain Secure Ad Hoc Networks
A08-106 Advanced Cooling for Satellite Communications On-the-Move Antennas
A08-107 Secure IPv6 Multicasting
A08-108 Software Defined Radio Tool Suite
A08-109 Enhanced Magnetic Communications
A08-110 Gallium Nitride Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit Power Amplifier
A08-111 All Digital Transmitter Digital to Analog Converter and High Bandwidth Signal Combiner
A08-112 Conformal Omni-Directional Antenna Design for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
Engineer Research & Development Center (ERDC) Theresa Salls (603) 646-4591
A08-113 Acoustic Detection and Verification of Intrusions against Military Facilities
A08-114 Large Area Spatial Urban-Noise Characterization for Anomaly Detection
JPEO Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO CBD) Larry Pollack (703) 767-3307
A08-115 Fast-Scan, High-Performance, Portable Imaging Spectrometer for Chemical-Biological Sensing
A08-116 Integrated Power-Microclimate Cooling System for the Soldier
Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) COL Terry Besch (301) 619-3354
A08-117 Imaging Device for the Assessment of Airways in Combat Casualties with Inhalation Injury due to Burns, Smoke, or Toxic Gases
A08-118 Malaria Diagnostic Methods to Replace Microscopy in Clinical Trials
A08-119 Non-invasive near-infrared devices for monitoring hemodynamics, tissue viability, and perfusion for combat casualty care
A08-120 An Integrated Physical Therapy/ Rehabilitation Robotic System for Military Healthcare Enhancement
A08-121 Unmanned Ground & Air System for CBRNE Contaminated Personnel Recovery
A08-122 Multiplexed Assay for the Detection of Wound-related Pathogens
A08-123 Prodrugs
PEO Ammunition Seham Salazar (973) 724-2536
William Sharp (973) 724-7144
A08-124 Highly Agile Command Deployable Vehicle Arresting System
A08-125 Advance Antenna and Processing Solutions for Multi-Functional Target Detection System
PEO Aviation Iris Pruitt (256) 313-4975
Rusty Graves (256) 842-4999
A08-126 Improved mini Ku band antenna for TCDL
A08-127 Emergency Anti-torque System for Rotary Wing Aircraft (Manned and Unmanned)
PEO Combat Support & Combat Service Support Mark Mazzara (586) 574-8032
A08-128 JP-8 Fuel Effects on High Pressure Common Rail Pumps
PEO Enterprise Information Systems Rajat Ray (703) 806-4116
Ed Velez (703) 806-0670
A08-129 Encrypt/Decrypt Mobile Devices with Biometric Signature
PEO Ground Combat Systems Peter Haniak (586) 574-8671
Jose Mabesa (586) 574-6751
A08-130 Dexterous Manipulation for Non-Line-of-Sight Articulated Manipulators
A08-131 Tools, Techniques and Materials for Lightweight Tracks
PEO Soldier King Dixon (703) 704-3309
Jason Regnier (703) 704-1469
A08-132 Variable Optical Transmission Lens for Integrated Eyewear Protection
PEO Simulation, Training, & Instrumentation Robert Forbis (407) 384-3884
A08-133 Dynamic Terrain System Process Development
A08-134 Game Interface for the OneSAF Computer Generated Forces Simulation
PM Future Combat Systems Brigade Combat Team Fran Rush (703) 676-0124
A08-135 Development of a small LADAR sensor for a Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV)
A08-136 Video Compression Techniques for Tactical Wireless Networks
Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) Dimitrios Lianos (256) 955-3223
A08-137 High Energy Laser Component Technology for Eye-Safer Fiber Lasers
A08-138 Advanced Ferroelectric Materials for Explosive Pulsed Power for Missiles and Munitions
A08-139 Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) pumps for Reduced Eye Hazard Wavelength High Energy Fiber Lasers
A08-140 Lightweight Electro-Optical/Infrared Payload
A08-141 Lightweight High Altitude/On-Orbit Reprogrammable Two-Way Communications Payload
Simulation and Training Technology Center (STTC) Thao Pham (407) 384-5460
A08-142 Automated Generation of Underground Structures
Tank Automotive RD&E Center (TARDEC) Jim Mainero (586) 574-8646
Martin Novak (586) 574-8730
A08-143 MODELING OF THE IMPACT RESPONSE OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOSITE ARMOR
A08-144 Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) for Ground Vehicles
A08-145 Semi-Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Control
A08-146 Rapid Field Test Method(s) to Measure Additives in Military Fuel
A08-147 Automated Algorithm Generator for Ground Vehicle Diagnostics/Prognostics
A08-148 Distributed Services Framework for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks
A08-149 Sensors for Vehicle Health Monitoring
A08-150 Smart Sensor Network for Platform Structural Health Monitoring
A08-151 Realistic High Fidelity Dynamic Terrain Representation
A08-152 Vehicle Dynamics and Motion Drive for Realtime Simulators
A08-153 Improved Thermal Management Systems using Advanced Materials and Fluids
A08-154 High Temperature Capacitors for Hybrid Electric Vehicles
A08-155 Safe, Low-Cost Cylindrical and Prismatic Nickel-Zinc Batteries for Hybrid Vehicles
A08-156 Exportable Vehicle Power Using Cognitive Power Management
A08-157 Real-time In-line Water Quality Monitoring
A08-158 Measuring Fuel Quantity in Bulk Containers
A08-159 Advanced Additives to Improve Fire Resistant Fuels (FRF)
A08-160 Intelligent Multi-modal Ground Robotic Mobility
A08-161 Tactical Vehicle Underbody Blast Energy Absorber Kit
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
PROPOSAL CHECKLIST
This is a Checklist of Army Requirements for your proposal. Please review the checklist carefully to ensure that your proposal meets the Army SBIR requirements. You must also meet the general DoD requirements specified in the solicitation. Failure to meet these requirements will result in your proposal not being evaluated or considered for award. Do not include this checklist with your proposal.
____ 1. The proposal addresses a Phase I effort (up to $70,000 with up to a six-month duration) AND (if applicable) an optional effort (up to $50,000 for an up to four-month period to provide interim Phase II funding).
____ 2. The proposal is limited to only ONE Army Solicitation topic.
____ 3. The technical content of the proposal, including the Option, includes the items identified in Section 3.5 of the Solicitation.
____ 4. The proposal, including the Phase I Option (if applicable), is 20 pages or less in length (excluding the Cost Proposal and Company Commercialization Report). Pages in excess of the 20-page limitation will not be considered in the evaluation of the proposal (including attachments, appendices, or references, but excluding the Cost Proposal and Company Commercialization Report).
____ 5. The Cost Proposal has been completed and submitted for both the Phase I and Phase I Option (if applicable) and the costs are shown separately. The Army prefers that small businesses complete the Cost Proposal form on the DoD Submission site, versus submitting within the body of the uploaded proposal. The total cost should match the amount on the cover pages.
____ 6. Requirement for Army Accounting for Contract Services, otherwise known as CMRA reporting is included in the Cost Proposal.
____ 7. If applicable, the Bio Hazard Material level has been identified in the technical proposal.
____ 8. If applicable, plan for research involving animal or human subjects, or requiring access to government resources of any kind.
____ 9. The Phase I Proposal describes the "vision" or "end-state" of the research and the most likely strategy or path for transition of the SBIR project from research to an operational capability that satisfies one or more Army operational or technical requirements in a new or existing system, larger research program, or as a stand-alone product or service.
____ 10. If applicable, Foreign Nationals are identified in the proposal. An employee must have an H-1B Visa to work on a DoD contract.
Army SBIR 082 Topic Index
A08-015 Sensor Validation for Turboshaft Engine Torque Sensors
A08-016 High Performance Computing for Rotorcraft Structural Dynamics
A08-017 Advanced Rotorcraft Comprehensive Analysis
A08-018 Light Weight Collective Pitch Control Systems for Swashplateless Rotors
A08-019 Sensor Guided Flight for Unmanned Air Vehicles
A08-020 Innovative Pitch Link Actuators for Individual Blade Control (IBC)
A08-021 Innovative Systems for Reduction of Rotorcraft Hub Drag
A08-022 Practical Composite Rotor Blade and Wing Structural Design Tool for Aeromechanical
Assessments in Conceptual Design
A08-023 Reinforced High Temperature Titanium Metal Matrix Composite Systems For Impeller
Applications In Advanced Army Turboshaft Engines
A08-024 Lightweight Metallics for Cargo Helicopter Main Rotor Shaft Applications
A08-025 On-Line Oil Condition and Metal Wear Analysis Sensor
A08-026 Advanced Manufacturing Methods for Composite Gearbox Housings for Rotorcraft Applications
A08-027 Effects of High Temperature on Solid Propellants: Insights Into Their Effects on Slow and Fast
Cookoff Responses Toward Insensitive Munitions
A08-028 Complementary Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE)/Testing (NDT) Techniques for Stockpile
Reliability Programs (SRP) of U.S. Army Tactical Missile Systems
A08-029 Thermal Management in a Composite Skin Missile Airframe
A08-030 Improved environmental protection for Zinc Sulfide
A08-031 Advanced Adaptive Maneuvering Air Vehicle
A08-032 Advanced Scramjet Engine/Vehicle Design
A08-033 Transpiration Cooling Computational Fluid Dynamics Submodel
A08-034 Low Power Electronics and Energy Harvesting for Anti-tamper Applications
A08-035 High Aspect Ratio EMI Grid Application Technique
A08-036 Novel Energetic Polymers
A08-037 Low Cost Production of Domes Using Freeze Casting or Similar Technology
A08-038 Vision Based Adjunct Navigation Technologies
A08-039 Prognostics for the Full, Net-Centric, Plug and Fight Integration of Army Air and Missile Defense
Systems (AMD)
A08-040 Accurate and Reliable Rocket Thruster Technology
A08-041 Improved Field of Regard for Strap Down Semi Active Laser Seekers
A08-042 Novel Structural Reactive Materials
A08-043 High Voltage, High Current, Solid State Switches
A08-044 Innovative Tantalum Machining for Weapon Applications
A08-045 Reusable and Adaptable Cognitive Decision Aids Components For Remote Weapon Stations
A08-046 Novel Efficient and Compact Diode-pumped Rod Gain Modules for Ultra Short Pulsed (USP)
Lasers
A08-047 Edge-pumped Composites for Ultra-Short Pulse (USP) Lasers
A08-048 Biologically Inspired Processor
A08-049 Structurally Integrated Position and Orientation Sensor and Seeker Technologies
A08-050 Novel Titanium Alloys for Improved Workability and Formability
A08-051 High Resolution Multispectral X-ray Imaging
A08-052 Development of Nanothermite-Based Microthrusters
A08-053 Thermal Sensing and Responsive Materials for Environmental Monitoring
A08-054 Spectrally and Spatially Foveated Multi/Hyperspectral Camera
A08-055 Compact Unit for Eye-safe Standoff Explosive Detection
A08-056 Bio-Inspired Battlefield Environmental Situation Awareness
A08-057 Urban Illumination for Soldier Simulations and Close-Combat Target Acquisition
A08-058 Situation Awareness Assessment Tools for Network Enabled Command and Control Field
Evaluations
A08-059 A psychologically inspired object recognition system
A08-060 Hearing Protection Evaluation System
A08-061 Eyesafe laser diode arrays for resonant pumping of Er-doped gain media optimized for
cryogenically cooled operation
A08-062 Fully Flexible Information Electronics with a Flexible Display
A08-063 Bi-functional anode and High Temperature Electrolyte Membrane for Reforming Methanol Fuel
Cell (RMFC).
A08-064 Utilizing Computational Imaging for Laser Intensity Reduction at CCD Focal Planes
A08-065 Desulfurization of JP-8 Fuel by Adsorption of Oxidized Organic Sulfur Compounds
A08-066 Development of a Device
Capable of Rapid isolation of DNA Capture Elements for
Biotechnology Applications
A08-067 Metamaterial Antennas for Army Platforms
A08-068 Cold Spray Nanostructured Powders
A08-069 Scalable & Adaptive Munitions Technologies
A08-070 Full Field, Out-of-Plane Digital Image Correlation (DIC) from Ultra-High Speed Digital Cameras
A08-071 Self-decontaminating materials using organocatalysts
A08-072 A 250-W Solid Acid Electrolyte Fuel Cell Generator
A08-073 Hydroxyl Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell
A08-074 Development of a Fieldable Brain Trauma Analyzer System
A08-075 Terahertz Intracavity Spectrometer
A08-076 Nano-composite Semiconductor Lasers
A08-077 Large Area, High Power Ultraviolet Light Emitting Diodes
A08-078 Detection and Location of Home Made Electro-Optical Booby Traps
A08-079 Precision Extraction and Characterization of Lines of Communication from Moving Target
Indicator (MTI) Data
A08-080 Radio Frequency Over Fiber in Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Platforms
A08-081 Persistent Multi-Intelligence Perimeter Sensing
A08-082 Event and Temporal Reasoning Ontology
A08-083 Advanced Modular/Reconfigurable Cooling Techniques for Signals Intelligence/Electronic
Warfare (SIGINT/EW) Systems
A08-084 High Isolation Transmit/Receive Antennas for Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) and
Communications Applications
A08-085 Recognition of Non-Native Speakers
A08-086 Common Aperture Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) and Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR)
(CAGE)
A08-087 Dismounted Combat Identification
A08-088 Command and Control Translation System in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Framework
A08-089 Quality of Service Traffic Manager
A08-090 High Performance Electrochemical Capacitor Using Nanomaterials for Electrodes.
A08-091 Superior High Energy Density and High Rate Rechargeable Lithium ion Battery for Army
applications
A08-092 Automated Planning Software For A Dynamic Heterogeneous Collection Of Manned And
Unmanned Entities
A08-093 Counterinsurgency Campaign Design Tool Based on Logical Lines of Operation and
Wiki-Inspired Knowledge Capture
A08-094 Dynamic Data Model Implementation for Context Sensitive User Interface and Embedded
Semantic
A08-095 Wireless Intra-Soldier Data Reception and Transmission
A08-096 Precision Gyroscopes for Gyro-Compassing in Man-Portable Target Locator Systems
A08-097 Standoff Detection of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), Explosively Formed Penetrators
(EFPs), or Landmines
A08-098 Stabilized Laser Beam Pointing
A08-099 Optimal Detection of Buried Improvised Explosive Devices (IED’s) in Clutter
A08-100 Visible to Shortwave Infrared Solid State Silicon-Germanium Imaging Camera Development
A08-101 Advanced System Tunability for Infrared (IR) Imagers Using Enhanced User-Controlled
Parameters
A08-102 Cathodoluminescence Defect Characterization for Medium Wavelength Infrared (MWIR) and
Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR) HgCdTe
A08-103 Passivation Innovations for Large Format Reduced Pixel pitch strained layer superlattice Focal
Plane Array Imagers Operating in the Long Wavelength Infrared (LWIR) Band
A08-104 Armor Embedded Metamaterial Antenna
A08-105 Multicast Admission Control for Multi-Domain Secure Ad Hoc Networks
A08-106 Advanced Cooling for Satellite Communications On-the-Move Antennas
A08-107 Secure IPv6 Multicasting
A08-108 Software Defined Radio Tool Suite
A08-109 Enhanced Magnetic Communications
A08-110 Gallium Nitride Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit Power Amplifier
A08-111 All Digital Transmitter Digital to Analog Converter and High Bandwidth Signal Combiner
A08-112 Conformal Omni-Directional Antenna Design for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
A08-113 Acoustic Detection and Verification of Intrusions against Military Facilities
A08-114 Large Area Spatial Urban-Noise Characterization for Anomaly Detection
A08-115 Fast-Scan, High-Performance, Portable Imaging Spectrometer for Chemical-Biological Sensing
A08-116 Integrated Power-Microclimate Cooling System for the Soldier
A08-117 Imaging Device for the Assessment of Airways in Combat Casualties with Inhalation Injury due to
Burns, Smoke, or Toxic Gases
A08-118 Malaria Diagnostic Methods to Replace Microscopy in Clinical Trials
A08-119 Non-invasive near-infrared devices for monitoring hemodynamics, tissue viability, and perfusion
for combat casualty care
A08-120 An Integrated Physical Therapy/ Rehabilitation Robotic System for Military Healthcare
Enhancement
A08-121 Unmanned Ground & Air System for CBRNE Contaminated Personnel Recovery
A08-122 Multiplexed Assay for the Detection of Wound-related Pathogens
A08-123 Prodrugs
A08-124 Highly Agile Command Deployable Vehicle Arresting System
A08-125 Advance Antenna and Processing Solutions for Multi-Functional Target Detection System
A08-126 Improved mini Ku band antenna for TCDL
A08-127 Emergency Anti-torque System for Rotary Wing Aircraft (Manned and Unmanned)
A08-128 JP-8 Fuel Effects on High Pressure Common Rail Pumps
A08-129 Encrypt/Decrypt Mobile Devices with Biometric Signature
A08-130 Dexterous Manipulation for Non-Line-of-Sight Articulated Manipulators
A08-131 Tools, Techniques and Materials for Lightweight Tracks
A08-132 Variable Optical Transmission Lens for Integrated Eyewear Protection
A08-133 Dynamic Terrain System Process Development
A08-134 Game Interface for the OneSAF Computer Generated Forces Simulation
A08-135 Development of a small LADAR sensor for a Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV)
A08-136 Video Compression Techniques for Tactical Wireless Networks
A08-137 High Energy Laser Component Technology for Eye-Safer Fiber Lasers
A08-138 Advanced Ferroelectric Materials for Explosive Pulsed Power for Missiles and Munitions
A08-139 Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) pumps for Reduced Eye Hazard Wavelength
High Energy Fiber Lasers
A08-140 Lightweight Electro-Optical/Infrared Payload
A08-141 Lightweight High Altitude/On-Orbit Reprogrammable Two-Way Communications Payload
A08-142 Automated Generation of Underground Structures
A08-143 Modeling Of The Impact Response Of Multifunctional Composite Armor
A08-144 Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) for Ground Vehicles
A08-145 Semi-Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Control
A08-146 Rapid Field Test Method(s) to Measure Additives in Military Fuel
A08-147 Automated Algorithm Generator for Ground Vehicle Diagnostics/Prognostics
A08-148 Distributed Services Framework for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks
A08-149 Sensors for Vehicle Health Monitoring
A08-150 Smart Sensor Network for Platform Structural Health Monitoring
A08-151 Realistic High Fidelity Dynamic Terrain Representation
A08-152 Vehicle Dynamics and Motion Drive for Realtime Simulators
A08-153 Improved Thermal Management Systems using Advanced Materials and Fluids
A08-154 High Temperature Capacitors for Hybrid Electric Vehicles
A08-155 Safe, Low-Cost Cylindrical and Prismatic Nickel-Zinc Batteries for Hybrid Vehicles
A08-156 Exportable Vehicle Power Using Cognitive Power Management
A08-157 Real-time In-line Water Quality Monitoring
A08-158 Measuring Fuel Quantity in Bulk Containers
A08-159 Advanced Additives to Improve Fire Resistant Fuels (FRF)
A08-160 Intelligent Multi-modal Ground Robotic Mobility
A08-161 Tactical Vehicle Underbody Blast Energy Absorber Kit
Army SBIR 082 Topic Descriptions
A08-015 TITLE: Sensor Validation for Turboshaft Engine Torque Sensors
TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Air Platform, Ground/Sea Vehicles
ACQUISITION PROGRAM: PEO Aviation
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this SBIR is to design and develop an accurate, cost effective method for on-board sensor validation in Army rotorcraft turboshaft engines. An inaccurate sensor can lead the engine controller to believe components are not working properly. This then leads to the false removal of components and a large percentage of engine down-time which could have been avoided.
Therefore, there is a need for a system that can: 1) validate whether or not the sensor is functioning accurately and
2) if the sensor is in fact generating readings outside accurate tolerance limits, the system should be able to generate a synthetic signal from the remaining sensor data and provide this to the engine controller. This capability would allow for the maintainers to recognize if the sensor is at fault, not the actual component. In addition, this capability will allow for the crew to understand the current state of health of their rotorcraft, regardless of a degraded sensor reading. It is intended that this technology have significant positive implications on sensor reliability, redundancy and accuracy.
DESCRIPTION: This effort will develop improved methodologies and algorithms for the synthesis of engine signals that will replace inaccurate sensor measurements. As a validation method, torque sensors will be used to address inaccurate measurements and the use of remaining signals to provide a synthesized signal. Compensation for factors that lead to error or scatter in the measurement of engine torque shall be considered. Implementation issues such as data capture, processing, and data availability for the pilot shall be addressed. Additional weight and pilot responsibility should be minimized.
PHASE I: Phase I of this effort will develop and validate the proposed technology. A feasibility demonstration of the system should be conducted on a laboratory scale and should validate the concept’s achievement of topic objectives. The proposed system should confirm the method in which torque sensors are noted to be producing inaccurate engine torque readings, and then synthesis a signal to the engine controller in its place.
PHASE II: Phase II involves further design and development of the proposed sensor validation method. The coordination with an engine manufacturer to fully portray the operating characteristics is preferred. The design during the Phase II effort should be implemented using a relevant hardware platform and display the ability to send synthetic signals to the engine controller in order to compensate for inaccurate engine torque measurements. These capabilities should be validated using additional bench or rig tests. In this Phase, a fully functioning prototype shall be tested to assess the accuracy and repeatability of the method.
PHASE III: The application of a sensor validation system will have relevance in all commercial and military rotorcraft. Once this technology is successfully demonstrated, it would be suitable for installation into the CH-47/T55, ARH/HTS900-2, UH-60/T700 and AH-64/T700. This Phase should show integration into an appropriate platform’s engine control unit. This effort must follow the latest revision of software specification DO-178.
REFERENCES:
1. Model-Based Decision Support Tools For T700 Engine Health Monitoring, Peter Frith and George Karvounis, Defence Science and Technology Organization International Conference on Health and Usage Monitoring, February 2001.
2. Aviation Diagnostic and Engine Prognostic Technologies (ADEPT) for the Chinook’s T55 Engine, Andrew Stramiello, Richard Ling, Gregory Kacprzynski and Michael Roemer, 58th Meeting of the Society for Machinery Prevention Technology, April 2003.
3. A Model-Based Approach To Engine Health Monitoring Of Military Helicopters, Peter C. W. Frith, George Karvounis, and Samuel H. Carte, Third Australian Pacific Vertiflite Conference on Helicopter Technology, AHS, July 2000, Canberra, Australia.
KEYWORDS: Sensor validation, turboshaft engine, synthetic signal, inaccurate sensors.
A08-016 TITLE: High Performance Computing for Rotorcraft Structural Dynamics
TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Air Platform, Information Systems, Ground/Sea Vehicles
ACQUISITION PROGRAM: PEO Aviation
OBJECTIVE: Develop methodology and software to adapt scalable, parallel processing methods for high performance computing of rotorcraft structural dynamics problems and demonstrate the achievable benefits via application to a rotorcraft comprehensive analysis code.
DESCRIPTION: Rotorcraft computational predictive capabilities are critical for all phases of rotorcraft research, development, and engineering. Accurate and computationally efficient research and design tools are essential for the development of future rotorcraft having mission performance, life cycle costs, and reliability needed to meet tomorrow’s challenging requirements. Over the past few years, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) codes have been linked to computational structural dynamics (CSD) capabilities of rotorcraft comprehensive codes using CFD/CSD coupling techniques (Ref. 1) to provide fundamental new capabilities that will change the way the technical community - and most importantly, the rotorcraft industry – conducts the rotorcraft design process. Current DoD programs are aggressively pursuing further developments in this arena, e.g., the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Office is sponsoring an HPC Institute for Advanced Rotorcraft Modeling and Simulation (HI-ARMS) with emphasis on advanced CFD development. The key to accurate and practical CFD applications is the use parallel processing on a massive scale to distribute the computations between hundreds and eventually thousands of CPU processors. The effectiveness of this approach depends on scalability, that is, can computation time for large problems be substantially reduced by increasing the number of processors without degrading the run time benefit due to the data communication overhead between processors. Since CFD computations are generally scalable, parallel processing offers considerable promise for improving rotorcraft CFD throughput. Although the CFD analysis comprises most of the rotorcraft computational requirement, structural dynamics analysis of a complex rotorcraft may not be insignificant for large models and may conceivably constitute a bottleneck in computational performance for future rotorcraft applications. To date, structural dynamics computations for rotorcraft applications have not been shown to be as amenable to HPC parallel processing methods as CFD computations (Refs. 2-4).
Rotorcraft structures are typically modeled with multi-body finite element methods for rotor blades and fuselage structures. For typical anisotropic composite rotor blades, current analysis methods divide the 3-D structural problem into a nonlinear 1-D beam problem and a linear 2-D cross section problem to greatly reduce the computational burden compared to full 3-D approach. Fuselage models are based on either simple beam element stick models or reduced order models obtained from elaborate finite element models based on NASTRAN or similar codes. The purpose of this topic is to explore possible approaches for applying scalable, parallel processing HPC methods to the rotorcraft structural dynamics (CSD) problems. This is to include the development of algorithms and computer software architecture to enable accurate, efficient, computations to be performed for full CFD/CSD coupled rotorcraft applications. If possible, it is desired that these methods should be adaptable to existing rotorcraft comprehensive analysis codes, e.g., Ref 5. Such methods should be sufficiently flexible to address different types of rotorcraft structural components such as rotor blades, auxiliary lifting surfaces, and fuselages, and rotor hubs, and drive train components as well. It is also desired that the methods to be developed for this topic be applicable and efficient for such 1-D nonlinear beam finite elements.
PHASE I: Identify candidate approaches to apply scalable, parallel processing HPC methods to rotorcraft structural dynamics analysis. Develop the relevant theoretical basis. Identify and estimate the expected computational performance benefits. Define and develop candidate computer software architectures including an assessment of the feasibility of integrating such approaches into typical existing rotorcraft comprehensive analyses. Perform pilot studies to demonstrate applicability and benefits of proposed approaches.
PHASE II: Provide top-level software design approach for scalable parallel processing approach developed in Phase I. Based on the top-level system design, complete the detailed design for the software of the coupled CFD/CSD system. Following the detailed design, implement the associated software modules. Integrate the software modules in the comprehensive analysis. Test the integrated software and generate representative results for comparison with baseline comprehensive analysis. Generate timing results to measure improved runtime efficiency and throughput for representative problems of relevant size and complexity. Prepare appropriate test reports and software documentation for the developed code. Prepare user and application documentation.