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Award ID | Description | Recipient | Total Value | Awarding Agency | Funding Agency | Set Aside | NAICS | PSC | Award Date | Start Date | End Date | |
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| SBIR PHASE II - HIGH PRECISION AF192-065 | FLIGHTWARE INC | $749,862 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 339999All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing | AC14NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; R&D ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | Sep 22, 2021 | Sep 22, 2021 | Aug 23, 2023 | ||
| HIGH PRECISION, NON-LINE-OF-SIGHT POINT CLOUD GENERATION | FLIGHTWARE INC | $149,943 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 339999All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing | AC16 | Jan 23, 2020 | Jan 23, 2020 | Oct 23, 2020 | ||
| 8506571161!SERVICES - BASIC RESEARCH | FLIGHTWARE INC | $999,924 | DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY | DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY | — | 541611Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services | AD21 | Jun 17, 2019 | Jun 17, 2019 | Jun 4, 2021 | ||
| 8505770705!SERVICES - MANAGEMENT AND SUP | FLIGHTWARE INC | $99,974 | DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY | DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY | — | 541611Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services | AD26 | Aug 29, 2018 | Aug 29, 2018 | Feb 28, 2019 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF!8505526102!SERVICES - BASIC | FLIGHTWARE INC | $99,974 | DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY | DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY | — | 541611Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services | AD21 | Aug 29, 2018 | Aug 29, 2018 | Aug 28, 2019 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF METAL AM LIKE LASER POWDER BED FORMING (LPBF) HAVE LOW PROCESS MRL AND PART TO PART INCONSISTENCIES. IN PROCESS INSPECTION (IPI) CAN DETECT INCONSISTENCIES AND POTENTIAL DEFECTS ON A LAYER BY LAYER BASIS, OFFERING LOWER REJECTIONS, HIGHER YIELD, CLOSED LOOP PROCESS CONTROL AND IN PROCESS REPAIR. WE WILL DEVELOP A NOVEL IPI METHOD CALLED LAYER TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING (LTM). SURFACE MORPHOLOGY OF EVERY LAYER IS MEASURED AFTER MELTING TO VERY FINE DETAIL AT HIGH SPEED USING A COTS LASER PROFILOMETER (LP) SENSOR. DENSE 3D POINT CLOUDS (LTMS) OF THE TOP LAYER OF THE SURFACE ARE CREATED WITH HIGH ACCURACY AND SPATIAL RESOLUTION. THE LTM MAP DESCRIBES DETAILED SURFACE MORPHOLOGY OF THE LAYER AND ALSO IS USED TO CALCULATE THE INCREMENTAL THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION OF THE FORMED LAYER. THE DATA IS ANALYZED IN SEVERAL WAYS TO DETECT, CLASSIFY AND LOCATE LAYER DEFECTS SUCH AS PORES, BALLING AND UNFUSED POWDER. BOTH 1D AND 2D FREQUENCY ANALYSIS OF THE SURFACE PROFILE HAS BEEN SHOWN EFFECTIVE DETECTING ATYPICAL OR ABERRANT LAYER TOPOGRAPHY FEATURES THAT MAY CORRESPOND WITH FLAWS. COMPUTER VISION TOOLS DEVELOPED TO RELIABLY DETECT SUBTLE DEFECTS IN TEXTURED SURFACES WILL ALSO BE EMPLOYED, ANALYZING STATISTICAL VARIATION OF REGIONS OF THE IMAGE FROM THE OVERALL IMAGE. THESE METHODS ARE EFFECTIVE DETECTING TEXTURE ABNORMALITIES WITHOUT ANY A PRIORI KNOWLEDGE OF THE TEXTURE ITSELF AND ARE SUCCESSFULLY USED IN HIGH SPEED INDUSTRIAL INSPECTION APPLICATIONS SUCH AS TEXTILE PRODUCTION. FLIGHTWARE HAS TEAMED WITH EDISON WELDING INSTITUTE (EWI) WHO BUILT AND OPERATE A DEDICATED LPBF TEST BED TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE IPI METHODS AND CLOSED LOOP PROCESS CONTROL. THIS INCLUDES SEVERAL LOCAL AND AREA SENSORS, INCLUDING A LASER PROFILOMETER MOUNTED ON THE POWDER RECOATER. EWI'S TEST BED IS OPERATIONAL TODAY? NO SBIR INVESTMENT IS REQUIRED. IN PHASE I WE WILL ACQUIRE EXTENSIVE LTM DATA WITH THE LP SENSOR AND ANALYZE IT TO DETECT, CLASSIFY AND LOCATE SPECIFIC DEFECT CONDITIONS IN IN LPBF PROCESS. | FLIGHTWARE INC | $122,011 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | May 30, 2017 | Jun 9, 2017 | Dec 8, 2017 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF - INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM PROPOSAL, REAL-TIME AUTOMATED PLY INSPECTION (RAPTI) | FLIGHTWARE INC | $1,499,988 | DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY | DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY | — | 561790Other Services to Buildings and Dwellings | AD26 | Sep 29, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 | Sep 29, 2018 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF!8502493564!SERVICES - MANAG | FLIGHTWARE INC | $149,910 | DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY | DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY | — | 541611Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services | AD26 | Sep 14, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | Mar 31, 2017 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THE AUTOMATED PLY INSPECTION (API) SYSTEM AUTONOMOUSLY INSPECTS LAYUPS CREATED BY HIGH SPEED AUTOMATED FIBER PLACEMENT (AFP) MACHINES. API COMPRISES A HIGH ACCURACY LINE SCANNER TO MEASURE SURFACE TOPOLOGY OF AS-MADE LAYUPS DRIVEN BY A PRECISION ARTICULATED ARM ROBOT TO PERFORM RAPID SURFACE SCANNING OF A LAYUP AFTER TAPE PLACEMENT AND LAYUP. KEY TO API IS EFFICIENT AND ROBUST SOFTWARE TO READ VERY LARGE VOLUMES OF LINE SCAN DATA AND ANALYZE, CLASSIFY AND DETECT KEY LAYUP FEATURES VERY RAPIDLY AND RELIABLY. THE SOFTWARE RETAINS ONLY KEY FEATURES, FILTERING THE RAW DATA BY TWO ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE TO FACILITATE REAL-TIME DATA PROCESSING AT HIGH SCAN RATES. SOFTWARE ALSO COMPARES THE LOCATION OF AS-MADE FEATURES (GAPS, OVERLAPS, DROPS AND ADDS)WITH THE NC PROGRAM ("VIRTUAL LAYUP") TO IDENTIFY AND RECORD ONLY THOSE AS-MADE FEATURES THAT ARE OUT OF TOLERANCE. API ADDRESSES MANY OF NASA'S OBJECTIVES FOR THIS TOPIC: ? MANUFACTURING FOR LAUNCH VEHICLES ? INNOVATIVE AUTOMATED PROCESS (AFP) ? APPLIES TO RELIABLE, LARGE SCALE PMC STRUCTURE ? APPLIES TO AUTOCLAVE AND OOA AFP METHODS API PROVIDES A POWERFUL CAPABILITY TO ENHANCE RELIABILITY OF STRUCTURES MANUFACTURED BY AFP BY AUTOMATING A TEDIOUS AND DIFFICULT MANUAL TASK. IN FACT, THE SPEED OF AFP MACHINES TODAY HAS ADVANCED SUCH THAT MANUAL INSPECTION NOW TAKES AS MUCH TIME, AND OFTEN MORE, THAN AUTOMATED LAYUP REQUIRES. API CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE TOTAL AFP PRODUCTIVITY (C-RATE) AND REDUCE COST BY REDUCING INSPECTION TIME. FLIGHTWARE HAS ENLISTED THE PARTICIPATION OF TWO OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES IN THIS PROGRAM TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE AS SUBCONTRACTORS FOR SPECIFIC TASKS. FURTHERMORE WE HAVE ATTRACTED THE INTEREST OF LARGER INDUSTRY LEADERS WHO SUPPLY AFP EQUIPMENT AND MANUFACTURE AFP AEROSPACE PARTS IN THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE ITS POTENTIAL VALUE. THIS API PROGRAM IS A MANUFACTURING INNOVATION SUBJECT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 13329 "ENCOURAGING INNOVATION IN MANUFACTURING." | FLIGHTWARE INC | $124,870 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 10, 2014 | Jun 20, 2014 | Dec 19, 2014 | ||
| SBIR PHASE I TOPIC N092-120 | FLIGHTWARE INC | $149,100 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541712 | AC61 | Sep 25, 2009 | Sep 25, 2009 | Mar 21, 2010 |