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NASA Awards NVision SBIR Phase 1 Contract


January 16, 2003 - Stennis Space Center

NASA selected Stennis, Miss. -based NVision Solutions Inc. for a Phase I contract award totaling $69,900 for NASA's 2003 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

SBIR goals are to stimulate technological innovation, increase the use of small business (including women-owned and disadvantaged firms) in meeting federal research and development needs, and increase private sector commercialization of results of federally funded research. Under this contract NVision will determine will build a prototype Web-based remote-sensing application capable of providing dynamic point-and-click analysis of satellite and aerial imagery to users who do not have remote-sensing expertise or software. Example uses of this application include damage prevention and assessment by emergency management officials, pesticide and fertilizer decision support for farmers, and land-usage evaluation by urban planners.

NASA selected NVision's proposal from the 2,283 SBIR and STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) proposals submitted by small, high technology businesses from 48 states and the District of Columbia. The combined award total for the 295 Phase I contracts is approximately $21.3M.

The nine NASA field centers reviewed proposals for technical merit and feasibility and relevance to NASA research and technology requirements. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory evaluated SBIR proposals only.

If NVision successfully completes the Phase I activities the company is eligible to compete for Phase II selection the next year. The Phase II award allows for a two-year, fixed-price contract in the amount up to $600,000.

The NASA SBIR Program Management Office is located at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, with executive oversight by NASA's Office of Aerospace Technology, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC. Individual SBIR projects are managed by the NASA field centers.

NVision Solutions' majority owner and president is Ms. Socorro Harvey. NVision Solutions is headquartered at the NASA Stennis Space Center in South Mississippi.

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