NASA Procurement Office, Code DAOO, Stennis Space Center (SSC), MS 39529-6000

A -- DUAL USE TECHNOLOGY BRIEFING DUE 060998 POC Harold G. Taulbee, Contracting Officer, Phone (228) 688-1640, Fax (228) 688-1141, Email harold.taulbee@ssc.nasa.gov -- Frank S. Oerting, Contract Specialist, Phone (228) 688-1638, Fax (228) 688-1141, Email frank.oerting@ssc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/SSC/date.html#TA00. E-MAIL: Harold G. Taulbee, harold.taulbee@ssc.nasa.gov. The NASA Stennis Space Center seeks qualified companies to participate in a Dual Use initiative for further development and commercialization of a portable video imager which uses reflected light to detect plant chlorophyll content and provides an easy-to-read indication of plant health. Red and infrared (R) waveband images and a panchromatic image are acquired along with radiance samples taken from the red and IR wavebands-coregistration of the three images provides an easy-to-read indication of the target plant's chlorophyll content. The instrument is small, easy to use, low cost, adaptable, fast, accurate, and does not require contact with the plant. The prototype has detected plant stress up to 16 days before any visual indications are present. This technology can be used in detection of pollution sources (e.g., sewage leaks), precision farming, plant nurseries, forestry, environmental testing, and plant, forest, and crop research. SSC's Dual Use Program, which offers a unique combination of resources to the industrial partner, will be employed for this effort. A Dual Use Technology Briefing will be held at Stennis Space Center (near New Orleans, Louisiana) on June 24, 1998, to provide interested companies with detailed information on the technology and the process that will be followed to establish partnership agreements and/or licenses for commercialization. The dual use project between SSC, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the selected company is intended to develop a final system design which will meet NASA's needs as well as the partner and industrial market needs for an airborne system that could be used for research purposes and by the EPA and regional agencies to detect sewage leaks. A patent application has been filed for the portable video imager. Companies interested in receiving information on this technology and the June 24th briefing should contact NASA Technology Applications Team, RTI, Mark D. Obershain, P. O. Box 12194, Research Triagle Park, NC 27709-2194; phone: 919-541-7429; fax: 919-541-6221; e-mail(preferred): mdo@rti.org by June 9, 1998. (0142)

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