NASA'S NEW MILLENIUM PROGRAM TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR GOVERNMENT
ENTITIES

Dear Colleague,

NASA'S NEW MILLENIUM PROGRAM TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR GOVERNMENT
ENTITIES HAS BEEN RELEASED. It is available in electronic form at the following
file transfer protocol (ftp) site: ftp.hq.nasa.gov. Log in as anonymous and use
your ID as the password. Go to the directory "pub/oss/nmpsol/". A "readme" file
at this location contains further instructions. If you or your organization
does not have access to Internet, you may call (202) 358-0735 for more
information.

The following excerpts from the cover letter define the differences between the
government, NASA, and nongovernment submissions:

"JPL has released letters soliciting IPDT membership from industry, academia,
and non-profit organizations. NASA Headquarters has identified individuals from
NASA to be IPDT members. At this time, NASA desires to:

1) Formally invite responses from other Government agencies and from Federally
Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC's) who may wish to be considered
for membership on the NMP IPDT's; and 2) Identify technologies under
development by NASA, other Government agencies and FFRDC's which may be
suitable for evaluation and possible inclusion in the NMP...

Each IPDT will consist of approximately 8 to 10 primary team members
representing industry, academia, nonprofit organizations and Government. IPDT's
will work in a coordinated and cooperative manner, applying their expertise,
technology, and resources to fulfill NMP objectives. The IPDT's will be
responsible for developing and maintaining technology roadmaps as well as
developing and delivering technologies for flight validation by the NMP. IPDT
members will be a primary, but not exclusive, source for developing and
delivering technologies for flight validation. The IPDT's are expected to spawn
partnerships between industry, academia, and Government for the development of
technologies which support NMP goals.

In developing the roadmaps, the IPDT team members will consider the national
base of technologies supported in industry, academia, nonprofit organizations
and Government. The technology roadmaps and associated information concerning
the cost and schedule for developing the technologies will be used by NASA in
making its decision regarding the selection of NMP validation missions,
including the specific technologies to be included on these missions.

IPDT membership will be reviewed at appropriate times during the NMP, with
solicitations for new members released to add new technologies as needed to
support several future validation flights. It is anticipated that future
solicitations for IPDT membership will be issued at least annually...

(1) We expect Government labs and FFRDC's to coordinate their replies to this
letter with their sponsoring organizations, as appropriate; and (2) If, in the
future, it is determined that technology development efforts currently
supported by your organization are suitable for further development and/or
validation by the NMP, we expect to work with your organization on a "no
exchange of funds" basis and/or through co-funding arrangements.

If you are responding to this letter with an interest in making technologies
known to the Autonomy, Microelectronics Systems, Communications Systems, or
Modular Architectures and Multifunctional Systems IPDT's, or if you wish to
participate on one of these teams as an IPDT member, your reply to this letter
is required by June 19, 1995. If you are responding to this letter with an
interest in making technologies known to the Instrument and MEMS IPDT, or if
you wish to participate as an Instrument and MEMS IPDT member, your reply to
this letter is required by June 30, 1995."

Best of luck navigating the information highway.

Mike Hecht