Incubator Spotlight

New Location Adds to UCF Incubation Network

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, UCF President John Hitt, and Orlando City Commissioner Betty Wyman celebrate after cutting the ribbon to officially open the Orlando Business Development Center Incubator, part of the UCF Business Incubation Network.

The new center, located at 3218 East Colonial Drive, across from the Orlando Fashion Square, is designed to provide affordable professional office space and support to qualified new and small businesses.  The section that opened Dec. 4 is already occupied by its first four clients with others on a waiting list.  The facility will be expanding into an additional square-footage.

“We started the UCF Incubator Network to provide fledgling businesses the support they need to be successful and contribute to the economic strength of the Central Florida Region, said Tom O’Neal, Associate Vice President for the Office of Research & Commercialization at UCF and Director of the UCF Incubation Network.

The City of Orlando, Orange County Government, Seminole County Government, Florida High Tech Corridor and the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission (EDC) all partner with UCF to support the incubation network.

The Orlando Business Development Center is the fifth location for the network.  Other offices include the following:  the University Tech Center, the Bennett Complex in UCF’s Research Park, North Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando and the Winter Springs facility in Seminole County, just off the intersection of just off the intersection of I-4 and 417.

For more information on the Incubation Network go to www.incubator.ucf.edu.

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UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Small Business Innovation Research Office is scouting for small businesses that can provide unique technologies to Special Operations Forces. The current research and development pursuits are described in the FY09.1 Department of Defense Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) solicitation and can be found at http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicitations/index.htm. The five USSOCOM topics included in the solicitation are summarized below for your convenience:

Novel Nanomaterials for Environmental protection of Special Operations Divers: Develop novel environmental protection for Special Operations divers utilizing nanomaterial to provide enhanced diver comfort, effectiveness, and expanded ability to operate in extreme cold environments

Low Visibility Decoy Flare: Assess and identify innovative technologies, and/or advanced materials that emit an effective infrared (IR) countermeasure in the desired IR spectrum range while minimizing detectable signatures in the visible light spectrum. This topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR).

Geo and Ortho Rectified Video With Fused 3d Mapping, Light Detection and ranging (LIDAR), and Live Video Overlays: Develop a net centric, open architecture, operating system independent video system capable of geo/ortho-rectifying Airborne Full Motion Video with Light Detecting and Ranging (LIDAR) and Intelligence overlays using Commercial and Government off the Shelf (COTTS/GOTS) navigational aids and three dimensional mapping applications in near real-time. This topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR).

Man Portable Hand Held Survey Device: Develop a single handheld wireless network survey tool to support measurements on WiMax, WCDMA, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMAOne and GSM networks. This topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR).

Compact, Efficient Motor Controllers with Active Noise Cancellation: Develop and test an active noise cancellation system capable of being installed in light-weight compact, low-power, and efficient motor controller systems. The systems must meet safety requirements applicable for use by operators in a closed atmosphere. This topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR).

During the pre-release period of the FY09.1 DoD Solicitation (ends 7 December 2008), any technical inquiries must be submitted in writing through SOCOMSBIR@brtrc.com. Questions and answers received during this period will not be disclosed to the general public. During the solicitation open period ((8 December 2008 thru 6 AM EST on 14 January 2009)), all questions must be submitted through the SBIR Interactive Topic Information System at www.dodsbir.net/SITIS . Questions and answers
received during this period will be made available to the general public. Please read the USSOCOM specific solicitation instructions prior to submitting a question.

Additional information on USSOCOM's SBIR process is located at www.socomsbir.com. Additional information on the overall DoD SBIR process is described at http://www.dodsbir.net/. Information on a particular State's SBIR program is included at http://www.sbir.gov/state/.

The USSOCOM Small Business Innovation Research Office highly encourages all firms to submit meaningful Phase I proposals that can satisfy the technology needs described in the FY09.1 DoD SBIR Solicitation