David E. Steitz
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.               October 3, 1994
(Phone:  202/358-1730)

RELEASE:  94-165

AITP PROPOSALS SELECTED FOR NEGOTIATIONS


        Nine proposals have been identified to begin cooperative 
agreement negotiations in NASA's Aerospace Industry Technology 
Program (AITP). 

        AITP was established by NASA as a means of focusing 
industry's research and development efforts on dual-purpose 
aerospace technologies and concepts that show potential for 
strong commercial applications that may also benefit the space 
agency's programs. 

        The identification of these proposals follows an intense 
effort by the Office of Space Access and Technology (formerly 
Advanced Concepts and Technology) to involve industry 
representatives directly in the solicitation process.  NASA 
held several seminars and meetings where industry 
representatives and NASA technologists discussed and charted 
possible mutual areas of interest.

        The next step for the nine identified proposers is to 
negotiate final agreements. That process is expected to be 
complete by the end of this calendar year.  If negotiations are 
completed successfully, NASA plans to provide $18 million in 
support of the nine projects.  Each also will involve 50 
percent or more in non-government cost-sharing.

        The nine proposals selected for negotiations are cited 
below, with information about the partnerships and the AITP 
dollar amount of the proposed project. 

*       Adaptive and Improved Passive Acoustic Suppression of 
Aircraft Engines ($1 million from AITP).  The lead company for 
this project is Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, NY.  
Participating will be Hersh Acoustical Engineering, Inc., 
Westlake Village, CA, and E.J. Rice Consulting, Westlake, OH.

*       Millimeter-Wave Passive Ultra-Compact Imaging Technology 
for Synthetic Vision on Mobile Platforms ($1.7 million from 
AITP).  The lead company for this  project will be ThermoTrex 
Corporation, San Diego, CA.  Participating will be Gencorp-
Aerojet, Azuza, CA.

*       Advanced Materials for Small Turbine Engines ($1.9 
million from AITP).  Lead company for this project will be 
Allison Engine Company, Indianapolis, IN.  Participating will 
be Cannon Muskegon, Muskegon, MI; Howmet, Whitehall, MI; Purdue 
University, South Bend, IN, and the Lewis Research Center 
(LeRC), Cleveland, OH.

*       Low Cost Cryocoolers for High Temperature Superconductor 
Communication Filters  ($2.04 million from AITP).  Lead company 
for this project will be Lockheed Missiles & Space, Palo Alto, 
CA.  Participating will be STI, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD and the 
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.

*       Computational Aeroacoustic Analysis System ($1.92 million

from AITP).  Lead company for this project will be Rockwell 
International/Rocketdyne Division, Canoga Park, CA.  
Participating will be Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; 
MacNeal-Schwindler, Los Angeles, CA; NASA Marshall Space Flight 
Center (MSFC), Huntsville, AL, and the Langley Research Center, 
Hampton, VA.

*       Costing for Composites (COSTCOMP) ($2.7 million from 
AITP).  Lead company for this project will be Allied Signal 
Aerospace, South Bend, IN.  Participating will be AI WARE, 
Cleveland, OH; Atkins and Pearce, Covington, KY; Belcan 
Engineering Group, Inc., Cincinnati, OH; General Electric 
Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, OH; North Carolina A&T State 
University, Greensboro, NC; Ohio Aerospace Institute, 
Cleveland, OH; Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, 
Milford, OH; U.S. Air Force Wright Labs, Wright Patterson Air 
Force Base, OH and LeRC.

*       Precision Casting Via Advanced Simulation and 
Manufacturing ($1.8 million from AITP).  Lead company for this 
project will be Rockwell Aerospace/Rocketdyne Division, Canoga 
Park, CA.  Participating will be Ford Casting Operations/Ford 
Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; General Electric CR&D, 
Schenectady, NY; Howmet Corp., Whitehall, MI; Martin Marietta 
Corp., Denver, CO; PCC Airfoils, Inc., Beachwood, OH; Robinson, 
Inc., Beachwood, OH; UES, Annapolis, MD; University of Alabama, 
Tuscaloosa, AL; Auburn University,  Auburn, AL and LeRC.

*       NASP Advanced Materials Engine Project  ($3.03 million 
from AITP).  Lead company for this project will be Texas 
Instruments, Inc., Attleboro, MA.  Participating will be Brush-
Wellman, Inc., Cleveland, OH; Howmet Corporation, Greenwich, 
CT; Rockwell NAAD, Thousand Oaks, CA; Textron Specialty 
Materials, Lowell, MA, and Titanium Metals Corp., Denver, CO.

*       Structural Ceramics for Advanced Turbomachinery 
Applications  ($1.65 million from AITP).  Lead company for this 
project will be Allied Signal Aerospace, Torrance, CA.  
Participating will be AlliedSignal Ceramic Co., Torrance, CA; 
Chand Kare Technical Ceramics, Worcester, MA; Dow Chemical Co, 
Midland, MI; Martin Marietta Manned Space Systems, New Orleans, 
LA; Sandia National Laboratory,  Albuquerque, NM and MSFC.

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