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80NM0018D0004 - THIS CONTRACT IS THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) AND THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CONTRACTOR), A PRIVATE NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE OPERATION OF THE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC) KNOWN AS THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY (JPL). THIS CONTRACT IS THE ONLY DOCUMENT THAT CONSTITUTES THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

IDC - Operation of the Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) JPL - 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences

Contractor: California Institute of Technology (CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)
Contracting Agency/Office: National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Effective date: 06/29/2018
Obligated Amount: $17.2B

NNX11CB29C - MARS SAMPLE RETURN POSES SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF ANY NASA DEEP SPACE MISSION. RENDEZVOUS OF A VEHICLE WITH A SAMPLE CANISTER IN ORDER TO RETURN THE CANISTER TO EARTH REQUIRES A VARIETY OF COMPLEX MATHEMATICAL PROCESSING ON A CHANGING DATA SET, COUPLED WITH THE NEED TO SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY HANDLE A LARGE RANGE OF OFF-NOMINAL CONDITIONS AND SPACECRAFT FAULTS. LIGHT SPEED DELAY ISOLATES THE SPACECRAFT FROM REAL-TIME OPERATOR INTERVENTION, WHILE INERTIAL AND SITUATIONAL UNCERTAINTIES DEMAND REACTIVITY NOT REQUIRED OF TYPICAL SPACECRAFT SEQUENCING SYSTEMS. THESE MISSION FEATURES CALL FOR A NEW CLASS OF SEQUENCE CAPABILITY: REACTIVE RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING SEQUENCER (RRDS). RRDS MELDS THE RULE-BASED REACTIVITY NEEDED FOR RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING WITH SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS COMMON TO MORE TRADITIONAL MISSIONS. RULES WATCH FOR CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO REACT TO THE CURRENT SITUATION, ALLOWING A WIDE RANGE OF COMPLEX ACTIVITIES AND SAFETY-RELATED RESPONSES TO BE CONCISELY REPRESENTED WITHOUT COMPLEX PROCEDURAL PROGRAMMING. RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMMANDING ELEMENTS ABOARD THE SPACECRAFT IS DIVIDED AMONG SEQUENCED STATE MACHINES CALLED MANAGERS, COORDINATED TOGETHER BY A FLIGHT DIRECTOR WHICH THE GROUND COMMANDS. UNDERLYING FLIGHT SOFTWARE FOR NAVIGATION, THRUSTER ALLOCATION, INERTIAL CHECKING, ATTITUDE ESTIMATION AND CONTROL, CONTACT DETECTION, DOCKING MECHANISMS, AND THE LIKE RECEIVE DIRECTION FROM THE MANAGERS. THIS MEDIATED CONTROL CAUSES THE SYSTEM TO REACTIVELY OPERATE IN MODES WITH PROPER ORDERING OF ACTIVITIES. REACTIVE OPERATIONS ARE REPRESENTED EXPLICITLY BY STATES AND TRANSITIONS DEFINING THE MANAGERS, AND DO NOT REQUIRE USE OF EXPLICITLY TIMED ACTIVITIES. PHASE II OF THIS SBIR WILL PRODUCE A CLASS B VERSION OF THE UNDERLAYING VML 2.2 FLIGHT SOFTWARE CAPABLE OF EXECUTING THE RRDS STATE MACHINES. IT WILL ALSO PRODUCE CLASS C VERSIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED VML COMPILER AND OFFLINE VM EXECUTION SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYMENT ONTO FLIGHT PROJECTS.

Definitive Contract - 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)

Contractor: BLUE SUN ENTERPRISES, INC
Contracting Agency/Office: National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date: 06/01/2011
Obligated Amount: $599.8k

NNX11CF77P - PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM) FUEL CELLS AND ELECTROLYZERS ARE KEY TECHNOLOGIES FOR NASA SPACE SYSTEMS UTILIZING HYDROGEN, OXYGEN, OR WATER AS REACTANTS. IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE LIFE AND RELIABILITY OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL STACKS WITHIN THESE SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS TO REDUCE OVERALL SYSTEM MASS/VOLUME AND COST, DEVELOPMENT OF MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE-ASSEMBLIES (MEAS) THAT ARE STABLE AND HIGHLY EFFICIENT IS CRITICAL. CURRENTLY, THE STATE-OF-THE-ART MEMBRANES USED IN FUEL CELL SYSTEMS ARE PERFLUOROCARBON SULFONATE BASED MATERIALS SUCH AS NAFIONREG WHICH SHOW EXCELLENT STABILITY AND CONDUCTIVITY UNDER HYDRATED CONDITION AT LOW TEMPERATURE (T 80 C). HOWEVER, HIGHER OPERATING TEMPERATURES (T>130 C) WOULD PROVIDE SEVERAL ADVANTAGES FOR FUEL CELL OPERATION. ADVANTAGES INCLUDE HIGHER OPERATING CURRENTS, IMPROVED CO TOLERANCE, SIMPLER AND MORE EFFICIENT HEAT MANAGEMENT, SIMPLER WATER MANAGEMENT AND POTENTIAL USE OF NON-PLATINUM CATALYSTS. IN THIS PROGRAM, EIC LABORATORIES WILL DEVELOP NOVEL PEM MEMBRANES THAT ARE INSENSITIVE TO HYDRATION FOR USE AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES AND WHICH CAN BE SYNTHESIZED INEXPENSIVELY IN BULK.

Purchase Order - 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)

Contractor: E I C LABORATORIES, INC (EIC LABORATORIES, INC.)
Contracting Agency/Office: National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date: 02/18/2011
Obligated Amount: $100k

NNX10CE20P - MARS SAMPLE RETURN POSES SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF ANY NASA DEEP SPACE MISSION. RENDEZVOUS OF A VEHICLE WITH A SAMPLE CANISTER IN ORDER TO RETURN THE CANISTER TO EARTH REQUIRES A VARIETY OF COMPLEX MATHEMATICAL PROCESSING ON A CHANGING DATA SET, COUPLED WITH THE NEED TO SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY HANDLE A LARGE RANGE OF OFF-NOMINAL CONDITIONS AND SPACECRAFT FAULTS. LIGHT SPEED DELAY ISOLATES THE SPACECRAFT FROM REAL-TIME OPERATOR INTERVENTION, WHILE INERTIAL AND SITUATIONAL UNCERTAINTIES DEMAND REACTIVITY NOT REQUIRED OF TYPICAL SPACECRAFT SEQUENCING SYSTEMS. THESE MISSION FEATURES CALL FOR A NEW CLASS OF SEQUENCE CAPABILITY: REACTIVE RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING SEQUENCER (RRDS). RRDS MELDS THE RULE-BASED REACTIVITY NEEDED FOR RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING WITH SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS COMMON TO MORE TRADITIONAL MISSIONS. RULES WATCH FOR CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO REACT TO THE CURRENT SITUATION, ALLOWING A WIDE RANGE OF COMPLEX ACTIVITIES AND SAFETY-RELATED RESPONSES TO BE CONCISELY REPRESENTED WITHOUT COMPLEX PROCEDURAL PROGRAMMING. BUILT ATOP JPL'S VML 2.1, RRDS USES STATE MACHINES TO REACT TO A VARIETY POTENTIAL CONDITIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY. CONDITIONS INCLUDE OUT-OF-ENVELOPE INERTIAL BEHAVIOR, HARDWARE MALFUNCTIONS, FLIGHT SOFTWARE ERRORS, AND GROUND WAVE-OFF, AMONG OTHERS. RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMMANDING ELEMENTS ABOARD THE SPACECRAFT IS DIVIDED AMONG STATE MACHINES CALLED MANAGERS, COORDINATED TOGETHER BY A FLIGHT DIRECTOR WHICH THE GROUND COMMANDS. UNDERLYING FLIGHT SOFTWARE FOR NAVIGATION, THRUSTER ALLOCATION, INERTIAL CHECKING, ATTITUDE ESTIMATION AND CONTROL, CONTACT DETECTION, DOCKING MECHANISMS, AND THE LIKE RECEIVE DIRECTION FROM THE MANAGERS. THIS MEDIATED CONTROL CAUSES THE SYSTEM TO REACTIVELY OPERATE IN MODES WITH PROPER ORDERING OF ACTIVITIES. REACTIVE OPERATIONS ARE REPRESENTED EXPLICITLY BY STATES AND TRANSITIONS DEFINING THE MANAGERS, AND DO NOT REQUIRE USE OF EXPLICITLY TIMED ACTIVITIES.

Purchase Order - 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)

Contractor: BLUE SUN ENTERPRISES, INC
Contracting Agency/Office: National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date: 01/28/2010
Obligated Amount: $99.8k

NNX09CD80P - LONG BURST ERROR CORRECTING CODES LONG BURST ERROR MITIGATION IS AN ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE USE OF KA BAND FOR HIGH RATE COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT USERS. MULTIPLE NASA, GOVERNMENT, AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS PLAN TO USE THE KA-BAND DUE TO ITS LARGE CAPACITY AND FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING RELATIVE TO OTHER BANDS SUCH AS S, X, AND KU. CURRENT DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ADEPT AT MANAGING DEGRADED CHANNEL CONDITIONS USING ROBUST FEC CODES AND STRATEGIES SUCH AS ADAPTIVE OR VARIABLE CODING AND MODULATION (ACM/VCM). THESE STRATEGIES DO NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESS LONG BURST ERROR CONDITIONS ON THE ORDER OF 100,000 SYMBOLS. EXISTING FEC CODES OF UP TO 16,000 SYMBOLS ARE INADEQUATE. NEW METHODS TO ADDRESS THIS FAST FADE OR BURST ERROR CONDITION MUST BE CONSIDERED. IN PHASE 1, WE IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS LONG BURST ERRORS WITHIN THE POWER AND SIZE CONSTRAINTS OF A SATELLITE APPLICATION. IN PHASE 2, WE MODIFY AN EXISTING PLATFORM TO DEMONSTRATE PERFORMANCE UNDER REAL-WORLD CONDITIONS AND STUDY THE INTERACTION OF THESE MITIGATION METHODS WITH HIGHER LAYER PROTOCOLS.

Purchase Order - 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)

Contractor: INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING, LLC
Contracting Agency/Office: National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date: 01/16/2009
Obligated Amount: $99.9k

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