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SPACE FLORIDA R&D

From Business Development to Space

October 24, 2014

2014 Fall Southeast Regional Space Grant Meeting

Keevin WilliamsVP Strategic Initiatives & Special Projects

Overview Topics:• Who/What is Space Florida

• Business Development Highlights Leading to R&D Opportunities

• Programs w/NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium:

Florida Space Research Program

Florida Space Internship Program

• International Space Station Research Competition

• R&D Activities:

Business Competitions

Center of Excellence

Focus on Aerospace / Space Industry Growth In Florida

• Economic Development assist to Aviation and Aerospace Growth / International Trade

• Authority for Florida’s Spaceport System for infrastructure, development and operation

• See Chapter 331 Florida Statutes

Who/WHAT IS SPACE FLORIDA?

Facility Opened Sept. 2014

Located at Melbourne

International Airport

350 Jobs @ $77K

Focus is Aircraft Interior R&D

Project Redline Embraer

Announced May 7, 2014

Located at Melbourne

International Airport

1800 Jobs @ $100K

$500+ Capital Investment

Focus on aerospace

engineering R&D

Project Magellan Northrup Grumman

FLORIDA SPACE

RESEARCH PROGRAM

FLORIDA SPACE

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

CONSORTIUM

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Programs with NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium

Florida SpaceResearch Program

• Since 2000 “SF”/FSGC have partnered to fund university grants with matching funds

• Since 2007 (Space Florida’s birth):

• 134 Projects, 170 students, 4 postdocs, 65 publications, 24 presentations

• $887,500 SF funds

• $1,731,943 FSGC funds

• $2,042,294 Matching funds

• $2,814,578 Additional Awards (31 grants)

$7,476,315 TOTAL FLORIDA INVESTMENT

2014

15 Projects

$620,079

10 FL Universities

International Space Station Research Competition

• Payload reservation agreement with NanoRacks

• 7 winners received integration services and flight to ISS

– SpaceX CRS-3: Project MERCCURI (Science Cheerleaders, SciStarter.com, UC-Davis); HEART FLIES (OSU/SU, NASA Ames, Sanford-Burnham MRI)

– SpaceX CRS-4: SyNRGE3 (LIT, *CSS-Dynamac); NanoRocks

(*UCF); micro-gRx (*Sanford-Burnham MRI @ Lake Nona); EGAHEP (DLR, TUM)

– SpaceX CRS-5: SABOL (*FIT)

SABOL

*4 Florida PIs

Space Florida NR Investment

#SpaceInterns2013: 4 Interns

2014: 5 Interns

Annual Planetary Lander‘Egg-Drop’ Competition

Workforce

Development for

R&D includes K-12

Teacher’s

Resource Guide in

development for

Spring 2015

Seeking Aerospace R & D Proposals

Will consider funding R&D collaborations by FL and Israeli companies

Will be jointly vetted by Space Florida and (MATIMOP), on behalf of the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) in the Israel Ministry of Economy for feasibility, and research funding will be awarded on a rolling basis

$1M will be awarded by Space Florida and $1M by Israel

Awards in Aug. 2014

S3 USA Operations (Florida), Inc. $160,000.00

Micro Aerospace Solutions, Inc. $300,000.00

Thank you!

Keevin Williamskwilliams@spaceflorida.gov

321.730.5301, ext. 205