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Current SACRI Research

Currently active SACRI research contracts as well as information with regard to the level of the effort, the principal investigator, and work schedule is provided below.

Center for Innovative Technology (Va.)- Creation of the SACRI Lab ($75K) Expires as of September 30, 2002 (30% of man year) Allowed for equipment to be purchased and initial lab to be formed) Completed in October 2002

Hewlett Packard Company- New Broadband Satellite Applications for Telecommuting and Data Base Creation ($57K) Expires as of September, 2002. (15% of man year and supported up to 3 graduate students on part time basis)

Communications Research Lab of Japan-
- Advanced GeoPlatform Comsat Systems Phase 4- ($60K)(Expires as of the end of February 2002. 25% of time of Dr. Pelton (PI) and consulting effort by Ivan Bekey (52 hours of time) (Phase 1-3 were carried out in 2000-through early 2002 for a total of $150.)
- Satellite Systems Policy and Standards Reports ($75K)(Expires as of March 31, 2002. 25% of time of Neil Helm (PI) and 10% of time of Dr. Pelton.Provides up to the minute report on U.S. and Europe Policy Matters and assists with regard to establishing CRL office in U.S.)
- Analysis of Internet Satcom/Wireless Synergy - ($73K) Neil Helm (PI)

TASC-Northrop Grumman- 3 year contract to support satellite design work ($28K per year) (This contract is on an on-demand basis and no work is currently on order. It provides for 50%-50% sharing of intellectual property, in concept, but with details to be worked out on a specific basis. .Proprietary Reports to TASC-Northrop Grumman can be subsequently classified if required. (Up to 20% of man year per year with additional resources being on call if needed) Dr. Pelton-PI.

Research for the TASC Northrop Grumman Communications and Information Management System(CIMS) - Completed in April 2003

Pending SACRI Research Work and Opportunities

The following is a complete list of all currently pending efforts. These may or may not lead to funded efforts for the SACRI Institute. In some cases a formal proposal is pending and action is anticipated in a few weeks, while in other cases discussions have just been initiated and no proposal may actually ever be prepared and sent out for funding.

SSCT Foundation Shuttle and Human Space Flight Safety and Information Systems study (3 year contract at $300K) to begin in the Fall of 2003

Department of Homeland Security Study of Satellite and Wireless Security (4 month $38K) to be begin in the Fall of 2003.

NTTC Emergency Response Technology Program (Pending) Urban Casualty Relocator Development Program ($179K)Neil Helm-PI.(This would entail some 65% of Neil Helm’s time and other SACRI staff to be assigned. This will also allow for enhancement of the SACRI lab)

Transportation Safety Administration (Pending) Satellite Based Air Traffic Monitoring and Safety Program together with MIT, Boston Univ., Harvard and Syracuse (To Be Negotiated) Details are not yet available and likelihood of award is now deemed to be low. This would require several man years of effort and would involve the use of outside consultants and contractors.)

Japan-US Okinawa Disaster Simulatio (Pending) Joint Project with Asian Disaster Reducation Center, Pacific Disaster Center, CRL of Japan and Japan-US Science Technology and Space Applications Program. (Neil Helm-PI. This would involve some 1 to 2 mms of effort but could lead to additional awards in the future)

Aviation Insitute and SACRI Joint Telecommunications Center (Pending) This would be a joint undertaking with the Aviation Intitute. It would likely involve working with a number of partners to equip the center with hardware and software to carry out research in satellites and wireless systems for airline safety, broadband telecommuting and other applications. (PIs Dr. Pelton and David Smith). Partners might include: The National Telecommuting Center, Deloitte and Touce, Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Arrowhead Global Inc. (This project will have to be further defined to estimate the number of man months of effort that might be required.)