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Award ID | Description | Recipient | Total Value | Awarding Agency | Funding Agency | Set Aside | NAICS | PSC | Award Date | Start Date | End Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IGF::CT::IGF BLOCK 1 MAINTENANCE TASK ORDER | THE BOEING COMPANY | $19,201,829 | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | C219ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING- GENERAL: OTHER | Sep 17, 2012 | Sep 17, 2012 | Jul 31, 2016 | ||
| OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE TASK ORDER | THE BOEING COMPANY | $30,989,251 | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | C119 | Jul 1, 2011 | Jul 1, 2011 | Mar 16, 2013 | ||
| EFFORT FOR THE DESIGN AND QUALIFICATION ACTIVITIES TO SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOY THE SBINET BLOCK 1 SYSTEM. WORK IS LIMITED TO BLOCK 1 ACTIVITIES ONLY AND THERE IS NO WORK IN THIS TASK ODER FOR DEPLOYMENTS BEYOND THE AJO-1 DEPLOYMENT. | THE BOEING COMPANY | $53,027,838 | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | AJ46 | Jun 1, 2010 | May 28, 2010 | Jun 30, 2011 | ||
| LONG TERM STEEL STORAGE (LOTSS). THE TACTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE (TI PMO) HAS THE REQUIREMENT TO MANAGE, STORE AND DELIVER APPROXIMATELY 27,500 TONS OF STEEL AND WIRE MESH AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT FURNISHED MATERIAL (GFM) FROM OTHER PROJECTS. | THE BOEING COMPANY | $4,266,636 | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 5680MISCELLANEOUS CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS | Apr 1, 2010 | Apr 1, 2010 | Mar 31, 2015 | ||
| TAS::80 0125::TAS RECOVERY ACT FUNDS RECOVERY - SMAAATAV TASK TITLE: HWB MULTI BAY TEST ARTICLE DESIGN AND TOOLING 1.0 BACKGROUND: NASA CREATED THE ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE AVIATION (ERA) PROJECT TO EXPLORE AND DOCUMENT THE FEASIBILITY, BENEFITS AND TECHNICAL RISK OF VEHICLE CONCEPTS AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL REDUCE THE IMPACT OF AVIATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT. TODAY'S CURRENT GENERATION OF AIRCRAFT HAS BENEFITTED FROM NASA INVESTMENTS IN AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH THAT HAVE IMPROVED FUEL EFFICIENCIES, LOWERED NOISE LEVELS AND LESSENED HARMFUL EMISSIONS. ALTHOUGH SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE NATION'S AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WILL EXPAND BY A FACTOR OF TWO OR THREE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DECADES, POTENTIALLY INCREASING AVIATION'S CONTRIBUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THE ERA PROJECT WORKS TO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HARM THAT COULD RESULT FROM SUCH AN EXPANSION. AMONG THE TECHNOLOGIES TO BE EXPLORED IN THE ERA PROJECT ARE THE FOLLOWING: UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS THAT HAVE HIGHER LIFT TO DRAG RATIO, REDUCED DRAG AND REDUCED COMMUNITY NOISE; DRAG REDUCTION THROUGH LAMINAR FLOW; ADVANCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS FOR WEIGHT REDUCTION; LOW NOX COMBUSTORS; AND PROPULSION AND AIRFRAME INTEGRATION FOR NOISE REDUCTION AND FUEL-BURN IMPROVEMENTS. THE ERA PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING FUEL BURN, EMISSIONS, AND NOISE. THE PROJECT WILL EXPLORE AND DOCUMENT THE FEASIBILITY, BENEFITS AND TECHNICAL RISK OF VEHICLE CONCEPTS AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES IDENTIFIED TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF AVIATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS RESEARCH DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES TO ENSURE CONTINUED GROWTH IN AIR TRANSPORTATION. THE PRIMARY STRUCTURAL CONCEPT BEING DEVELOPED UNDER THE ERA PROGRAM IN THE AIRFRAME TECHNOLOGY ELEMENT IS THE PULTRUDED ROD STITCHED EFFICIENT UNITIZED STRUCTURE (PRSEUS) DESIGN. THE PRSEUS DESIGN APPROACH IS PART OF THE ERA EFFORT TO ADDRESS FUEL BURN (C02 EMISSIONS) BY REDUCING THE WEIGHT OF ADVANCED STRUCTURES. REDUCING FUEL BURN REDUCES THE NEED TO USE RESOURCES AND REDUCES POLLUTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THE APPROACH MOVES FROM SAFE-LIFE TO FAIL-SAFE DESIGN WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT COMPOSITE STRUCTURE. PRSEUS REPRESENTS A NEW CONCEPT IN COMPOSITE DESIGN THEORY AND MANUFACTURING METHODS. IT IS A CONSCIOUS PROGRESSION AWAY FROM CONVENTIONAL LAMINATED AND BONDED ASSEMBLIES TOWARD LARGER ONE-PIECE PANEL DESIGNS WITH SEAMLESS TRANSITIONS AND DAMAGE-ARREST INTERFACES SUCH AS STITCH ROWS AND TEAR STRAPS. IT FOCUSES ON A NEW STRUCTURAL CONCEPT THAT INTEGRATES SKIN, STRINGERS, AND FRAME ELEMENTS INTO A SINGLE LARGE PANEL IN WHICH ALL ELEMENTS ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY CURED (OR CO-CURED) IN ONE HIGH-TEMPERATURE CURE CYCLE. THE RESULTING STRUCTURE IS A NOVEL SOLUTION FOR ADDRESSING THE DEMANDING FUSELAGE LOADING REQUIREMENTS INHERENT IN A PRESSURIZED SHAPED VEHICLE LIKE THE HYBRID WING OR BLENDED WING BODY (HWB/BWB) CONCEPT. THE PRSEUS CONCEPT BUILDS UPON, EXTENDS, AND TAILORS THESE STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES IN ORDER TO MEET THE DEMANDING CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH VEHICLES WITH SHAPES AND LOAD PATHS DIFFERENT FROM TODAY S TRADITIONAL WING AND CIRCULAR FUSELAGE STRUCTURES. HAVING DEMONSTRATED THE UNIQUE CAPABILITY OF THE HYBRID WING BODY (HWB) PULTRUDED ROD STITCHED EFFICIENT UNITIZED STRUCTURE (PRSEUS) STRUCTURAL CONCEPT TO ECONOMICALLY PRODUCE LARGE INTEGRATED STRUCTURAL PANELS, THE PRIMARY AIRFRAME DESIGN CHALLENGE NOW BECOMES THE VALIDATION OF THE STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE IN THE COMBINED LOADING ENVIRONMENT OF THE HWB PRESSURE SHELL. THE SKIN PANELS IN THE CENTER SECTION PRESSURE SHELL MUST SIMULTANEOUSLY SUPPORT THE INTERIOR CABIN PRESSURE (NZ) AND IN-PLANE LOADS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS (NX AND NY). TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT, STIFFENING ELEMENTS MUST HAVE CONTINUOUS LOAD PATHS WIT | THE BOEING COMPANY | $4,997,767 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541710 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Feb 18, 2010 | Feb 18, 2010 | Mar 30, 2011 | ||
| TAS::80 0125::TAS RECOVERY ACT FUNDS RECOVERY - SMAAATAV TASK TITLE: DESIGN, ANALYSIS, AND FABRICATION OF CURVED PRSEUS PANEL 1.0 BACKGROUND: NASA CREATED THE ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE AVIATION (ERA) PROJECT TO EXPLORE AND DOCUMENT THE FEASIBILITY, BENEFITS AND TECHNICAL RISK OF VEHICLE CONCEPTS AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL REDUCE THE IMPACT OF AVIATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT. TODAY'S CURRENT GENERATION OF AIRCRAFT HAS BENEFITTED FROM NASA INVESTMENTS IN AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH THAT HAVE IMPROVED FUEL EFFICIENCIES, LOWERED NOISE LEVELS AND LESSENED HARMFUL EMISSIONS. ALTHOUGH SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE NATION'S AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WILL EXPAND BY A FACTOR OF TWO OR THREE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DECADES, POTENTIALLY INCREASING AVIATION'S CONTRIBUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THE ERA PROJECT WORKS TO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HARM THAT COULD RESULT FROM SUCH AN EXPANSION. AMONG THE TECHNOLOGIES TO BE EXPLORED IN THE ERA PROJECT ARE THE FOLLOWING: UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS THAT HAVE HIGHER LIFT TO DRAG RATIO, REDUCED DRAG AND REDUCED COMMUNITY NOISE; DRAG REDUCTION THROUGH LAMINAR FLOW; ADVANCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS FOR WEIGHT REDUCTION; LOW NOX COMBUSTORS; AND PROPULSION AND AIRFRAME INTEGRATION FOR NOISE REDUCTION AND FUEL-BURN IMPROVEMENTS. THE ERA PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING FUEL BURN, EMISSIONS, AND NOISE. THE PROJECT WILL EXPLORE AND DOCUMENT THE FEASIBILITY, BENEFITS AND TECHNICAL RISK OF VEHICLE CONCEPTS AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES IDENTIFIED TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF AVIATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS RESEARCH DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES TO ENSURE CONTINUED GROWTH IN AIR TRANSPORTATION. THE PRIMARY STRUCTURAL CONCEPT BEING DEVELOPED UNDER THE ERA PROGRAM IN THE AIRFRAME TECHNOLOGY ELEMENT IS THE PULTRUDED ROD STITCHED EFFICIENT UNITIZED STRUCTURE (PRSEUS) DESIGN. THE PRSEUS DESIGN APPROACH IS PART OF THE ERA EFFORT TO ADDRESS FUEL BURN (C02 EMISSIONS) BY REDUCING THE WEIGHT OF ADVANCED STRUCTURES. REDUCING FUEL BURN REDUCES THE NEED TO USE RESOURCES AND REDUCES POLLUTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THE APPROACH MOVES FROM SAFE-LIFE TO FAIL-SAFE DESIGN WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT COMPOSITE STRUCTURE. PRSEUS REPRESENTS A NEW CONCEPT IN COMPOSITE DESIGN THEORY AND MANUFACTURING METHODS. IT IS A CONSCIOUS PROGRESSION AWAY FROM CONVENTIONAL LAMINATED AND BONDED ASSEMBLIES TOWARD LARGER ONE-PIECE PANEL DESIGNS WITH SEAMLESS TRANSITIONS AND DAMAGE-ARREST INTERFACES SUCH AS STITCH ROWS AND TEAR STRAPS. IT FOCUSES ON A NEW STRUCTURAL CONCEPT THAT INTEGRATES SKIN, STRINGERS, AND FRAME ELEMENTS INTO A SINGLE LARGE PANEL IN WHICH ALL ELEMENTS ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY CURED (OR CO-CURED) IN ONE HIGH-TEMPERATURE CURE CYCLE. THE RESULTING STRUCTURE IS A NOVEL SOLUTION FOR ADDRESSING THE DEMANDING FUSELAGE LOADING REQUIREMENTS INHERENT IN A PRESSURIZED SHAPED VEHICLE LIKE THE HYBRID WING OR BLENDED WING BODY (HWB/BWB) CONCEPT. THE PRSEUS CONCEPT BUILDS UPON, EXTENDS, AND TAILORS THESE STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES IN ORDER TO MEET THE DEMANDING CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH VEHICLES WITH SHAPES AND LOAD PATHS DIFFERENT FROM TODAY S TRADITIONAL WING AND CIRCULAR FUSELAGE STRUCTURES. AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRSEUS TECHNOLOGY, EXPERIMENTATION ON DAMAGED STRUCTURE IS REQUIRED TO EXPLORE THE BEHAVIOR OF PRSEUS PANELS SUBJECTED TO LOADING CONDITIONS STIPULATED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) FOR CERTIFICATION. DISCRETE SOURCE DAMAGE IS A TYPE OF DAMAGE THAT CAN OCCUR IN FLIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFT MUST BE ABLE TO SAFELY LAND WITH DAMAGE AS SEVERE AS THE FAILURE OF A PRIMARY LOAD-CARRYING MEMBER SUCH AS A FRAME OR STRINGER. IN SUCH A SITUATION, THE LOSS OF A STRINGER MUST NOT IMMEDIATELY LEAD TO THE LOSS OF ADDITIONAL STRINGERS THROUGH CRACK GROWTH, AS OFTEN HAPPENS WIT | THE BOEING COMPANY | $596,237 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541710 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Feb 17, 2010 | Feb 17, 2010 | Dec 16, 2010 | ||
| STRUCTURES&MATERIALS&AERODYNMIC, AEROTHERMODYN AMIC&ACOUSTICS TECHNOLOGY FOR AEROSPACE VEHICLE TAS::80 0125::TAS RECOVERY ACT FUNDS SMAAATAV CONTRACT NNL04AA11B, THE BOEING COMPANY TASK ENTITLED "OPEN ROTOR PROPULSION AIRFRAME AEROACOUSTICS EXPERIMENT IN THE BOEING LOW SPEED AEROACOUSTICS FACILITY (LSAF)" 1.0 BACKGROUND PROPULSION AIRFRAME AEROACOUSTICS (PAA) IS AN ELEMENT OF NASA S ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE AVIATION (ERA) PROJECT. THE PAA TECHNICAL AREA IN NASA S ACOUSTICS RESEARCH IS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE UNDERSTANDING AND QUANTIFICATION OF PAA EFFECTS, PREDICTION TOOL DEVELOPMENT, AND NOISE REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE RELATED TO THE AEROACOUSTIC EFFECTS OF PROPULSION AIRFRAME INTEGRATION. PAA NOISE REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY AIMS TO REDUCE NET RADIATED NOISE TO THE GROUND BY REDUCING A NOISE SOURCE, OR AN INTERACTION OF NOISE SOURCES THAT CAN BE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO EFFECTS FROM PROPULSION AIRFRAME INTERACTION. IN THE FUTURE, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRA HIGH BYPASS RATIO ENGINES WILL PRESENT NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES RELATIVE TO THE INTEGRATION OF THE ENGINE AND AIRFRAME. THIS IS PARTICULARLY THE CASE FOR OPEN ROTOR PROPULSION SYSTEMS WITH THEIR EFFECTIVELY ULTRA HIGH BYPASS RATIOS FROM THE UNDUCTED, COUNTER-ROTATING ROTORS. THESE PROPULSION SYSTEMS INTEGRATED WITH A VARIETY OF AIRFRAMES ARE ACTIVELY BEING STUDIED FOR THE AIRCRAFT TRANSPORT MARKET OVER THE NEXT TWO DECADES. IT IS, THEREFORE, IMPORTANT FOR NASA S PAA RESEARCH TO IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PAA EFFECTS FOR SUCH NEW CONFIGURATIONS AND TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING NOISE REDUCTION APPROACHES THAT ARE PARTICULARLY SUITABLE AND FEASIBLE FOR THESE TYPES OF AIRCRAFT. THIS LEADS TO THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS TASK ORDER. FOR LOWER NOISE OBJECTIVES, A PROMISING APPROACH IS TO INSTALL OPEN ROTORS ON AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS SO AS TO PRODUCE ACOUSTIC SHIELDING OF THE SOURCE NOISE FROM AN OPEN ROTOR. HIGH QUALITY ACOUSTIC DATA IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION TRADE STUDIES. A HIGH QUALITY AEROACOUSTIC WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT IS ENVISIONED IN ORDER TO PRODUCE THE BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE HIGHER PRIORITY PAA EFFECT PARAMETERS FOR OPEN ROTOR INSTALLATIONS ON TWO AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS, A CONVENTIONAL, STATE-OF-THE-ART (SOA) TUBE-AND-WING SUCH AS A BOEING 737 OR 777 AND AN UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT SUCH AS A BOEING BLENDED WING BODY (BWB). AN ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVE IS THAT THE VARIATION OF NOISE WITH KEY PARAMETERS BE MEASURED SO AS TO PROVIDE VALIDATION DATA FOR PREDICTION METHODS. 2.0 SCOPE OF WORK: NASA INTENDS TO BUILD UPON RESEARCH CONDUCTED UNDER CONTRACT NNL04AA11B, PREVIOUS TASK ORDER NNL05AD23T, HAVING DEVELOPED AND DEMONSTRATED THE CAPABILITIES AND EXPERTISE FOR PROPULSION AIRFRAME AEROACOUSTIC INTEGRATION EXPERIMENTATION OF JET INTEGRATION WITH BOTH SOA AND BWB AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS. IN THIS TASK, PROPULSION AIRFRAME AEROACOUSTIC EXPERIMENTATION SHALL BE PERFORMED WITH AN OPEN ROTOR PROPULSION NOISE SIMULATOR INTEGRATED WITH BOTH SOA AND BWB AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION MODELS. | THE BOEING COMPANY | $6,153,239 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541710 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jan 28, 2010 | Jan 28, 2010 | Feb 15, 2011 | ||
| X48B LOW SPEED FLIGHT CONTROLS VALIDATION | THE BOEING COMPANY | $2,017,226 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541710 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Sep 29, 2009 | Sep 29, 2009 | Aug 31, 2010 | ||
| RESEARCH IN "LIGHTWEIGHT COMPOSITE JOINT CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION FOR AN ARES V VEHICLE". | THE BOEING COMPANY | $417,677 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541710 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 17, 2009 | Jun 17, 2009 | Jun 16, 2010 | ||
| SMAAATAV TASK - STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) TASK TITLE: DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF STRUCTURALLY EFFICIENT COMPOSITE STRUTS 1.0 BACKGROUND: NASA EVALUATES THE STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCY OF CONCEPTS FOR AIRCRAFT AND SPACECRAFT COMPONENTS WITH THE GOAL OF DESIGNING LIGHTWEIGHT PARTS. THE USE OF COMPOSITES SUCH AS GRAPHITE-EPOXY IN PLACE OF METALLIC STRUCTURE CREATES THE POTENTIAL FOR WEIGHT SAVINGS IN MANY CONSTELLATION VEHICLES. ONE CANDIDATE FOR THIS WEIGHT SAVINGS IS THE ALTAIR LUNAR-LANDER. THE CURRENT ALTAIR LUNAR-LANDER POINT-OF-DEPARTURE DESIGN CONSISTS OF A TRUSS-BASED DESCENT MODULE COMPOSED OF A LARGE NUMBER OF TRUSS MEMBERS. THE LANDER TRUSS SERVES AS THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR THE MASSIVE LIQUID OXYGEN AND LIQUID HYDROGEN PROPELLANT TANKS, AND FOR UP TO EIGHTEEN METRIC TONS OF PAYLOAD MASS. THE CURRENT LUNAR LANDER IS SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER AND MORE MASSIVE THAN THE LUNAR EXCURSION MODULE (LEM) OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM, AND HENCE PRESENTS SIGNIFICANTLY NEW AND DIFFERENT DESIGN CHALLENGES. BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME NEED TO REDUCE MASS, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE LANDER TRUSS ELEMENTS BE DESIGNED TO OPERATE AT PEAK EFFICIENCY. BECAUSE THE LANDER STRUTS ARE HIGHLY LOADED IN COMPRESSION DURING LAUNCH, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF CRITICAL DESIGN PARAMETERS AFFECTING THE OPTIMUM DESIGN. ANALYTICAL TRADE STUDIES ARE TYPICALLY PERFORMED TO DETERMINE AN OPTIMUM DESIGN, BUT MANUFACTURING CONSIDERATIONS MUST BE INCLUDED TO MAKE OPTIMAL DESIGN PRACTICAL FOR REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS. THE WORK DESCRIBED HERE ADDRESSES ANALYSIS AND MANUFACTURING. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY, THE ALTAIR MISSION IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PHASES (1) FABRICATION THROUGH LAUNCH TO LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) AND (2) LOITER IN LEO THROUGH TRANS-LUNAR INSERTION (TLI) AND THEN LANDING ON THE LUNAR SURFACE. THIS DIVISION IS A SIMPLIFICATION OF THE MISSION PROFILE TO SEPARATE THE TIMES OF HIGH MECHANICAL LOADING FROM THE TIMES OF HIGH THERMAL LOADING SINCE REQUIRING THE STRUCTURE TO WITHSTAND BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY MAY OVER-CONSTRAIN THE DESIGN, LEADING TO A LARGER MASS THAN IS NEEDED. THE MOST SEVERE MECHANICAL LOADING OCCURS IN THE FIRST FEW MINUTES OF FLIGHT UNTIL THE VEHICLE REACHES LEO. THE THERMAL LOADING ENVIRONMENT DURING THAT TIME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THE SAME AS THE RANGE FOR THE UNPROTECTED STRUCTURE ON THE LAUNCH PAD FOR PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY. HOWEVER, THE CURRENT MISSION FOR ALTAIR ASSUMES A LOITER IN LEO WHICH COULD SUBJECT THE LANDER TO TEMPERATURE EXTREMES AND MICROMETEOROID AND ORBITAL DEBRIS (MMOD) BUT NO SIGNIFICANT MECHANICAL LOADS. THE PHASES OF THE MISSION AFTER LOITER, SUCH AS TLI AND LANDING ON THE LUNAR SURFACE WILL INFLICT MECHANICAL LOADS BUT AT SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER MAGNITUDES THAN IN THE LAUNCH PHASE. A MORE DETAILED THERMAL PROFILE OF PHASE II WILL BE PROVIDED PRIOR TO THE KICKOFF MEETING. 2.0 SCOPE: THIS EFFORT IS AIMED AT DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY APPLICABLE TO COMPOSITE STRUTS FOR THE ALTAIR LUNAR LANDER. 3.0 DESCRIPTION OF TASK REQUIREMENTS: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING TASKS: 3.1 TRADE STUDY THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT A TRADE STUDY THAT SHALL CONSIST OF A PARAMETRIC STUDY EXAMINING A RANGE OF PARAMETERS ENCOMPASSING THE FULL ASSORTMENT OF ALTAIR STRUTS (SEE ATTACHED APPENDIX LISTING STRUT GEOMETRY AND LOADS IN THE CURRENT ALTAIR DESIGN). THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE PROE AND/OR NASTRAN MODEL OF LUNAR LANDER SHOWING CURRENT STRUT LENGTHS, NODES, AND GEOMETRY AS DEFINED IN THE GOVERNMENT FURNISHED INFORMATION (GFI) CHART UNDER SOW SECTION 6.0. THE PARAMETRIC ANALYTICAL TRADE STUDY OF STRUTS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALTAIR IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE THE INFLUENCE OF EACH DESIGN PARAMETER ON STRUT BEHAVIOR. DESIGN CURVES SHOWING THE MASS EFFICIENCY OF THE VARIOUS STRUT DESIGN CONCEPTS IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE THE MOST STRUCTURALLY EFFICIENT DESIGN FOR THE LARGE NUMBER OF DISSIMILAR STRUTS IN THE CURRENT 2008 POINT OF DEPARTURE DESIGN FOR ALTAIR. A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE OPTIMUM COMPOSITE DESIGN AND AN ALUMINUM LI | THE BOEING COMPANY | $491,421 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541710 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | May 18, 2009 | May 18, 2009 | Nov 15, 2009 | ||
| PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR NORTHERN BORDER PROJECT-BUFFALO, NY & DETROIT, MI | THE BOEING COMPANY | $23,496,663 | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | C119 | Mar 31, 2009 | Mar 31, 2009 | Oct 24, 2011 | ||
| PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR BUFFALO SECTOR DESIGN | THE BOEING COMPANY | $590,588 | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | C119 | Feb 5, 2009 | Feb 5, 2009 | Mar 30, 2012 | ||
| SEGMENTED AND FULL BARREL COMPOSITE DRY STRUCTURE FOR AN ARES V VEHICLE | THE BOEING COMPANY | $601,302 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541710 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Sep 29, 2008 | Sep 29, 2008 | Oct 30, 2009 | ||
| MULTI-OBJECTIVE LEADING EDGE CONCEPTS | THE BOEING COMPANY | $146,587 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541710 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Sep 26, 2008 | Sep 26, 2008 | Jun 30, 2009 | ||
| NON-AUTOCLAVE COMPOSITE PROCESSES FOR CONSTELLATION VEHICLES | THE BOEING COMPANY | $97,929 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541710 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Sep 15, 2008 | Sep 16, 2008 | Feb 27, 2009 | ||
| INTEGRATED LOGISTICS SUPPORT | THE BOEING COMPANY | $64,018,335 | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | C111 | Aug 16, 2008 | Aug 16, 2008 | Dec 2, 2010 | ||
| EO BASED SATELLITE ATTITUDE DETERMINATION | THE BOEING COMPANY | $1,953,711 | DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY (DCMA) | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541712 | AC23NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT | Aug 13, 2008 | Aug 13, 2008 | Feb 28, 2010 | ||
| DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF STRUCTURALLY EFFICIENT TAPERED STRUTS | THE BOEING COMPANY | $193,296 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541710 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Aug 7, 2008 | Aug 8, 2008 | Nov 21, 2008 | ||
| RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ENTITLED,"LUNAR SURFACE THERMAL CONTROL STUDY" THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO INVESTIGATE CANDIDATE THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR A CONCEPTUAL LUNAR LANDER ASCENT MODULE WHICH WOULD MINIMIZE THE MASS OF BOILOFF LOSS AND THE OVERALL MASS OF THE HARDWARE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE SYSTEM. | THE BOEING COMPANY | $823,299 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 336415Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Propulsion Unit and Propulsion Unit Parts Manufacturing | AR22 | Aug 1, 2008 | Aug 1, 2008 | Mar 15, 2013 | ||
| CFD MODELING OF THE LANDER PROPELLANT | THE BOEING COMPANY | $442,774 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | B539SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- AERONAUTICAL/SPACE | Jul 31, 2008 | Aug 1, 2008 | Nov 4, 2010 | ||
| ARIZONA DEPLOYMENT TASK ORDER FOR TUCSON-1 AND AJO-1 | THE BOEING COMPANY | $184,356,910 | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | N099INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT- MISCELLANEOUS | Jun 25, 2008 | Jun 25, 2008 | Mar 17, 2011 | ||
| SYSTEMS TASK ORDER (STO) UNDER SECURE BORDER INITIATIVE, PROVIDING SYSTEM-LEVEL ENGINEERING AND PROGRAM EXECUTION SERVICES | THE BOEING COMPANY | $199,229,984 | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | AJ46 | Apr 15, 2008 | Apr 16, 2008 | Apr 21, 2017 | ||
| THREADED FASTENING SYSTEM ASSESSMENT (NESC) | THE BOEING COMPANY | $942,537 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541710 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Apr 15, 2008 | Apr 15, 2008 | Feb 19, 2011 | ||
| TAS::70 0533::TAS SUPPLY AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN SUPPORT OF PEDESTRIAN FENCE 225 AND VEHICLE FENCE 300 PROJECTS | THE BOEING COMPANY | $311,091,558 | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | AD24 | Jan 7, 2008 | Jan 7, 2008 | Jun 15, 2010 | ||
| LAMINAR FLOW TECHNOLOGY FOR SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT THE EFFORT WILL ADVANCE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OF HYBRID LAMINAR FLOW CONTROL TECHNOLOGY FOR APPLICATION TO A SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT. BOEING WILL APPLY ITS LAMINAR FLOW CONTROL AND AIRCRAFT DESIGN EXPERTISE TO THE DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF THE SYSTEM LEVEL PERFORMANCE BENEFITS WHICH CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE USE OF HYBRID LAMINAR FLOW CONTROL TECHNIQUES TO THE REDUCTION OF SUPERSONIC CRUISE DRAG. THOUGH THE USE OF CFD ANALYSIS AND EXISTING EXPERIMENTAL DATA, A LAMINAR FLOW SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT DESIGN WILL BE DEVELOPED AND THE PERFORMANCE ASSESSED AGAINST A TURBULENT BASELINE CONFIGURATION. | THE BOEING COMPANY | $572,390 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541710 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Dec 12, 2007 | Jan 2, 2008 | Sep 22, 2010 |