Funding Opportunities Posted Week of 09/28/09 - 10/02/09
Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (C-WMD)
Solicitation Number: HDTRA1-09-14-FRCWMD-BAA
Agency: Other Defense Agencies
Office: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Location: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (Headquarters)
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=43a66ce552a5be5a384b7de75dc4e1cb&tab=core&_cview=0&cck=1&au=&ck=
Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Broad Agency Announcement (BAA): The purpose of this BAA is to solicit proposals for the Research and Development, Fundamental Research program: This BAA is an extramural endeavor that combines fundamental research needs of DTRA and other DoD interests. DTRA safeguards America and its allies from weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and provide capabilities to reduce, eliminate and counter the threat and effects from chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosives. DTRA seeks to identify, adopt, and adapt emerging, existing and revolutionary sciences that may demonstrate high payoff potential to Counter-WMD (C-WMD) threats. This announcement solicits white papers for long-term challenges in specific fundamental areas of research that offer a significant contribution to the current body of knowledge, understanding of phenomena and observable facts, significantly advance revolutionary technology, new concepts for technology application, and may have impact on future C-WMD capabilities. There are a total of 15 open windows (approximately 3 per year), and submissions may occur at any time during those open window periods. Grants are the preferred procurement instrument, but contracts and other transaction agreements (OTAs) may be proposed, as well. The Government reserves the right to award any combination of approaches which offer the best overall value to the Government.
BAA Duration: Sep 2009 - Sep 2014
Hybrid Multi-Material Rotor (HMMR)
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=0NpwKCTVBpQtFj1J1wGhhQWcT8l2TDJj4Gyd5mh7XpDVzQFNNYXK!1685747439?oppId=49665&mode=VIEW
Due Nov. 10
BAA attached as pdf
FULL BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT IS ATTACHED Current rotor design practice treats the individual physics disciplines associated with each of the many competing design requirements in a largely uncoupled fashion, an approach that gives rise to lengthy, high cost, iterative development cycles. The goal of the program is to shrink the design cycle from the current timeline (on the order of 8 years) to two years. The very large size (in excess of 20ft in diameter) and geometric complexity of US Navy submarine rotors, their attendant nominal, off-design and casualty load conditions, durability requirements, cost and weight limitations, and [BAA2] are unachievable with existing single-material systems. Tailored multi-material systems offer the opportunity to meet these disparate multidisciplinary goals.
