DEVELOPMENT OF A RUGGEDIZED LOW COST MICROCOMPUTER

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense	Branch: Navy	Award ID: 885	Program Year/Program: 1986 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 885	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Kms Fusion Inc
PO Box 1778 Ann Arbor, MI 48106
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1986

Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A RUGGEDIZED LOW COST MICROCOMPUTER

Agency / Branch: DOD / NAVY

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $513,000.00

Abstract:
STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IS CURRENTLY UNDER-UTILIZED IN SEVERE ENVIRONMENT APPLICATIONS. THIS SITUATION IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE SEVERE ENVIRONMENTS. LOW COST COMPUTER SYSTEMS ARE NOT SUFFICIENTLY RUGGEDIZED TO PROVIDE RELIABLE OPERATION IN THESE ENVIRONMENTS WHILE FULLY MILITARIZED COMPUTERS ARE PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE FOR USE IN THESE APPLICATIONS. THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT EFFORT WILL APPLY INNOVATIVE RUGGEDIZATION TECHNIQUES TO STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPUTER HARDWARE. THE RUGGEDIZED MICROCOMPUTER TO BE DEVELOPED WILL UTILIZE MICROPROCESSORS SUCH AS THE Z-80 AND 8088TO INSURE SOFTWARE COMPATABILITY WITH DEFACTO OPERATING SYSTEMS SUCH AS CP/M AND MS-DOS WITH THEIR LARGE BASE OF APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE.

Principal Investigator:
Stephen W. Smith
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Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Kms Fusion, Inc.
P.o. Box 1567 Ann Arbor, MI 48106

EIN/Tax ID:

DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees:

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No