NASA picks SBIR technologies

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- NASA selected 85 small business proposals to enter into negotiations for Phase II contract awards through the agency's Small Business Innovation Research Program. The projects have a total value of about $63 million. One of the projects involves technology being developed for the Office of the Chief Technologist at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center. StormCenterCommmunications Inc. of Baltimore, Md., is developing tools for multiple geobrowsers to communicate over the Internet. The SBIR program encourages small businesses to engage in federal research, development and commercialization, enabling them to explore technological potential while providing the incentive to profit from new commercial products and services. (Source: NASA, 12/20/11)