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80NSSC23DA003 - NASA ENTERPRISE-WIDE HUMAN CAPITAL SUPPORT SERVICES (NEHCSS) - STRATEGY CONSULTING TEAM LLC
IDC - NASA Enterprise-Wide Human Capital Support Services (NEHCSS) (2022) - 541612 Human Resources Consulting Services
Contractor
STRATEGY CONSULTING TEAM, LLC (STRATEGY CONSULTING TEAM LLC)
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
02/01/2023
Obligated Amount
$4.2M
80NSSC23DA001 - NASA ENTERPRISE-WIDE HUMAN CAPITAL SUPPORT SERVICES (NEHCSS) - IBEX IT BUSINESS EXPERTS, LLC
IDC - NASA Enterprise-Wide Human Capital Support Services (NEHCSS) (2022) - 541612 Human Resources Consulting Services
Contractor
IBEX IT BUSINESS EXPERTS LLC
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
02/01/2023
Obligated Amount
$308.4k
80NSSC23DA002 - NASA ENTERPRISE-WIDE HUMAN CAPITAL SUPPORT SERVICES (NEHCSS) - BRYCE SOLUTIONS, LLC
IDC - NASA Enterprise-Wide Human Capital Support Services (NEHCSS) (2022) - 541612 Human Resources Consulting Services
Contractor
BRYCE SOLUTIONS, LLC
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
01/31/2023
Obligated Amount
$11.2M
80NSSC22PC328 - APOGEE CHASSIS HARDWARE
Purchase Order - 334513 Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
Contractor
VPRIME TECH INC
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
09/27/2022
Obligated Amount
$20.2k
80NSSC21AA001 - THIS AGREEMENT IS TO PROVIDE A THIRD-PARTY ISO 9001, ISO 14001, AND AS 9100 REGISTRAR SERVICES TO INCLUDE (A) AUDITING OF NASA OPERATIONS.
BPA - 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
Contractor
PARAGON BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC. (PARAGON SOLUTIONS, INC.)
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
09/08/2021
Obligated Amount
$298.5k
80NSSC19P2164 - TEMA 2D&3D SOFTWARE.
Purchase Order - 511210 Software Publishers
Contractor
SPECIALISED IMAGING INCORPORATED
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
09/11/2019
Obligated Amount
$62.3k
80NSSC19P1721 - JET FUEL DELIVERED IN 7500 TO 8,000 GALLONS UNIT TANKERS WITH A TOTAL OF UP TO 24,000 GALLONS
Purchase Order - 424720 Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals)
Contractor
ARROW ENERGY, INC.
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
08/05/2019
Obligated Amount
$56.1k
80NSSC19C0513 - SAIL TRIMMING ACTUATOR FOR TARGETED REENTRY (STARTR)
Definitive Contract - 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
Contractor
ROCCOR, LLC
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
08/05/2019
Obligated Amount
$125k
80NSSC19P0787 - OT : OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZER : 4200698491
Purchase Order - 334515 Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
Contractor
YOKOGAWA CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
07/08/2019
Obligated Amount
$72k
80NSSC19P0925 - THIS IS A PURCHASE ORDER FOR THE RENEWAL OF ELLIPTOOL SOFTWARE TOOLS, AS PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR'S QUOTE DATED 6/18/2019. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS 6/20/2019 THROUGH 6/19/2020.
Purchase Order - 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services
Contractor
ELLIPTICAL ENGINEERING, INC.
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
06/19/2019
Obligated Amount
$410k
80NSSC18P3682 - OT:: THIS IS A PURCHASE ORDER FOR THE SUBJECT BRAND NAME FROM GEM FOR EIGHT TOTAL PASSENGER ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
Purchase Order - 336999 All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Contractor
Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.)
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
09/25/2018
Obligated Amount
$145k
80NSSC18C0173 - IN RESPONSE TO NASA S NEED FOR 1,000M2-10,000M2 CLASS SOLAR SAILS FOR FUTURE EXPLORATION MISSIONS, ROCCOR IS DEVELOPING THE COMPOSITE TRUSSED TRAC (T-TRAC) BOOM SYSTEM. LIKE THE ORIGINAL TRAC BOOM TO BE FLIGHT VALIDATED ON THE UPCOMING NEA (NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID) SCOUT MISSION (MCNUTT, ET AL [2014]), T-TRAC HAS A TRIANGULAR CROSS-SECTION THAT FLATTENS AND ROLLS AROUND A SPOOL FOR PACKAGING. UNLIKE THE ORIGINAL TRAC, T-TRAC IS APPLICABLE TO MUCH LARGER SCALE SAIL SYSTEMS. THE PROPOSED T-TRAC BOOM IS ADVANCING TRAC TECHNOLOGY THROUGH: 1) SCALING UP THE CROSS-SECTION SIZE AND LENGTH OF THE BOOM, 2) LIGHT WEIGHTING THE BOOM THROUGH MATERIAL RE-DISTRIBUTION AND REMOVAL, AND 3) CROSS-SECTION GEOMETRIC MODIFICATION AND CLOSING. PRELIMINARY ANALYSES INDICATE THESE STEPS WILL ACHIEVE MORE THAN A 5X INCREASE IN TRAC BOOM STRUCTURAL MASS EFFICIENCY OVER RECENTLY DEVELOPED HIGH STRAIN COMPOSITE (HSC) TRAC BOOMS, WHILE MAINTAINING AN EXTREMELY COMPACT ROLL STOWED CONFIGURATION THAT LEVERAGES THE SOLAR SAIL MECHANICAL DESIGN HERITAGE ESTABLISHED WITH THE RECENT NANOSAIL D (ALHORN, ET AL [2011]) AND UPCOMING NEA SCOUT TRAC-DEPLOYED SAIL SYSTEMS. THE OVERARCHING PHASE II OBJECTIVE IS TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND MATURE THE T-TRAC TECHNOLOGY SUCH THAT IT CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR NASA S FUTURE MID-SIZED SOLAR SAIL MISSIONS. MULTI-SCALE MICRO-MECHANICS, LAMINATE, CROSS-SECTION, AND FULL SECTION ANALYSES WILL BE PERFORMED TO OPTIMIZE LAMINATE ARCHITECTURE AND TRAC GEOMETRY. THE PHASE II EFFORT WILL CULMINATE IN THE DESIGN, PRODUCTION AND DEMONSTRATION OF A FOUR-BOOM T-TRAC DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM.
Definitive Contract - 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
Contractor
ROCCOR, LLC
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
06/20/2018
Obligated Amount
$755k
NNX17CL07C - A NEW DEPLOYABLE SPACECRAFT BOOM TECHNOLOGY CALLED THE TRIANGULAR ROLLABLE AND COLLAPSIBLE BOOM (TRACTM BOOM), INVENTED BY THE AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY AND EXCLUSIVELY LICENSED BY ROCCOR, IS BEING CONSIDERED BY NASA FOR NUMEROUS MISSIONS INCLUDING THE COMET RENDEZVOUS, SAMPLE ACQUISITION, ISOLATION, AND RETURN (CORSAIR) MISSION BEING DEVELOPED BY NASA GODDARD. FOR CORSAIR, NASA HAS BASELINED A RATHER ROBUST HIGH STRAIN COMPOSITE (HSC) TRAC BOOM TO TETHER A COMET SAMPLE ACQUISITION AND RETRIEVING PROJECTILE (SARP) TO THE SPACECRAFT AND PREVENT THE HARPOON-LIKE PENETRATOR FROM RECOILING BACK AND IMPACTING THE SPACECRAFT DURING RETRIEVAL. HOWEVER, QUESTIONS REMAIN AS TO HOW TO DESIGN AND BUILD A COMPOSITE TRAC BOOM WITH SUFFICIENT STRENGTH SO AS TO TOLERATE THE RELATIVELY LONG STORAGE TIME (SEVERAL YEARS IN-TRANSIT TO THE COMET) AND RELATIVELY HIGH DEPLOYMENT SPEEDS (~30-150 F/S) NECESSARY FOR THE CORSAIR HARPOON SYSTEM. TO ADDRESS THIS CHALLENGE DURING PHASE II, ROCCOR PROPOSES TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BONDLINE IN COMPOSITE TRAC BOOMS BY REINFORCING THE ADHESIVE JOINT AND DEVELOPING MECHANICAL END FITTINGS THAT ALLOW HIGHER PACKAGING STRAINS WHILE MINIMIZING CREEP. WE ALSO PROPOSE TO VALIDATE A RELATIVELY LOW COST, OUT-OF-AUTOCLAVE PROCESS FOR AFFECTING THE BOND, AND VALIDATE ANALYTICAL MODELS TO SIMULATE THE TIME- AND TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOR OF COMPOSITE TRAC BONDED JOINT, AND GUIDE ENGINEERING QUALIFICATION OF THE JOINTS FOR FUTURE NASA MISSIONS, INCLUDING CORSAIR. MOREOVER, ROCCOR WILL ALSO FURTHER OPTIMIZE THE SYSTEM DESIGN, INCLUDING PROXIMAL AND DISTALL END FITTINGS THAT CONNECT TRAC BOOM INTO THE CORSAIR STORAGE CANISTER AND SAMPLE RETURN PROJECTILE TO VALIDATE STRENGTH AND CREEP PERFORMANCE TO MISSION REQUIREMENTS, AND TO INCORPORATE LOAD-LIMITING FEATURES THAT PREVENT CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRAC BOOM DURING OPERATION.
Definitive Contract - 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Contractor
ROCCOR, LLC
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
05/01/2017
Obligated Amount
$751.5k
NNX17AF80G - IT WAS BELIEVED UNTIL RECENTLY THAT ALL STARS OF 1 TO 8 MSUN ENTER A SHORT (<50,000 YR) PLANETARY NEBULA (PN) PHASE BETWEEN THE AGB AND WHITE DWARF PHASES. THIS TEXTBOOK PICTURE OF STELLAR EVOLUTION IS FAILING. CONSIDERABLE EVIDENCE NOW EXISTS TO ARGUE THAT PN FORMATION REQUIRES UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES (E.G., BINARY INTERACTIONS; DE MARCO 2009). THE TEXTBOOK MODEL FAILS IN SEVERAL WAYS: (1) THE NUMBER OF PNE IN GALAXIES IS 5X TOO LOW, (2) PNE SHOULD NOT FORM IN GLOBULAR CLUSTERS BUT THEY DO, (3)>80% OF PNE ARE NON-SPHERICAL YET THEIR PROGENITOR STARS HAVE SPHERICAL WINDS, AND (4) THE PN LUMINOSITY FUNCTION (PNLF) METHOD FOR MEASURING GALAXY DISTANCES SHOULD PLACE ELLIPTICALS 3X TOO FAR BUT DOESN'T. THESE ANOMALIES CAN BE EXPLAINED IF MOST PNE ARE A MANIFESTATION OF BINARY INTERACTIONS RATHER THAN A NORMAL PHASE OF EVOLUTION (JACOBY ET AL 1997; DE MARCO 2009). IN TERMS OF BROADER IMPACT, RESOLVING THE PN FORMATION MECHANISM CAN EXPLAIN THE SUCCESS OF THE PNLF, IMPROVING CONFIDENCE IN ITS RESULTS, AND CHANGE OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MATERIAL RETURNED TO THE ISM, WHICH AFFECTS GALACTIC CHEMICAL EVOLUTION. WE MONITORED ALL 6 PN CENTRAL STARS (PNCS) IN KEPLER S ORIGINAL FIELD. GROUND-BASED DATA SUGGESTED THAT 15% (I.E., 1) PNCS WOULD EXHIBIT VARIABILITY OF SUFFICIENT AMPLITUDE (5%) TO IMPLY A CLOSE COMPANION (MISZALSKI ET AL. 2009). WITH KEPLER S SUPERIOR PHOTOMETRY, WE DETECTED PERIODIC VARIABILITY IN 3 PNCS AND QUASIPERIODIC BEHAVIOR IN A FOURTH, AT AMPLITUDES UP TO 100X LOWER THAN GROUND-BASED DATA CAN MEASURE. ALL 4 VARIABLES ARE VERY LIKELY A CONSEQUENCE OF BINARY INTERACTIONS (DE MARCO ET AL 2015). OF THE REMAINING 2 PNE, KEPLER COULD NOT SEPARATE THE PNCS FROM THE NEBULA IN ONE CASE. IN THE OTHER (ABELL 61), THE STAR DIDN T VARY, BUT ITS SPHERICAL MORPHOLOGY IS COMPATIBLE WITH A SINGLE STAR ORIGIN HAVING NO PHOTOMETRIC VARIATION. THUS, ALL KEPLER PNE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE BINARY HYPOTHESIS. WE HAVE SINCE EXAMINED DATA FROM K2 CAMPAIGNS 0 (3 PNE) AND 2 (4 PNE). THESE PNE HAVE FAINTER STARS AND MORE COMPACT NEBULAE THAN THOSE IN THE KEPLER FIELD. ALSO, THE K2 SENSITIVITY IS DEGRADED RELATIVE TO KEPLER; 2 OF THE 4 VARIABLES SEEN IN THE KEPLER FIELD WOULD HAVE BEEN MISSED WITH K2. STILL, WE DID FIND 1 EXCELLENT CONTACT BINARY WITH A PERIOD OF 0.6D. WE PLAN TO DEVELOP A TUNED REDUCTION SCHEME THAT ADDRESSES OUR PROBLEM SPECIFICALLY, I.E. FAINT STARS EMBEDDED IN BRIGHT SKY FROM THE NEBULA. WE WILL FOCUS ON THAT EFFORT WHEN DATA FOR CAMPAIGN 7 TARGETS (8 PNE) ARE RELEASED. THE MAIN ISSUE IS CENTROIDING THE PNCS IN BUSY FIELDS; METHODS EXIST (LAUER 1999) THAT CAN IMPROVE CENTROID MEASUREMENT AND PHOTOMETRY FOR UNDERSAMPLED DATA. DUE TO THE CHALLENGING TARGETS IN THE K2 FIELDS, OUR USEFUL SAMPLE REMAINS SMALL DESPITE A TOTAL OF 22 OBJECTS. CAMPAIGN 11, THOUGH, COVERS AN EXTREMELY PN-RICH FIELD WITH 195 PNE FALLING ON SILICON. MOST OF THESE SUFFER SIMILAR ISSUES: FAINT STARS, COMPACT NEBULAE, CROWDED FIELDS. WE WILL INCLUDE ALL TARGETS FOR COMPLETENESS AND FUTURE ANALYSIS, NOTING THAT 36 PNE HAVE QUALITY COMPARABLE TO THOSE IN THE KEPLER FIELD. THAT WILL BRING THE KEPLER BINARY CENTRAL STAR SEARCH TO A STATISTICAL LEVEL THAT IS BETTER THAN OTHER BINARY PNCS DETECTION METHODS (MISZALSKI ET AL 2009; DOUCHIN ET AL 2015). WE WILL AGAIN FOLLOW UP PHOTOMETRIC VARIABLES WITH RADIAL VELOCITY SPECTRA FROM GEMINI TO VALIDATE BINARY PERIODICITIES (SEE DE MARCO ET AL 2015). THIS IS A CONTINUING PROGRAM FROM KEPLER CYCLE 3 (6 OBJECTS), AND THE K2 CAMPAIGNS 0, 2, AND 7 (15 OBJECTS). WE WILL DRASTICALLY IMPROVE THE STATISTICS OF THE SAMPLE TO>50 PNE. CAMPAIGN 11 IS ESSENTIAL, AS IT IS THE MOST POPULATED FIELD TO STUDY PNE WITH KEPLER.
Grant for Research
Contractor
LOWELL OBSERVATORY
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
02/09/2017
Obligated Amount
$30k
NNX17EB56P - SHEET METAL STORAGE RACK
Purchase Order - 423830 Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers
Contractor
MODERN MACHINERY COMPANY
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
02/02/2017
Obligated Amount
$28.9k
NNX16WA73P - IXPE STACK ASSEMBLY
Purchase Order - 339999 All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Contractor
ASTRO MACHINE WORKS, INC.
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
07/15/2016
Obligated Amount
$29.7k
NNX16CL50P - IN RESPONSE TO NASA'S NEED FOR COMPACT, LOW-COST DEPLOYABLE SOLAR SAIL BOOMS FOR CUBESATS, ROCCOR PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPOSITE TRAC (TRAC HP) BOOM SYSTEM. THE PROPOSED DESIGN WILL ADVANCE TRAC TECHNOLOGY THROUGH: 1) THE USE OF THIN-PLY COMPOSITE LAMINATES THAT ARE CAPABLE OF HIGHER PACKAGING STRAINS, 2) THE USE OF HIGH MODULUS CARBON FIBERS TO INCREASE SPECIFIC MODULUS OF THE DEPLOYED BOOMS, AND 3) INCORPORATING A STEPPED TAPER OF THE BOOM LAMINATE THICKNESS ALONG ITS LENGTH TO IMPROVE COMPRESSION EFFICIENCY WHILE MINIMIZING IMPACT TO PACKAGED VOLUME. PRELIMINARY ANALYSES INDICATE A COMPOSITE TRAC HP BOOM CAN ACHIEVE MORE THAN A 3X INCREASE IN BUCKLING STRENGTH AND 15X REDUCTION IN THERMAL DEFORMATIONS COMPARED TO THE ELGILOY TRAC DESIGN CURRENTLY BASELINED FOR NASA?S NEA SCOUT MISSION. THE OVERARCHING PHASE I OBJECTIVE IS TO CONDUCT AN PRELIMINARY DESIGN-ANALYSIS-FABRICATION-TEST LOOP FOR A TRAC HP FOUR-BOOM SYSTEM CAPABLE OF MEETING REQUIREMENTS FOR NASA?S NEA SCOUT MISSION, AND CLEARLY IDENTIFY ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT RISKS THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED TO ULTIMATELY ENSURE ADEQUATE PERFORMANCE OF THESE BOOMS ON-ORBIT. DURING PHASE II, THE TRAC HP BOOM SYSTEM WILL BE DEVELOPED TO A PROTO-FLIGHT LEVEL OF MATURITY (ENGINEERING DESIGN TO FLIGHT CDR, AND MANUFACTURING/TEST PLAN IN CONFORMANCE WITH FLIGHT HARDWARE QUALITY STANDARDS), AND NUMEROUS HARDWARE PROTOTYPES WILL BE BUILT AND TESTED TO ESTABLISH PERFORMANCE FOR NEA SCOUT AND OTHER CUBESAT SOLAR SAIL MISSIONS OF INTEREST TO NASA.
Purchase Order - 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Contractor
ROCCOR, LLC
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
06/02/2016
Obligated Amount
$124.9k
NNX16CG03P - THE NASA GSFC IRAD PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY EXPLORING A NOVEL METHOD TO GRAB A SAMPLE OF A ROTATING COMET THAT CAN BE MOVING THROUGH THE SOLAR SYSTEM AT PERIHELION VELOCITIES OF MORE THAN 100 KM/SEC. WHILE SPEWING CHUNKS OF ICE, ROCK AND DUST. THE GSFC TECHNIQUE IS DESIGNED TO AVOID THE RISKY BUSINESS OF LANDING ON THE COMET'S ROTATING AND OUTGASSING SURFACE. INSTEAD, THE TEAM OF NASA ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS LED BY DR. JOSEPH NUTH WANT TO FIRST RENDEZVOUS WITH THE COMET, THEN FIRE A HARPOON TO RAPIDLY ACQUIRE SAMPLES FROM PRECISELY-TARGETED LOCATIONS ON THE COMET WHILE STAYING ABOVE THE TARGET (FIGURE 1). USING THIS "STANDOFF" TECHNIQUE ALLOWS SAMPLES TO BE COLLECTED FROM AREAS THAT ARE TOO RUGGED OR DANGEROUS TO PERMIT THE SAFE LANDING, SURFACE OPERATION AND TAKEOFF OF A SPACECRAFT. ACCORDING TO THE TEAM, THE SPACECRAFT MAY ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE SAMPLE COLLECTION HARPOONS WITH A VARIETY OF POWDER CHARGES TO HANDLE AREAS ON A COMET WITH DIFFERENT COMPOSITIONS AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES
Purchase Order - 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Contractor
ROCCOR, LLC
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
03/22/2016
Obligated Amount
$65k
NNX15TF41P - INTERNAL TRAINING PURCHASES COURSE TITLE: DESIGN THINKING (ONLINE COURSE)
Purchase Order - 611430 Professional and Management Development Training
Contractor
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA DARDEN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
08/27/2015
Obligated Amount
$134.9k
NNX14CL39P - THE AUTOMATED PLY INSPECTION (API) SYSTEM AUTONOMOUSLY INSPECTS LAYUPS CREATED BY HIGH SPEED AUTOMATED FIBER PLACEMENT (AFP) MACHINES. API COMPRISES A HIGH ACCURACY LINE SCANNER TO MEASURE SURFACE TOPOLOGY OF AS-MADE LAYUPS DRIVEN BY A PRECISION ARTICULATED ARM ROBOT TO PERFORM RAPID SURFACE SCANNING OF A LAYUP AFTER TAPE PLACEMENT AND LAYUP. KEY TO API IS EFFICIENT AND ROBUST SOFTWARE TO READ VERY LARGE VOLUMES OF LINE SCAN DATA AND ANALYZE, CLASSIFY AND DETECT KEY LAYUP FEATURES VERY RAPIDLY AND RELIABLY. THE SOFTWARE RETAINS ONLY KEY FEATURES, FILTERING THE RAW DATA BY TWO ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE TO FACILITATE REAL-TIME DATA PROCESSING AT HIGH SCAN RATES. SOFTWARE ALSO COMPARES THE LOCATION OF AS-MADE FEATURES (GAPS, OVERLAPS, DROPS AND ADDS)WITH THE NC PROGRAM ("VIRTUAL LAYUP") TO IDENTIFY AND RECORD ONLY THOSE AS-MADE FEATURES THAT ARE OUT OF TOLERANCE. API ADDRESSES MANY OF NASA'S OBJECTIVES FOR THIS TOPIC: ? MANUFACTURING FOR LAUNCH VEHICLES ? INNOVATIVE AUTOMATED PROCESS (AFP) ? APPLIES TO RELIABLE, LARGE SCALE PMC STRUCTURE ? APPLIES TO AUTOCLAVE AND OOA AFP METHODS API PROVIDES A POWERFUL CAPABILITY TO ENHANCE RELIABILITY OF STRUCTURES MANUFACTURED BY AFP BY AUTOMATING A TEDIOUS AND DIFFICULT MANUAL TASK. IN FACT, THE SPEED OF AFP MACHINES TODAY HAS ADVANCED SUCH THAT MANUAL INSPECTION NOW TAKES AS MUCH TIME, AND OFTEN MORE, THAN AUTOMATED LAYUP REQUIRES. API CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE TOTAL AFP PRODUCTIVITY (C-RATE) AND REDUCE COST BY REDUCING INSPECTION TIME. FLIGHTWARE HAS ENLISTED THE PARTICIPATION OF TWO OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES IN THIS PROGRAM TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE AS SUBCONTRACTORS FOR SPECIFIC TASKS. FURTHERMORE WE HAVE ATTRACTED THE INTEREST OF LARGER INDUSTRY LEADERS WHO SUPPLY AFP EQUIPMENT AND MANUFACTURE AFP AEROSPACE PARTS IN THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE ITS POTENTIAL VALUE. THIS API PROGRAM IS A MANUFACTURING INNOVATION SUBJECT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 13329 "ENCOURAGING INNOVATION IN MANUFACTURING."
Purchase Order - 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Contractor
FLIGHTWARE INC
Contracting Agency/Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administration»Mission Support Directorate»NASA Shared Services Center
Effective date
06/10/2014
Obligated Amount
$124.9k

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