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SBIR Experience 



Grey Fox Technologies won awards for three out of the six Pliase I SBIR proposals it submined in 

 1994. This will be a "tou^ act to follow." 



The Air Force made the first award in May 1994 for Turther Development of Integrated Higji 

 Performance Turbine Engine Technology (IHPTET) Concepts." Grey Fox Technologies submitted 

 this proposal in January 1994.. ..just two months after I attended my first National SBIR Conference. 

 This would noi have been possible without the loiowledge obtained at the Conference, and other 

 assistance provided by the SEA, SBIR Program Managers and the Defense Technical Information 

 Center's Northeastern Regional Office. 



NASA made the second award for an "Air Assisted Fuel Atomization System" project in December 

 1994. This SBIR project has the potential to improve temperHtune patterns and reduce NOx 

 formatioa Results to date are favorable. If eventually successful, this research project has a 

 significant world-wide market potential for both aircraft and industrial gas turbme applications. 



The Army made the third award for a "Rfijuvenalion of Thermal Fatigue in Metal Matrix Composite 

 (MMC) Material" project in February 1995. The objective of this research project is to demonstrate 

 the feasibility of developing a simple, low cost method for repairing MMC materials in order to 

 reduce the ownership costs of advanced technology gas turbines. 



Grey Fox Technologies submitted its first Phase IT proposal for Turther Etevelopment of IFIPTET 

 Concepts" in response to an invitation fiom the Air Force in December 1 994. A decision on this 

 Toposal is still pending. 



SBIR Program Impacts 



The SBIR program has provided a sound foundation for launching an exciting new business. This 

 foundation has enabled Grey Fox Technologies to win two non-SBIR related subcontracts firom 

 GEAE in the second half of 1994. ...the larger of which was successfiilly performing three work 

 packages in support of the component improvement program for the TF34 engine cuirently 

 powering the Navy's SSA and the Air Force's AlO aircraft This SBIR foundation also enabled 

 Grey Fox Technologies to submit the proposal "A Low Cost, Iimovative Recuperated Gas Turbme 

 Propulsion System for the Next Generation, High-Speed Rail Program" in response to DoTs BAA 

 95-1 in January 1995 



Seventeen direct employees... two of which were full time.... and seven independent contractor 

 consultants were used in 1994. Grey Fox Technologies' total sales in 1994 were approximately 

 $150,000... 40% of which was generated from the SBIR program. Grey Fox Technologies sales are 

 currently projected to exceed $400,000 in 1995. This will result in an increase in the number of full 

 and part time employees. 



I want to state for the record, that withont the SBIR foundation meationed above. Grev Fox 

 Technologies wonid not be in eiistence today! 



