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Advanced Fiber Optic and Electrical Cable Diagnostics

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N00024-14-P-4028
Agency Tracking Number: N132-114-1033
Amount: $79,991.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N132-114
Solicitation Number: 2013.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2013
Award Year: 2014
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2013-11-25
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2014-05-25
Small Business Information
6022 Constitution Avenue NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110-5941
United States
DUNS: 094142122
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Kenneth Blemel
 Vice-President
 (505) 255-8611
 kenneth_blemel@mgtsciences.com
Business Contact
 Marlene Blemel
Title: President
Phone: (505) 255-8611
Email: kay_blemel@mgtsciences.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Tyco Electronics Connectivity Defense and Aerospace (TE) is a leading supplier of mil-spec fiber optic (FO) connectors used in ship"s wiring plants, In a Navy SBIR, our company, Management Sciences, Inc. (MSI) worked with TE and developed a portable automated test equipment (ATE) for fast and efficient troubleshooting of harnesses. The portable ATE operates at the rate of about 4 seconds per conduit compared to several minutes for single conduit testers. We propose research leading to production of an automated inspection system that automatically inspects, tests, and documents fiber optic (FO) conduits of a ship"s cable plant. The technology will interface to FO cable connectors and automatically inspect for factory and installation defects. This new technology shall include all necessary instrumentation for operating as an automated system that inspects and documents the location and nature of the fiber optic wiring plant problems or defects. (A separate proposal is presented for inspecting electrical wiring plants which have an entirely different problem space.)

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