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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
