This paper presents an overview of the opportunities for small businesses to participate in the advancement of the state of the art in long-life active cryocooler technology for Space systems. It first describes the background, state of the art, and goals of the Air Force's cryocooler development program. This indicates what the Air Force is expecting from its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) cryocooler tasks. There will likely be 4 topics for the year 2001 cycle. They will focus on developing larger scale coolers and technologies for spacecraft storage and handling of cyrogens. The second half of the paper describes the SBIR program. This program streamlines the government contracting process, which allows businesses with limited resources and experience to win government contracts for research and development.


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    Title :

    Cryocooler small business innovation research opportunities


    Contributors:
    Urbancek, V. (author) / Hancock, R. (author)


    Publication date :

    2000-01-01


    Size :

    621695 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Cryocooler Small Business Innovation Research Opportunities

    Urbancek, V. / Hancock, R. / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2000


    Small Business Innovation Research Program

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    Small Business Innovation Research Program

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