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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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| SBIR PHASE 2 FOR THE INTEGRATED FLIGHT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR SPACE MESH NETWORKING PROGRAM. | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $1,679,365 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (SDA) | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC13NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT | Sep 27, 2022 | Sep 27, 2022 | Mar 27, 2024 | ||
| PLAN GENERATION FOR AUTONOMOUS SMALL SPACECRAFT SWARMS | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $124,867 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AJ14GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; R&D ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | May 17, 2022 | May 17, 2022 | Oct 16, 2022 | ||
| E014042 SBIR PHASE II PLAN GENERATION FOR AUTONOMOUS SMALL SPACECRAFT SWARMS | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $749,820 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AJ14GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; R&D ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | May 4, 2022 | May 4, 2022 | May 3, 2024 | ||
| AUTOPILOT COMMANDER CONJUNCTION-ASSESSMENT ENABLING A STARLING AND A SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGE AND DECONFLICTION | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $997,830 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AJ14GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; R&D ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | Sep 20, 2021 | Sep 20, 2021 | May 19, 2023 | ||
| PLAN GENERATION FOR AUTONOMOUS SMALL SPACECRAFT SWARMS | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $124,988 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AJ14GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; R&D ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | May 18, 2021 | May 19, 2021 | Nov 19, 2021 | ||
| MACHINE LEARNING-ACCELERATED GRID ENVIRONMENT | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $124,788 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AJ14GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; R&D ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | May 12, 2021 | May 19, 2021 | Nov 19, 2021 | ||
| USER INTERFACE FOR THE DESIGN OF MULTIAGENT AUTONOMOUS MISSIONS | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $49,967 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC32NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEFENSE-RELATED ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH | Apr 12, 2021 | Apr 15, 2021 | Jul 14, 2021 | ||
| RENDEZVOUS AND PROXIMITY OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATOR (RAPID) | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $1,499,997 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC22NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH | Jul 24, 2020 | Jul 24, 2020 | Apr 25, 2022 | ||
| LONG DURATION PROPULSIVE TELEMETRY SPLITTER | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $195,473 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541511Custom Computer Programming Services | AD92 | Dec 6, 2019 | Dec 9, 2019 | Apr 30, 2021 | ||
| PROCESSOR REDUNDANCY ENABLED SOFTWARE EVENT RECOVERY WITH VOTING (PRESERV) | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $124,937 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Aug 19, 2019 | Aug 19, 2019 | Feb 18, 2020 | ||
| EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES (EMERGENT) PROPOSES TO DEVELOP ROBOT, THE RULES ORIENTED BLOCKCHAIN OPERATIONS TRANSACTOR. | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $124,912 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Aug 19, 2019 | Aug 19, 2019 | Sep 18, 2020 | ||
| EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES HAS CONTINUED DEVELOPING THE OPENFRAMES APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) AS A CORE COMPONENT OF OUR ONGOING NASA PHASE II-X SBIR (NNX16CG16C). OPENFRAMES ALLOWS 3RD-PARTY APPLICATIONS TO DISPLAY HIGH-FIDELITY INTERACTIVE 3D VISUALIZATIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO DIRECTLY WRITE ADVANCED COMPUTER GRAPHICS CODE. AS A KEY COMPONENT OF OUR SBIR WORK, WE DEVELOPED THE OPENFRAMESINTERFACE PLUGIN FOR GMAT, WHICH USES OPENFRAMES TO DISPLAY A LARGE VARIETY OF SPACECRAFT AND MISSION INFORMATION IN 3D. FOR THIS TASK, WE WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE OPENFRAMESINTERFACE WITH SUPPORT FOR ADVANCED SPACECRAFT VISUALIZATIONS, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO REALTIME RENDERING. THIS NEW CAPABILITY WILL ALLOW THE OPENFRAMESINTERFACE PLUGIN TO VISUALIZE SPACECRAFT TELEMETRY EITHER IN REAL TIME, OR IN SIMULATED PLAYBACK TIME, AND ADD ADDITIONAL VISUALIZATION COMPONENTS. | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $130,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Apr 25, 2019 | Apr 25, 2019 | May 31, 2020 | ||
| SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR AUTOMATION OF MULTI-SATELLITE SYSTEMS CONTRACT | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $1,778,596 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AZ15 | Apr 15, 2019 | Apr 15, 2019 | Apr 14, 2022 | ||
| RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $994,994 | DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY (DCMA) | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AD92 | Jan 30, 2019 | Jan 30, 2019 | Jan 29, 2021 | ||
| AUTOMATED REMOTE SENSOR TASKING | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $748,089 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC22NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH | Sep 5, 2018 | Sep 14, 2018 | Dec 16, 2020 | ||
| INCREASING THE LEVEL OF SPACECRAFT AUTONOMY FOR ANY FUTURE SPACE MISSION WILL MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE AND CAPABLE, ALLOWING NASA TO DO MORE SCIENCE WITH LESS OPERATIONS COSTS. FOR FUTURE DISTRIBUTED SPACE MISSIONS (DSMS) HOWEVER, SPACECRAFT AUTONOMY IS CRITICAL TO REDUCING COSTS TO MAKE THE MISSIONS AFFORDABLE AND PRACTICAL. THE USE OF MULTIPLE SATELLITES TO SIMULTANEOUSLY SAMPLE SCIENCE OBSERVATIONS IN MULTIPLE SPATIAL, SPECTRAL, ANGULAR, AND TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS IS FEASIBLE ONLY IF THE MISSION OPERATIONS COSTS DO NOT SCALE UP WITH THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES IN THE CONSTELLATION. ACCORDINGLY, FLIGHT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY THAT ENABLES SAFE, COST-EFFICIENT ON-BOARD OPERATION OF SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS IS REQUIRED. IN PHASE I OF THIS PROJECT, EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (EMERGENT) FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGHLY CAPABLE EXECUTIVE FOR AUTOMATING ON-BOARD SATELLITE OPERATIONS AND COORDINATING OPERATIONS BETWEEN DSM SATELLITES. CALLED DISTRIBUTED AUTOMATION SUITE FOR HEURISTIC EXECUTION AND RESPONSE (DASHER), THE EXECUTIVE IS COMPATIBLE WITH NASA S CORE FLIGHT SOFTWARE (CFS) SUITE TO LEVERAGE EXISTING FLIGHT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN ON MISSIONS SUCH AS LRO, MMS AND GPM AND EXTEND IT TO DSMS. IN PHASE I, WE SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED AN AUTONOMOUS EXECUTIVE. IN PHASE II, WE EXTEND THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTION TO PROVIDE A FULL CFS-BASED DSM AUTONOMY FRAMEWORK THAT INCLUDES MULTIPLE PLANNING AGENTS, SCHEDULING AT THE DSM LEVEL AND AT THE SATELLITE LEVEL, AND FAULT DETECTION, ISOLATION, AND RECOVERY (FDIR). DSMS USING THIS FRAMEWORK WILL BE ABLE TO AUTONOMOUSLY PLAN, SCHEDULE, AND EXECUTE ACTIVITIES USING SHARED RESOURCES. WE DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNOLOGY IN A REALISTIC HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION FOR CONCEPTUAL DSM MISSIONS TARGETED AT EARTH REMOTE SENSING. | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $749,925 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jul 5, 2018 | Jul 5, 2018 | Dec 18, 2020 | ||
| ENGINEERING SERVICE | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $99,889 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541330Engineering Services | B599SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- OTHER | Jun 20, 2018 | Jun 20, 2018 | Sep 30, 2018 | ||
| WE WILL ADDRESS THE STATEMENT OF WORK WITH THE SINGLE HIGH-LEVEL TASK 1: TO DEVELOP AND TEST UPDATES TO THE EXISTING OPENFRAMESINTERFACE THAT ENABLE REALTIME RENDERING OF SPACECRAFT POSITION AND ATTITUDE. WE WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK WITH TWO SUBTASKS, EACH OF WHICH RESULTS IN A DEMONSTRATION AND UPDATED VERSIONS OF THE OPENFRAMES API AND OPENFRAMESINTERFACE PLUGIN. NOTE THAT FOR BOTH SUBTASKS, WE WILL WORK WITH THE COR TO OBTAIN SAMPLE DATA THAT WILL BE USED FOR TESTING AND DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES. SUBTASK 1.1: OPENFRAMES ENHANCEMENTS OUR FIRST SUBTASK WILL FOCUS ON ENHANCEMENTS NEEDED IN THE OPENFRAMES API IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY DISPLAY REALTIME DATA. EXAMPLES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: DISPLAYING VECTORS BETWEEN CELESTIAL BODIES, SPACECRAFT, OR GROUND STATIONS OBTAINING SPACECRAFT POSITION/ATTITUDE DATA FROM DISPARATE SOURCES EXPANDING THE OPENFRAMES TRAJECTORY OBJECT S FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO SPECIFYING ATTITUDE POINTS SEPARATELY FROM POSITION POINTS WE WILL WORK WITH THE COR TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE ALL NECESSARY GRAPHICAL IMPROVEMENTS, THEN RESEARCH AND IMPLEMENT THEM OPENFRAMES. SUBTASK 1.2: REALTIME PROPAGATION SUPPORT IN OPENFRAMESINTERFACE OUR SECOND SUBTASK WILL FOCUS ON UPDATING THE OPENFRAMESINTERFACE GMAT PLUGIN WITH SUPPORT FOR A REALTIME DATA ANIMATION MODE. CURRENTLY THE PLUGIN CAN ANIMATE THE SCENE IN REAL TIME, HOWEVER THE DATA USED FOR ANIMATION IS ASSUMED TO BE PRE-COMPUTED. WE WILL WORK WITH THE COR TO DEFINE USE-CASES FOR ANIMATING DATA THAT CHANGES IN REALTIME, SUCH AS ATTITUDE TELEMETRY. THIS TASK WILL REQUIRE INTEGRATION WITH REALTIME PROPAGATORS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED FOR GMAT, AND WE WILL COORDINATE THESE ACTIVITIES WITH THE COR AND GMAT STAKEHOLDERS. WE WILL ALSO MODIFY THE OPENFRAMESINTERFACE GUI TO EXPOSE THE NEWLY-ADDED OPENFRAMES CAPABILITIES FROM SUBTASK 1.1, SO THAT USERS HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO ENABLING/DISABLING VISUALIZATION COMPONENTS. | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $64,999 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Apr 19, 2018 | Apr 19, 2018 | Nov 30, 2018 | ||
| EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES HAS DEVELOPED THE OPENFRAMES APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) AS A CORE COMPONENT OF OUR ONGOING NASA PHASE II SBIR (NNX16CG16C). OPENFRAMES ALLOWS 3RD-PARTY APPLICATIONS TO DISPLAY HIGH-FIDELITY INTERACTIVE 3D VISUALIZATIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO DIRECTLY WRITE ADVANCED COMPUTER GRAPHICS CODE. AS A PART OF OUR PHASE II WORK, WE ENABLED THE VISUALIZATION OF MASSIVE POINT CLOUD DATA IN VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) WITH OPENFRAMES, WHICH HAS MADE IT PARTICULARLY USEFUL TO THE NASA GSFC VIRTUAL LANDSCAPES PROJECT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE VIRTUAL LANDSCAPES PROJECT BY DEVELOPING THE ABILITY TO RENDER INTERACTIVE USER INTERFACE (UI) ELEMENTS IN OPENFRAMES, AS DETAILED IN THIS PROPOSAL. | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $10,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Feb 8, 2018 | Feb 8, 2018 | Mar 22, 2018 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF DISTRIBUTED IN FIGHT SENSOR CONTROL INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SOFTWARE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTED SENSIN | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $149,994 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC62 | Nov 22, 2017 | Nov 22, 2017 | Aug 22, 2018 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGFSOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OPENFRAMES API | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $75,033 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541330Engineering Services | B506SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- DATA (OTHER THAN SCIENTIFIC) | Sep 27, 2017 | Sep 27, 2017 | Sep 27, 2017 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF GODDARD MISSION SERVICES EVOLUTION CENTER (GMSEC)-JOINT MISSION SYSTEM (JMS) | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $149,913 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541712 | AC21NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Aug 25, 2017 | Sep 4, 2017 | Jun 4, 2018 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF DISTRIBUTED SPACECRAFT MISSIONS (DSM) HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN THE EFFORT TO EXTEND THE CAPABILITIES OF INSTRUMENTS TO GATHER CRITICAL EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE DATA. DSMS, WHICH INCLUDE CONSTELLATIONS, FORMATIONS AND CLUSTERS, HAVE ALREADY BEEN EMPLOYED AND HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FOR SEVERAL FUTURE SPACE SCIENCE MISSIONS. THE MAGNETOSPHERIC MULTISCALE (MMS) MISSION IS A CURRENT SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PROBE MISSION COMPRISING FOUR IDENTICALLY INSTRUMENTED SPACECRAFT FLYING IN A RELATIVELY CLOSE FORMATION TO STUDY THE EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE. ALTHOUGH THEY OPEN UP NEW SCIENCE FRONTIERS AND NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR SATELLITE DESIGN, CONSTELLATIONS WILL BE LIMITED IF THEIR OPERATIONS COSTS SCALE WITH THE NUMBER OF SATELLITES. A KEY ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR FUTURE DSMS WILL BE THEIR ABILITY TO OPERATE WITH A LEVEL OF AUTONOMY TO LEVERAGE THE CAPABILITIES OF A STANDARD-SIZED TEAM OF SATELLITE OPERATORS TO SAFELY OPERATE A FLEET OF SATELLITES. OUR INNOVATION IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CFS APP SUITE, CALLED THE DISTRIBUTED AUTOMATION SUITE FOR HEURISTIC EXECUTION AND RESPONSE (DASHER), WHICH EXTENDS THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ART IN ONBOARD AUTOMATION FOR SPACECRAFT FLIGHT SOFTWARE. THE MAIN COMPONENT OF DASHER IS A MISSION MANAGER THAT CAN EXECUTE SCIENCE OBSERVATION AND ENGINEERING PLANS INTELLIGENTLY. DASHER USES A COMMON PLANNING LANGUAGE TO INTELLIGENTLY EXECUTE PLANS. | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $124,998 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 8, 2016 | Jun 10, 2016 | Jun 9, 2017 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF TODAY'S MISSION DESIGNERS RELY ON STATE OF THE ART TOOLS WITH MODERN GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) ELEMENTS AND REAL-TIME 3D INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS TO VISUALIZE THEIR TRAJECTORIES AND ORBIT CONTROL STRATEGIES. NASA GSFC'S GENERAL MISSION ANALYSIS TOOL (GMAT) OFFERS ADVANCED MISSION DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION CAPABILITIES WITH A FLEXIBLE GUI, BUT ITS 3D GRAPHICS ARE LACKING IN BOTH THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF ITS GRAPHICAL COMPONENTS AS WELL AS THE MATURITY OF ITS VISUALIZATION SUBSYSTEM. EMERGENT WILL THEREFORE MODERNIZE GMAT WITH WORLD-CLASS VISUALIZATION CAPABILITIES VIA A GRAPHICS ARCHITECTURE THAT CAN ADAPT TO FUTURE VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES BY REPLACING THE EXISTING BASIC GRAPHICS CODE WITH THE OPENFRAMES VISUALIZATION SOFTWARE. OPENFRAMES IS AN OPEN SOURCE API THAT ALLOWS SIMULATIONS TO INCORPORATE HIGH-PERFORMANCE INTERACTIVE 3D VISUALIZATIONS WITHOUT REQUIRING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE EXISTING SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE. WE WILL UTILIZE THE MISSION DESIGN VISUALIZATION REQUIREMENTS DEVELOPED IN PHASE I TO FULLY INTEGRATE OPENFRAMES INTO GMAT AND DEMONSTRATE HOW IT ENABLES NEW AND INNOVATIVE MISSION DESIGN APPLICATIONS SUCH AS VISUAL INTERACTIVE TRAJECTORY DESIGN AND VIRTUAL REALITY-BASED SIMULATION AND MODELING. AS A RESULT, THIS RESEARCH WILL NOT ONLY BRING GMAT VISUALIZATIONS UP TO PAR WITH COTS MISSION DESIGN TOOLS SUCH AS STK/ASTROGATOR, BUT WILL ALSO ENABLE IT TO BE VIABLE FOR USE IN VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS THE OCULUS RIFT. MODERNIZED VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY WILL INCREASE GMAT'S USER BASE AND ENHANCE ITS UTILITY FOR FUTURE NASA DISCOVERY AND HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT MISSIONS THAT REQUIRE HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATIONS PAIRED WITH TRULY INTERACTIVE 3D VISUALIZATIONS. | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $1,049,941 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Apr 20, 2016 | Apr 20, 2016 | Apr 18, 2019 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF TODAY'S MISSION DESIGNERS RELY ON STATE OF THE ART TOOLS WITH MODERN GUI ELEMENTS AND REAL-TIME 3D INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS TO VISUALIZE THEIR TRAJECTORIES AND ORBIT CONTROL STRATEGIES. ONE SUCH TOOL, NASA GSFC'S GENERAL MISSION ANALYSIS TOOL (GMAT), OFFERS ADVANCED MISSION DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION CAPABILITIES WITH A FLEXIBLE GUI. HOWEVER, ITS CURRENT 3D GRAPHICS ARE LACKING IN BOTH THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF GRAPHICAL COMPONENTS AS WELL AS THE MATURITY OF ITS VISUALIZATION ARCHITECTURE. FORTUNATELY, GMAT'S UNDERLYING FLEXIBLE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE WAS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE MODULAR IMPROVEMENTS. WE PROPOSE TO PROVIDE GMAT WITH WORLD-CLASS VISUALIZATION CAPABILITIES AND A GRAPHICS ARCHITECTURE THAT CAN ADAPT TO FUTURE VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES BY REPLACING THE EXISTING BASIC GRAPHICS CODE WITH THE OPENFRAMES VISUALIZATION SOFTWARE. OPENFRAMES IS AN OPEN SOURCE API THAT ALLOWS SIMULATIONS TO INCORPORATE HIGH-PERFORMANCE INTERACTIVE 3D VISUALIZATIONS WITHOUT REQUIRING SIGNIFICANT ARCHITECTURE CHANGES. IN THIS RESEARCH, WE DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GMAT'S VISUALIZATION NEEDS, CREATE A PLAN TO INTEGRATE OPENFRAMES INTO GMAT, DEMONSTRATE A PROTOTYPE OF OPENFRAMES IN GMAT, AND COMPARE THE PERFORMANCE OF OPENFRAMES TO THE EXISTING BASIC VISUALIZATIONS IN GMAT. THIS RESEARCH WILL NOT ONLY BRING GMAT VISUALIZATIONS UP TO PAR WITH OTHER MISSION DESIGN TOOLS, SUCH AS AGI'S STK/ASTROGATOR AND NASA JSC'S COPERNICUS, BUT WILL ALSO ALLOW GMAT TO SUPPORT CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS INTERACTIVE VISUAL TRAJECTORY DESIGN AND VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS THE GSFC CAVE. IN TURN, THIS WILL INCREASE GMAT'S USER BASE AND INCREASE ITS UTILITY FOR FUTURE NASA MISSIONS, SUCH AS DECADAL SURVEY AND DISCOVERY CLASS MISSIONS THAT REQUIRE HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATIONS PAIRED WITH TRULY INTERACTIVE 3D VISUALIZATIONS. | EMERGENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | $124,823 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 2, 2015 | Jun 17, 2015 | Dec 17, 2015 |