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U.S. Department of Transportation
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

1999 Phase I Proposals Recommended for Award


Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Phase I Recommended for Award

Awardee Name
Topic

Contract Value

Accurate Automation Corporation, Chattanooga, TN
"Aircraft Mishap Investigation Digital Flight Video Recorder (DVFR)"
Proposal 99-139

$100,000

Zaptron Systems, Mountain View, CA
"Accurate Identification of Explosives in Baggage"
Proposal 99-155

$99,899

Custom Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL (W)
"Generic Remote Monitoring Subsystems (RMS)"
Proposal 99-075

$99,927

Thoughtventions Unlimited LLC, Glastonbury, CT
"Semi-Flush Flasher"
Proposal 99-116

$100,000

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United States Coast Guard (USCG)
Phase I Recommended for Award

Awardee Name
Topic

Contract Value

Information in Place, Inc., Bloomington, IN
"Virtual Aids to Navigation System"
Proposal 99-080

$100,000

AFAB Technologies, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL (W)
"Innovative Detectability Enhancement and Signaling Devices for Search and Rescue"
Proposal 99-127

$99,544

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Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA)
Phase I Recommended for Award

Awardee Name
Topic

Contract Value

MER Corporation, Tucson, AZ
"Light-Weight, Low-Cost Reformer Technologies for Medium to Heavy Duty Land and Sea Vehicles"
Proposal 99-026

$100,000

Ion Optics, Inc., Waltham, MA
"Development of Protocols and Instrumentation for the Measurement of Exhaust Emissions from Alternatively-Fueled Internal Combustion Engines"
Proposal 99-035

$99,998

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Phase I Recommended for Award

Awardee Name
Topic

Contract Value

M-Vision, Inc., Belleville, MI (M)
"Automated Video Glance Data Reduction"
Proposal 99-078

$100,000

ImageCorp., Inc., College Park, MD
"Automated Video Glance Data Reduction"
Proposal 99-082

$99,482

F&S, Inc./Luna Innovations, Blacksburg, VA
"In-Vehicle Tire/Road Friction System"
Proposal 99-024

$99,944

Foster Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA
"In-Vehicle Tire/Road Friction System"
Proposal 99-003

$99,908

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Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
Phase I Recommended for Award

Awardee Name
Topic

Contract Value

Foster Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA
"Advanced Portable Wheel/Rail Interaction Force Measurement Systems"
Proposal 99-002

$99,701

Sharma and Associates, Inc., Hinsdale, IL (M)
"Advanced Cushioning Devices with Electrically Actuated Lockout"
Proposal 99-016

$99,800

Stress Sensors, Inc. Golden, CO
"Non-Contact Real-Time Rapid Scan Stress Measurement Device"
Proposal 99-135

$99,217

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Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Phase I Recommended for Award

Awardee Name
Topic

Contract Value

Multisystems, Inc., Cambridge, MA
"Transit Applications of Virtual Reality and Simulation Modeling"
Proposal 99-007

$100,000

Foster-Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA
"Head-Up Displays for Transit Bus Collision Avoidance Systems"
Proposal 99-004

$99,928

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