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Award ID | Description | Recipient | Total Value | Awarding Agency | Funding Agency | Set Aside | NAICS | PSC | Award Date | Start Date | End Date | |
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| STTR PHASE III AWARD DEVELOPMENT OF ROBUST, PRODUCTION QUALITY WATER MITIGATION MODEL IN LOCI\CHEM STATEMENT OF WORK 1. BACKGROUND NASA/MSFC HAS A NEED FOR A CFD-BASED MODEL OF WATER MITIGATION FOR ROCKET VEHICLE LAUNCH PAD ENVIRONMENTS. APPLICATION OF LIQUID WATER ON THE LAUNCH PAD IS USEFUL FOR SUPPRESSION OF IGNITION OVER PRESSURE (IOP) AND LAUNCH PAD ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENTS. TRADITIONALLY, WATER IS APPLIED IN LARGE QUANTITIES TO LOCATIONS CONCENTRATED NEAR THE ROCKET ENGINE OR MOTOR NOZZLE EXIT PLANE IN ORDER TO SUPPRESS THE PRESSURE AND THERMAL LOADS ON THE ROCKET VEHICLE AND LAUNCH PAD GENERATED BY THE ENGINE OR MOTOR START TRANSIENT. WATER IS ALSO SUPPLIED IN A LESS CONCENTRATED MANNER TO THE SURFACES WHERE THE ENGINE OR MOTOR PLUMES IMPINGE ON THE LAUNCH PAD IN ORDER TO SUPPRESS THE ACOUSTIC LOAD IMPOSED UPON THE ROCKET VEHICLE. THE SELECTION OF THE WATER APPLICATION LOCATIONS AND QUANTITIES ARE HISTORICALLY GUIDED BY THE RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTING USING SUBSCALE ROCKET ENGINES AND MOTORS ALONG WITH A SUBSCALE LAUNCH PAD. THESE SUBSCALE EXPERIMENTS ARE EXPENSIVE AND TIME-CONSUMING. COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) -BASED METHODS TO AUGMENT THE DESIGN PROCESS WOULD BE A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT. NASA/MSFC HAS RECENTLY VALIDATED THE LOCI\CHEM CFD PROGRAM FOR THE PREDICTION OF SUBSCALE ROCKET MOTOR IOP ENVIRONMENTS FOR CONDITIONS WHERE WATER MITIGATION IS NOT PRESENT. THE LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE MODEL IN LOCI\CHEM HAS ALSO BEEN USED IN ATTEMPTS TO PREDICT THE EFFECTS OF WATER ADDITION IN LOCATIONS SELECTED TO MITIGATE BOTH IOP AND ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENTS. WHILE THESE MODELS HAVE RESULTED IN PHYSICALLY-REALISTIC ALTERATIONS OF THESE ENVIRONMENTS, THE SIMULATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN RUN TO COMPLETION DUE TO A SEVERE LACK OF ROBUSTNESS. THE CORE CAUSE OF THE LACK OF ROBUSTNESS APPEARS TO ORIGINATE FROM CONDITIONS DEVELOPING WHICH VIOLATE THE BASIC JUSTIFYING APPROXIMATIONS BEHIND THE LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE MODEL. IN CFD SIMULATIONS, LARGE NUMBERS OF PARTICLES ACCUMULATE IN CERTAIN REGIONS, TYPICALLY NEAR SOLID SURFACES, LEADING TO THE RATIO OF PARTICULATE PHASE TO GASEOUS PHASE MASS BECOMING LARGE ENOUGH TO VIOLATE THE DISPERSED ASSUMPTION BEHIND THE PARTICLE MODEL FORMULATION AND LEADING TO A NUMERICAL INSTABILITY IN THE SOLUTION OF THE COUPLED GAS PHASE/PARTICULATE SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS. A NEED EXISTS TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSES OF THE LACK OF ROBUSTNESS DESCRIBED ABOVE AND FORMULATE APPROACHES WHICH LEAD TO SUCCESSFUL, ROBUST SIMULATIONS AND VALIDATION OF PREDICTIONS OF WATER MITIGATION FOR IOP AND ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT GENERATION ON ROCKET VEHICLE LAUNCH PADS. 2. SCOPE A RECENTLY AWARDED STTR PHASE II CONTRACT NNX12CB09C, ADVANCED FLOW ANALYSIS TOOLS FOR TRANSIENT SOLID ROCKET MOTOR SIMULATIONS , WAS AIMED AT IMPROVING THE IGNITION MODELING AND GRAIN RECESSION OF SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANTS INCLUDING THE SOLID PARTICLES GENERATED AT THE COMBUSTING FUEL SURFACE AND PROPAGATED OUT OF THE ROCKET USING THE LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE MODEL. THIS EFFORT BUILDS UPON A PREVIOUS STTR PHASE I AND PHASE II CONTRACT, NNX09CB73C, MULTI-PHASE FLOW ANALYSIS TOOLS FOR SOLID MOTOR APPLICATIONS , WHICH DEVELOPED SOLID PARTICLE TO WALL INTERACTION MODELS USING THE LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE MODEL. IN ADDITION, THIS CONTRACT ALSO DEVELOPED CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE MIXED-PHASE THERMODYNAMICS AND SHOCK PROPAGATION. THIS WORK EFFORT SHALL CHARACTERIZE AND DIAGNOSE THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS LEADING TO THE ULTIMATE LACK OF ROBUSTNESS OF LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE MODEL-BASED CFD SIMULATIONS OF LIQUID WATER APPLICATION TO ROCKET VEHICLE LAUNCH PADS. BASED ON THIS CHARACTERIZATION, IMPROVEMENTS, ADDITIONS AND/OR ALTERATIONS TO THE LOCI\CHEM CFD PROGRAM AND LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE MODEL SHALL BE FORMULATED AND IMPLEMENTED TO REMEDY THE LACK OF ROBUSTNESS. | TETRA RESEARCH CORPORATION | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541511Custom Computer Programming Services | AR44 | Sep 11, 2012 | Sep 11, 2012 | Dec 11, 2013 | ||
| IGF::CL::IGF SBIR PHASE III- PC- SIGNAL HIGH FREQUENCY DATA DIAGNOSTICS. | AI SIGNAL RESEARCH INC | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR44 | Sep 5, 2012 | Sep 1, 2012 | Aug 31, 2014 | ||
| BIOMETRIC DATA COLLECTION DEVICES (2 UNITS)(PO) | MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN AWARDEES | $15,436 | STATE, DEPARTMENT OF | STATE, DEPARTMENT OF | — | 333612Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing | AR44 | Mar 16, 2011 | Mar 16, 2011 | Mar 16, 2011 | ||
| INSTALLING THE CAT 6 CABLING TO ROOM 605. | J & R TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC | $6,619 | PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE | — | — | 541519Other Computer Related Services | AR44 | May 14, 2008 | May 14, 2008 | Jul 31, 2008 | ||
| THIS CONTRACT IS TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, SHIP, PROVIDE LAUNCH SUPPORT, CONDUCT ON-ORBIT CHECKOUT OPERATIONS AND PROVIDE SUSTAINING ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR TWO TRACKING DATA RELAY SATELLITE (TDRS) SPACECRAFT. THE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS ALSO INCLUDE THE DESIGN, ASSEMBLE, TEST, INSTALL AND VERIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE WHITE SANDS COMPLEX NECESSARY TO MAKE THE GROUND TERMINALS FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE TDRS K PROGRAM SPACECRAFT DESIGN. THE CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES OPTIONS FOR TWO ADDITIONAL SPACECRAFT. | THE BOEING COMPANY | $1,255,899,177 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541330Engineering Services | AR44 | Dec 28, 2007 | Dec 28, 2007 | Feb 5, 2026 | ||
| MISSILE WARNING SYSTEM DEMONSTRATION | DOPPLERTECH, INC. | $116,247 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541330Engineering Services | AR44 | Jun 6, 2007 | Jun 6, 2007 | Aug 3, 2007 | ||
| SAP PURCHASE REQUISITION: 4200188087 SENSORWARE SYSTEMS WILL PROVIDE DESIGN ADVICE AND ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPED SENSORS ARE PRACTICAL FROM BOTH AN ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS STANDPOINT FOR BOTH NASA AMES AND THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT WORKING GROUP. | SENSORWARE SYSTEMS INC | $8,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | AR44 | Mar 8, 2007 | Mar 8, 2007 | May 28, 2007 | ||
| SAP PURCHASE REQUISITION: 4200177011 FABRICATION, DELIVERY AND TEST OF TEN URFC STACK AND FABRICATION, DELIVERY AND TEST OF TEN CELL STATIC FEED FUEL CELL | PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS INC | $150,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | 541710 | AR44 | Dec 7, 2006 | Dec 7, 2006 | Dec 1, 2007 | ||
| RISK ASSESSMENT FOR AERONAUTICS AND EXPLORATION SYSTEMS | VALADOR INC | $134,586 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541611Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services | AR44 | Sep 25, 2006 | Sep 20, 2006 | Dec 30, 2007 | ||
| ENGINEERING SUPPORT INCLUDING TRAVEL | US AIR FORCE | $6,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | — | AR44 | Jun 8, 2004 | Jun 8, 2004 | Sep 30, 2004 | ||
| SUSTAINING ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES | L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | 541330Engineering Services | AR44 | Jan 15, 2001 | Jan 15, 2001 | Apr 30, 2009 | ||
| DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF HYDRAULIC DUMP INTERFACE SYSTEM | ALPHA TECHNOLOGY INC | $367,709 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | — | AR44 | May 7, 1999 | May 7, 1999 | Sep 30, 2002 | ||
| — | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | — | AR44 | Sep 15, 1997 | Sep 15, 1997 | Nov 15, 1997 | ||
| — | ELECTRIC PROPULSION LABORATORY, INC. | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | — | AR44 | Aug 15, 1997 | Aug 15, 1997 | Oct 15, 1997 | ||
| — | TRITON SYSTEMS, INC. | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | — | AR44 | Jul 15, 1997 | Jul 15, 1997 | Feb 15, 1998 | ||
| — | EUREKA SCIENTIFIC, INC. | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | — | AR44 | May 15, 1997 | May 15, 1997 | Oct 15, 1997 | ||
| 199712!5700!0019!GZ46 !SMC/PKG DIR SPACE NAV SYS CONT !F0470190C0009 !A!*!P00085 !19961212!19970114!874543135!931114334!834951691!N!4N497!LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION !700 N FREDERICK AVE !GAITHERSBURG !MD!20879!31175!031!24!GAITHERSBURG !MONTGOMERY !MARYLAND !0001!+000000521650!N!N!000000000000!AR44!RDTE/SPACE OP - TRACKING & DATA ACQ-DEMO/VALID !A2 !MISSILE AND SPACE SYSTEMS !3GAJ!NAVSTAR !3761!3!*!*!C!B!A!*!A !N!R!2!005!B!* !A!Y!Z!* !* !N!C!*!C!C!A!A!A!*!* !*!N!A!C!N!*!*!*!*!*! | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | $0 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | — | — | AR44 | Dec 12, 1996 | Dec 12, 1996 | — | ||
| — | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHIN | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | — | AR44 | Sep 15, 1996 | Sep 15, 1996 | Sep 15, 1991 | ||
| LUNAR PROSPECTOR | LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE COMP | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | — | AR44 | May 15, 1995 | May 15, 1995 | Aug 25, 2005 | ||
| — | UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | 541710 | AR44 | Jan 15, 1995 | Jan 15, 1995 | Apr 15, 1995 | ||
| — | ELECTROLOGIC OF AMERICA | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | — | AR44 | Sep 15, 1994 | Sep 15, 1994 | Sep 15, 1994 | ||
| — | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | $0 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | — | — | AR44 | Sep 15, 1994 | Sep 15, 1994 | Dec 15, 1996 | ||
| — | ELECTROLOGIC OF AMERICA | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | — | AR44 | Aug 15, 1994 | Aug 15, 1994 | Sep 15, 1994 | ||
| — | UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | — | AR44 | Aug 15, 1994 | Aug 15, 1994 | Nov 15, 1994 | ||
| — | ELECTROLOGIC OF AMERICA | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | — | AR44 | Jul 15, 1994 | Jul 15, 1994 | Dec 15, 1994 |