[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 80819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32292]


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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 15-119]


Notice of Availability of Partnerships for Commercial Optical 
Communication Systems

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Announcement for Partnerships for Commercial Optical 
Communication Systems.

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SUMMARY: This notice is issued in accordance with the Federal 
Technology Transfer Act (FTTA), 15 U.S.C. 3710a, to enter into 
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements. These CRADAs will 
serve as a mechanism for NASA and its partners to agree to a series of 
mutually beneficial activities, which are expected to be consistent 
with NASA's 2014 Strategic Plan. There must be specific, identifiable 
alignment with one or more elements of Strategic Goal 2, Objective 2.3 
to optimize Agency technology investments, foster open innovation, and 
facilitate technology infusion, ensuring the greatest national benefit. 
This effort also aligns with the Presidential Memorandum of October 28, 
2011, on Accelerating Technology Transfer and Commercialization of 
Federal Research in Support of High Growth Businesses.

DATES: Proposal Executive Summaries are due January 22, 2016, 5:00 p.m. 
EST.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for more information should 
be directed to Enidia Santiago-Arce, (301) 286-5810, [email protected], NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 
Greenbelt Road GSFC: 504, 022:290J, Greenbelt, MD, 20771.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NASA is in the early stages of developing 
new and innovative technologies in the area of optical communications. 
This new initiative is a collaboration activity to provide an 
opportunity to partner with NASA and is not intended to preclude 
ongoing or future partnerships discussions directly with NASA Centers 
or Mission Directorates for use of NASA personnel services or 
facilities. Entities with existing Agreements with NASA Centers or 
Mission Directorates are not required to respond to this Announcement 
to retain those Agreements. Participation in one initiative does not 
preclude participation in any of the others. Companies are free to 
interact with NASA in any or all of the initiatives that support their 
organization's goals. A copy of this Announcement of Partnerships (AFP) 
could be obtained at http://partnerships.gsfc.nasa.gov/pcocs or by 
contacting Enidia Santiago-Arce. Proposal Executive Summaries should be 
submitted to NASA-GSFC on January 22, 2016 by 5:00 p.m. EST.
    NASA is soliciting executive summaries for proposals from all 
interested U.S. private sector enterprises that wish to enter into a 
Reimbursable Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA) 
for Partnerships for Commercial Optical Communication Systems (PCOCS). 
The purpose of these agreements is to advance commercial space-related 
efforts by facilitating access to NASA's spaceflight resources 
including technical expertise, assessments, lessons learned, and data. 
With this activity, NASA intends to focus on facilitating the 
development of integrated optical communications space capabilities. 
Examples of these capabilities include, but are not limited to, ground 
station management; flight and ground optical systems; ground network 
deployment; and space and ground terminal facilities operations.

Cheryl E. Parker,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-32292 Filed 12-24-15; 8:45 am]
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