NASA picks 10 STTR projects

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- NASA selected 10 proposals, one involving technology for Stennis Space Center, from small business and research institution teams to continue work on innovative technologies that could advance future missions. The Phase II winners in the agency's Small Business Technology Transfer Program now can enter negotiations for possible contract awards, with a total for all projects of about $7.49 million. The Stennis-related project is for technology being developed for the Office of the Chief Technologist by Combustion Research and Flow Technology of Pipersville, Pa., and the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Ala. Another selected project involves Mississippi State University's Engineering Research Center and Tetra Research Corp. of Princeton, Ill. (Source: NASA/SSC, 05/02/12)