CEROS Awards more than $5.9 Million to Ocean Technology Development Companies
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For Immediate Release: May 11, 2004
DBEDT Release News 04-14
(Kailua-Kona, HI) The National Defense Center of Excellence for Research in Ocean Sciences (CEROS), a project affiliated with the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA), announced the selection of projects for its 2004 Core technology development program. Fourteen companies will receive over $5.9 million in FY04 funding.
With funding through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the CEROS program solicits and supports innovative technology development for national maritime applications and sustained technology-based economic development in Hawaii. Since 1993, annual CEROS Programs have funded 155 projects at over $59.7 million. The CEROS program provides the state with an interface to Department of Defense programs with requirements for advanced maritime technology.
On October 1, 2003, CEROS initiated its 2004 program with a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) issued in the Federal Business Opportunities. The 2004 Core projects were selected competitively from 82 project submissions that were received by mid-November. After review for technical merit, 21 projects were invited to submit full technical and cost proposals to CEROS in January.
The full proposals were reviewed for technical quality, anticipated benefits, and costs as specified in the BAA. Based upon evaluations and recommendations by technical experts and advisors to CEROS, the NELHA Board of Directors approved CEROS' request to negotiate contracts and fund fifteen of the projects for $5.2 million. Negotiations and funding were also approved for another four projects which demonstrate products or capabilities developed with CEROS support under prior-years' contracts. Those projects will receive about $710,000.
CEROS Technical Director William Friedl believes, "the projects in the 2004 Core demonstrate a range of technical development from fundamental concept demonstration to test and evaluation for operational commands. The technical sophistication of the projects is remarkable. I sincerely regret that CEROS cannot fund more of the excellent work considered this year."
The companies selected for funding under the 2004 CEROS Core technology development program and their project titles are:
| Marine Air-deployed Rescue Vehicle (MARV) Aero Union Corporation – Marine Systems Div. Honolulu, HI | $310,000 |
| A Proposal to Advance a Submarine Combat Control System Trainer and Support and Demonstrate Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) Capabilities with COMSUBPAC, Pearl Harbor BBNT Solutions LLC Mililani, HI | $524,948 |
| Infrasonic Remote Sensing of Breaking Ocean Waves in the Surf and Littoral Zones BBNT Solutions LLC Arlington, VA | $349,979 |
| Extending Technology for Probiotic Cultures in Deep Seawater to Enhance Marine Finfish Hatchery Efficiencies Black Pearls Inc. / Kona Blue Water Farms Holualoa, HI | $157,360 |
| Neural Matrix Chips for Chemical and Biological Weapons Detection Cellular Bioengineering, Inc. Honolulu, HI | $309,326 |
| Improved Resolution in Fourier Transform Spectroscopy Concurrent Analytical, Inc. Waimanalo, HI | $434,700 |
| Detection System for Weapons of Mass Destruction Concurrent Analytical, Inc. Waimanalo, HI | $265,440 |
| Autonomous Passive Acoustic Classification System (APACS) Lockheed Martin ORINCON Defense Kailua, HI | $654,334 |
| Validation of Towed Array Shapes Using At-sea Data and Smart Beamforming Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. Waimanalo, HI | $475,000 |
| A Secure Homing System for ASDS SEAL Teams Neptune Technologies Inc. Honolulu, HI | $310,000 |
| IFF Modification Kit Oceantronics, Inc. Honolulu, HI | $160,500 |
| Development and Demonstration of Articulated Motion Control Fins for a Prototype Underwater Vehicle SAIC - Ship Technology Division Annapolis, MD | $664,000 |
| Emergency Pocket Water Desalinator (EPWD) SEE/RESCUE Corporation Honolulu, HI | $50,300 |
| Computer-Aided Design of Complex Umbilical Cables Structural Solutions Aiea, HI | $210,000 |
| Feedback Planning: Fundamentally Improving Undersea Warfare Acoustic Mission Planning Through Event Reconstruction and Analysis for U.S. Navy Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Force Weatherguy.com, LP Kailua, HI | $399,000 |
| Evaluation of LIFE/FLOAT Technology for Special Operations SEE/RESCUE Corporation Honolulu, HI | $13,700 |
| Smart Sonar Suite Test and Evaluation Oceanic Imaging Consultants, Inc. Honolulu, HI | $450,000 |
| Modeling Multi-hull Stability in Insular Littoral Waters SAIC - Ship Technology Division Annapolis, MD | $150,000 |
| TREDS Software Interface for Net Centric Portable Range BBNT Solutions LLC Arlington, VA | $99,789 |
For more information about CEROS, contact Ms. Jacquie Brewbaker, CEROS Program Manager for Outreach & Administration, (808) 327-4310 or consult the CEROS web page, www.ceros.org.
For more information, contact:
William Friedl, Technical Director
National Defense Center of Excellence for Research in Ocean Sciences (CEROS) - (808) 327-4310
Dave Young
Communications
Phone: (808) 587-1212
Email: dyoung@dbedt.hawaii.gov