If you have just begun looking for or working on a proposal, or if you are in the thick of one, these websites will be beneficial. Since RFPs can often be highly technical, scientific, or engineering-based, veteran proposal writers who nonetheless are not scientists or technical experts will want to do research in many of these databases. They are also helpful for engineering firms and tech companies searching for business capture opportunities.

ASM International is the society for materials engineers and scientists, a worldwide network dedicated to advancing industry, technology, and applications of metals and materials.

ChemVillage is the electronic information service for chemists and chemical industry professionals in science, engineering, research & development, and management. Designed to help you get informed answers quickly, it will link you to a series of databases and Web sites, featuring Chimica, which provides access to over 600 of the most influential international journals related to chemistry and chemical engineering.

Knovel.com is a collection of 450+ premium science and engineering reference books and databases from major publishers. They cover all topics including some of the classic references on Radar Technology. Scientists and engineers worldwide use Knovel to find data faster and apply it more productively. Knovel brings together authoritative Sci-Tech reference works, embedded with analytical tools, on a powerful and intuitive research platform.

Ideas International is the leading worldwide research and advisory firm for the provision of actionable comparative information regarding the features, ownership costs, performance, and pricing of enterprise-class IT products and services. Their research focuses on Servers, Storage, System Software/Virtualization, and Infrastructure Services.

IoP Electronic Journals provides electronic access to Institute of Physics journals. It includes search, alert, and email functions. Some links date back to IoP journals as early as 1874.

ENGnetBASE provides over 80 CRC Press engineering handbooks online. Topics include radar, sonar, signal processing, Matlab, and many, many more.

IEEE Xplore delivers full text access to the world's highest quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.

Object Management Group (OMG) is an international not-for-profit software consortium that is setting standards in the area of distributed object computing. They are a vendor-neutral membership-driven organization and have hundreds of members who are working towards developing and refining these standards.

R&D Descriptive Summaries (RDDS) allows you to search the Army, Air Force, Navy, and dozens of other agencies by program element title, program element number, document text, and budget activity over the last few years.

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