MODIFICATION
R -- Defense Venture Catalyst Initiative NASA Workshop - Special Notice
- Notice Date
- 7/12/2011
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Director of Defense Research and Engineering, 1777 North Kent Street, Suite 9030, Arlington, Virginia, 22209
- ZIP Code
- 22209
- Solicitation Number
- DEVENCI-20110718-W-NASA
- Archive Date
- 8/5/2011
- Point of Contact
- DeVenCI Office,
- E-Mail Address
-
devenci@osd.mil
(devenci@osd.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Description of NASA Needs The Defense Venture Catalyst Initiative (DeVenCI) will conduct a workshop in September 2011 at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX to help discover emerging technologies relevant to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The workshop will provide selected innovative companies who do not normally conduct business with NASA and the Department of Defense with an opportunity to make short presentations to NASA and DoD representatives about their technologies and products. DeVenCI is looking for companies who have potential solutions in the following areas: Deployment Key "Remote" = Earth orbit, space flight, Moon and potentially Mars environments "Terrestrial" = Office or data center environments Point-of-Care Medical Diagnostic Systems for Blood, Sweat and Urine (The planned deployment is in a remote environment) • Analyze blood, sweat and urine for: - Basic Metabolic Panel - Blood Gases Panel - Hematology - Cardiac Panel - Liver/Renal Panel - Urinalysis • Bio-integrated electronics (e.g. biochips, lab-on-chip) • Desired system features: - Real or near-real time analysis capability - Ease of use with minimal training - Minimum number of systems preferred to satisfy full range of needs - Minimal or reusable consumables Monitor Major Atmospheric Gases in a Closed Environment (The planned deployment is in a remote environment) • A single technology that can measure the following atmospheric gases at multiple locations in a closed environment for: - Oxygen - Carbon Dioxide - Nitrogen - Water Vapor - Hydrogen - Methane • Autonomous and miniaturized atmospheric monitoring technologies are areas of interest • Accuracy (particularly for oxygen) and a lack of complexity in design/operation are among the desired strengths. Advanced Separation Technology (The planned deployment is in a remote environment) • Robust real time volatile organic compound (VOC) analysis • VOC analysis with and without a priori knowledge of atmospheric constituents • Improved Gas Chromotography Mass Spectrometry devices • Separation techniques that has inherent characteristics that minimize susceptibilities to unknowns Non-Destructive Examination (NDE) Sensors to Detect Anomalies behind Conductive Surfaces (The planned deployment is in a remote environment) • Detect and locate impacts from micro-meteors or orbital debris - Backscatter approaches are of special interest - the remote environment generally precludes placing source and sensors on opposite sides of material to be evaluated. • Detect corrosion, stress fractures, etc. • Detect leaks • Determine depth of anomalies through multiple layers of conducting and non-conducting materials • Non-destructive inspection and evaluation of aerospace materials Advanced Spacecraft Simulation Capabilities (The planned deployment is in a remote or terrestrial environment) • Reconfigurable flight software execution environment to emulate various vehicle flight computers • Run binary flight software • Emulate flight hardware • Support training simulator-unique requirements for malfunction-insertion and state changes • Desired system features: - Run multiple scenario/simulations with varying state information - Federated simulations when possible - Real time or faster than real time capability Cross Domain Security Solutions (The planned deployment is in a terrestrial environment) • Ability to transfer and protect data from one security enclave to another in real-time including both structured data and unstructured data • Deep packet inspection of data for evidence of malware • Intrusion detection and mitigation capabilities Protect Large Volumes of Multi-Cast Data with Various Security Levels and Dissemination Controls (The planned deployment is in a remote or terrestrial environment) • Digital rights management • Easy and rapid reconfiguration to accommodate changes in dissemination requirements and modifications to approved user lists • Role-based access controls • Key management system Active Network Management Tools (The planned deployment is in a remote environment) • Department level network and configuration management tool • User and access control at the department level • Network activity logging capability • Concurrent client/server management without interfering with operations • Predictive analysis and maintenance tools • Supports operations on an intermittent network (i.e. space-to-ground communications link available/ not available) Real-time Measurement of Calcium Ion (Ca++) Concentrations in Corrosive Liquids (The planned deployment is in a remote environment) • Sensor able to operate in an acidic, high ionic strength, corrosive aqueous matrix - Adaptable for use in the US Urine Processor Assembly (UPA) aboard the International Space Station (ISS) • Technology required to prevent precipitation of calcium salts, especially calcium sulfate (CaSO4) in a waste water distillation system Food and Food Packaging Technologies to Maintain Nutritional Value, Acceptability, and Safety for Extended Periods of Time (The planned deployment is in a remote environment) • Bioavailability of nutrients • Rapid, on-site viable vitamin and mineral test methods • Monitor nutrition of plants grown hydroponically and in soil • Improved packaging materials for extended shelf-life - Less weight and volume with same high oxygen and water barrier properties - Less waste - Extended shelf life (3 to 5 years is desired) - Packaging materials that prevent microbial growth • Improved food sterilization technologies • Energy dense meal replacement options (beverages, gels, bars) - Variety of texture and flavors - Higher fat content • Low mass, low power cold storage solution for remote environment Autonomous Mission Operations (The planned deployment is in a remote or terrestrial environment) • Integrate a subset of Mission Control Center (MCC) control, planning, and decision-making capabilities onboard the crew vehicle to allow autonomous ops when MCC is unavailable • Consider use cases for a) failure recovery, analysis, and prediction, b) daily re-planning and resource management (e.g. power, comm, etc), and flight rule and procedure management • Increased computing power with low power requirements • Support both automated or autonomous (man in the loop) human decision ability • Autonomous redundancy capability • Training and simulation capabilities to refresh skills and/or perform "dry runs" on new procedures • Fault detection, isolation, and recovery technologies • Decision support system • Situational awareness tools • Augmented reality tools • Data storage and retrieval capabilities Collision Avoidance for Robotic Manipulator Arms and Robotic Vehicles (The planned deployment is in a remote environment) • Proximity sensors (EO, IR, RF,...) - Full motion video capabilities • Operational deployable and training/simulation tools • Visualization technologies DeVenCI is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) activity whose dual goals are to speed DoD adoption of promising new commercial technologies and to encourage broader commercial support of the DoD supply chain. DeVenCI uses workshops, technical expositions, industry outreach, and a publically available web site (http://devenci.dtic.mil/) to increase the visibility of DoD needs to commercial companies and technology area experts. It provides timely information to DoD users about emerging technical innovations and pilot opportunities. DeVenCI is a catalyst initiative that does not fund the development of new technologies or businesses. Instead, it focuses on knowledge brokering by encouraging and facilitating the sharing of information to speed adoption of emerging technology solutions to DoD user needs. Companies interested in applying for participation in this workshop should contact DeVenCI via e-mail at devenci@osd.mil for an application. All applications must be received on or before 1200 EDT, July 21, 2011. Selected companies will be responsible for their travel and all other expenses associated with participation in this workshop which will be held in September 2011.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Defense Venture Catalyst Initiative, 1777 North Kent Street, Suite 1001, Rosslyn, Virginia, 22209, United States
- Zip Code: 22209
- Zip Code: 22209
- Record
- SN02496320-W 20110714/110712235202-e79743f926553c7750e5fd6b84c5525f (fbodaily.com)
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