Jim Cast December 4, 1995

Headquarters, Washington, DC
(Phone: 202/358-1779)

RELEASE: 95-214

NASA ANNOUNCES 1994 STTR PHASE II SELECTIONS

NASA's Office of Space Access and Technology has

selected eight research proposals for immediate negotiation
of Phase II contracts in NASA's Small Business Technology
Transfer (STTR) Pilot Program. The proposal selections are
in support of two technical topics included in the Agency's
1994 STTR solicitation: General Aviation Software and
Systems and Small Scale Robotics.

A total of twelve Phase II proposals was submitted in

these research topics by contractors completing 1994 Phase
I projects. All proposals were peer reviewed for both
technical merit and commercial potential. Selections were
based on the following factors: scientific and technical
merit, results of Phase I, evidence of commercial
potential, and capability of the small business
concern.

The objective of a Phase I project is to determine

the feasibility of the proposed research. Phase II
continues research on the most promising Phase I projects.
Each of the eight selected Phase II proposals will be
awarded a fixed-price contract valued up to $500,000 with a
two-year performance period.

The STTR program requires a small business concern to

conduct cooperative research and development by partnering
with a research institution. At least 40 percent of the
work must be performed by the small business concern, and
at least 30 percent of the work must be performed by the
research institute.

NASA announced the early selection of four 1994 STTR

proposals in support of the Interactive Document and Data
Review Tools research topic on Nov. 3, 1995. This
announcement completes the selection of all 1994 STTR Phase
II proposals.
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1994 STTR PHASE II AWARDS

Small Business Concern Research Institution

General Aviation Software and Systems:

Airborne Research Associates Massachusetts

Institute of
46 Kendal Common Road Technology
Lincoln Laboratory
Weston, MA 02193 44 Wood Street
Lexington, MA
02173

ARNAV Systems Inc. Research Triangle

Institute
16923 Meridian East One Enterprise
Parkway - Suite 310
Puyallup, WA 98373 Hampton, VA 23666

Knowledge Based Systems Inc. Texas Engineering

Experiment Station
1408 University Drive East Texas A&M
University
College Station, TX 77840 College Station,
TX 77843

IntegriNautics Corporation Stanford

University
P.O. Box 9475 Dept of
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Stanford, CA 94309 Stanford, CA
94305

Seagull Technology Inc. Stanford

University
21771 Stevens Creek Blvd Dept of
Aeronautics and Astronautics
Cupertino, CA 95014 Stanford, CA
94305

Small-Scale Robotics:

Aeromover Systems Corporation Eastern Michigan

University
3045 Broad Street 118 Sill Hall
Dexter, MI 48130 Office of
Research Administration
Ypsilanti, MI
48197

Amherst Systems Inc. SUNY Buffalo

30 Wilson Road 211 UB Commons
Buffalo, NY 14221 Amherst, NY
14228

Endorobotics Corporation University of

California
P.O. Box 4408 Sponsored
Projects Office
5 Deerwood Trail 336 Sproul Hall
Warren, NJ 07059 Berkeley, CA
94720

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