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CAAP ASIC LIFE-TIME BUY

THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID), OFFICE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, ENGINEERING, & ENERGY OFFICE (OIEE) REQUIRES TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT WILL RESULT IN THE DEFINITE DETERMINATION OF THE ABILITY OF THE SHEBERGHAN GAS FIELD TO MEET THE LIFE-TIME NEEDS FOR A 100 MW POWER PLANT AND, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE WITHIN THE FUNDING SPECIFICALLY OBLIGATED BY THIS TASK ORDER, THE ACTUAL REHABILITATION AND RESTORATION TO PRODUCTION OF WELLS FOR WHICH SUCH REHABILITATION IS DETERMINED TO BE COST EFFECTIVE.

THE GOVERNMENT IS PROCURING A LIFE TIME BUY (LTB) OF SPARE PARTS FOR THE SINGLE CHANNEL GROUND AND AIRBORNE RADIO SYSTEM (SINCGARS) U.S. GOVERNMENT, AIRWORTHINESS APPROVED FOR DOMESTIC USE.

SBIR PHASE 3 FOR ENGINEERING MODEL PHASE OF THE WIDE RANGE PUMP: WORK PERFORMED DURING THE EARLY PHASES OF THE MARS ORGANIC MOLECULE ANALYZER (MOMA) INSTRUMENT DESIGN AND SPECIFICATION. THIS EFFORT WILL CULMINATE IN A FULL PUMP DEMONSTRATING LIFE TIME REQUIREMENTS TO MET THE MOMA OBJECTIVES.

THIS IS AN URGENT PURCHASE FOR YOKE ASSEMBLIES AND IS ALSO A LIFE TIME BUY, UNDER BOA W58RGZ-06-G-0003 DELIVERY ORDER 0179.

IGF::OT::IGF SILICON CARBIDE BASED CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES (CMCS) OFFER THE POTENTIAL TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE PROPULSION SYSTEMS TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE PERFORMANCE AND FUEL EFFICIENCY OVER CURRENT METAL-BASED DESIGNS. PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. (PSI) AND OUR TEAM MEMBERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA (UCSB) ARE DEVELOPING, DESIGNING AND FABRICATING ENHANCED SIC-BASED MATRICES CAPABLE OF LONG TERM OPERATION AT 2750OF TO 3000OF IN THE COMBUSTION ENVIRONMENT. OUR APPROACH IS SUCCESSFULLY BUILDING UPON PSI'S AND UCSB'S PREVIOUS WORK IN INCORPORATING REFRACTORY AND RARE EARTH SPECIES INTO THE SIC MATRIX TO INCREASE THE CMC USE TEMPERATURES AND LIFE-TIME CAPABILITIES BY IMPROVING THE PROTECTIVE OXIDE PASSIVATION LAYER THAT FORMS DURING USE. AS PART OF THIS WORK WE ARE CREATING PHYSICS BASED-MATERIALS AND PROCESS MODELS THAT QUALITATIVELY DEFINE METHODS OF IMPROVING MATRIX PROPERTIES AND THE INTERACTION OF THE FIBERS, INTERPHASES AND MATRIX WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE PHASE I PROGRAM THE PSI TEAM DEVELOPED AND EXPERIMENTALLY DEMONSTRATED CMC'S CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING 100'S OF HOURS OF OXIDATION AT 2700OF WITH NO DEGRADATION. WE HAVE FOCUSED PREDICTING THE EFFECT OF PHASE DISTRIBUTION, GRAIN SIZE, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, MATRIX DENSITY, AND SURFACE FLAWS ON THE OXIDATION BEHAVIOR OF THE CMC MATRIX. DURING THE PHASE II PROGRAM WE WILL ITERATIVELY IMPROVE THE CMC PERFORMANCE BY OPTIMIZING THE COMPOSITION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ADDITIVES BASED ON OXIDATION AND MECHANICAL TEST RESULTS AND BURNER RIG EXPOSURE TESTING.

IGF::OT::IGF AS NASA SPACE MISSIONS BECOME LONGER IN DURATION THE NEED FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY POWER GENERATOR SETS THAT CAN OPERATE ON NASA LOGISTICAL FUEL BECOME CRITICAL. HISTORICALLY NASA HAS USED FUEL CELLS AS PART OF THE ENERGY SOLUTION. SPACE BOUND ENERGY AND POWER SYSTEMS REQUIRE RAPID START AND STOP CYCLE TIMES AS WELL AS HIGH POWER DENSITIES. THE HIGH OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, COUPLED WITH THE USE OF LOGISTICAL FUEL OPTIONS MAKE FUEL CELLS VITAL TO THE EXTENDED FUTURE MISSIONS OF NASA. SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFCS) HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED ON A VARIETY OF GASEOUS AND LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUELS. OUR TEAM HAS DEVELOPED TUBULAR SOFC SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF CYCLING FROM ROOM TEMPERATURE TO 700C AND FULL POWER IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN CYCLED MORE THAN 250 TIMES AND DEMONSTRATED LIFE TIMES GREATER THAN 2000HRS. COUPLING THE FREEZE CAST MICROSTRUCTURE WITH THE RAPID CYCLING AND PORTABILITY OF THE TUBULAR SYSTEMS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH POWER DENSITY ROBUST SOFC SYSTEM OPERATING ON METHANE AND OXYGEN CAPABLE OF SPACE MISSIONS.

EXTENDED DURATION MISSIONS TO THE MOON AND MARS WILL REQUIRE THE USE OF IN-SITU RESOURCES TO GENERATE PROPELLANTS AND LIFE SUPPORT CONSUMABLES. MANY OF THE PROCESSES FOR IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION (ISRU) PRODUCE WATER, ALONG WITH A VARIETY OF ACID GASES AND OTHER WATER SOLUBLE CONTAMINANTS. PARAGON PROPOSES TO DEVELOP MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY TO SEPARATE WATER VAPOR FROM CONTAMINANTS IN THE ISRU SYSTEMS. THE WATER VAPOR CAN THEN BE PROCESSED USING PARAGON'S DEMONSTRATED SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYSIS (SOE) TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE PURE GASEOUS OXYGEN FOR LIFE SUPPORT AND/OR PROPULSION. THE MEMBRANE AND SOE SUBSYSTEM HAS NO MOVING PARTS, REQUIRE NO REGENERATION OR RESUPPLY OF SUBCOMPONENTS OVER COMPONENT LIFE TIME, RELY ON ONLY SINGLE PHASE PHYSICS, AND WORK INDEPENDENT OF GRAVITY. IN PHASE 1, PARAGON DEMONSTRATED THE POTENTIAL OF THE MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CONTAMINATED GAS STREAMS. PRELIMINARY RESULTS INDICATE THAT THE MEMBRANE IS CAPABLE OF GENERATING A PURIFIED WATER VAPOR STREAM BY EXTRACTING IT FROM A SECOND STREAM CONTAMINATED WITH HYDROGEN CHLORIDE GAS AS PRODUCED IN LUNAR ISRU SYSTEMS. IN PHASE 2, PARAGON WILL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING: (1) CONFIRM LUNAR&MARTIAN CONTAMINANTS; (2) PREDICT PERFORMANCE AND DERIVE OPERATING CONDITIONS / INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBRANE AND SOE UNITS IN ISRU SYSTEMS VIA SYSTEM ANALYSES; (3) EXPERIMENTALLY VERIFY IMPERMEABILITY OF MEMBRANE TO CONTAMINANTS; (4) DEMONSTRATE MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE DOES NOT HINDER SOE PERFORMANCE THROUGH INTEGRATED TESTING; (5) DEVELOP / TEST FULL SCALE MEMBRANE UNIT THAT MEETS ISRU REQUIREMENTS; AND (6) DELIVER ADDITIONAL MEMBRANE UNIT TO NASA. AT THE END OF THE PHASE 2 EFFORT, PARAGON AIMS TO SHOW THAT THE MEMBRANE IS IMPERMEABLE TO ISRU CONTAMINANTS AND INTEGRATES WELL WITH SOE. THE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE ADVANCED TO A TRL OF NEAR 4 BY DESIGNING / BUILDING A FULL SCALE UNIT THAT DEMONSTRATES WATER EXTRACTION AT REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIC TO ISRU OXYGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS.

IGF::OT::IGF AS NASA SPACE MISSIONS BECOME LONGER IN DURATION THE NEED FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY POWER GENERATOR SETS THAT CAN OPERATE ON NASA LOGISTICAL FUEL BECOME CRITICAL. HISTORICALLY NASA HAS USED FUEL CELLS AS PART OF THE ENERGY SOLUTION. SPACE BOUND ENERGY AND POWER SYSTEMS REQUIRE RAPID START AND STOP CYCLE TIMES AS WELL AS HIGH POWER DENSITIES. THE HIGH OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, COUPLED WITH THE USE OF LOGISTICAL FUEL OPTIONS MAKE FUEL CELLS VITAL TO THE EXTENDED FUTURE MISSIONS OF NASA. SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFCS) HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED ON A VARIETY OF GASEOUS AND LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUELS. OUR TEAM HAS DEVELOPED TUBULAR SOFC SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF CYCLING FROM ROOM TEMPERATURE TO 700C AND FULL POWER IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES. THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN CYCLED MORE THAN 250 TIMES AND DEMONSTRATED LIFE TIMES GREATER THAN 2000HRS. COUPLING THE FREEZE CAST MICROSTRUCTURE WITH THE RAPID CYCLING AND PORTABILITY OF THE TUBULAR SYSTEMS WILL LEAD TO A HIGH POWER DENSITY ROBUST SOFC SYSTEM OPERATING ON METHANE AND OXYGEN CAPABLE OF SPACE MISSIONS.

IGF::OT::IGF SILICON CARBIDE BASED CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES (CMCS) OFFER THE POTENTIAL TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE PROPULSION SYSTEMS TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE PERFORMANCE AND FUEL EFFICIENCY OVER CURRENT METAL-BASED DESIGNS. PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. (PSI) AND OUR TEAM MEMBERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA (UCSB) WILL DEVELOP, DESIGN AND FABRICATE ENHANCED SIC-BASED MATRICES CAPABLE OF LONG TERM OPERATION AT 2750 F TO 3000 F IN THE COMBUSTION ENVIRONMENT. OUR APPROACH WILL BUILD UPON PSI'S AND UCSB'S PREVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL WORK IN INCORPORATING REFRACTORY AND RARE EARTH SPECIES INTO THE SIC MATRIX TO INCREASE THE CMC USE TEMPERATURES A D LIFE-TIME CAPABILITIES BY IMPROVING THE PROTECTIVE OXIDE PASSIVATION LAYER THAT FORMS DURING USE. AS PART OF THIS WORK WE WILL CREATE PHYSICS BASED-MATERIALS AND PROCESS MODELS THAT QUALITATIVELY DEFINE METHODS OF IMPROVING MATRIX PROPERTIES AND THE INTERACTION OF THE FIBERS, INTERPHASES AND MATRIX WITH EACH OTHER. IN THE PHASE I PROGRAM THE PSI TEAM WILL FOCUS ON PERFORMING EXPERIMENTS AND DEVELOP MODELS PREDICTING THE EFFECT OF PHASE DISTRIBUTION, GRAIN SIZE, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, MATRIX DENSITY, AND SURFACE FLAWS ON THE OXIDATION BEHAVIOR OF THE CMC MATRIX. DURING THE PHASE II PROGRAM WE WILL ITERATIVELY IMPROVE THE CMC PERFORMANCE BY OPTIMIZING THE COMPOSITION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ADDITIVES BASED ON OXIDATION AND MECHANICAL TEST RESULTS.