DOCUMENT
A -- Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) Phase II Integratory - Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) - Solicitation Document
- Notice Date
- 6/11/2008
- Notice Type
- Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) - Solicitation Document
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Wright Research Site, Det 1 AFRL/PK, Bldg 167, Area B, 2310 8th Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433-7801, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433-7801
- Solicitation Number
- BAA-PKV-08-01
- Archive Date
- 8/21/2008
- Point of Contact
- Kristina J Croake,, Phone: (937) 255-3427
- E-Mail Address
-
kristina.croake@wpafb.af.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Vehicles Directorate, Control Sciences Division, Control Systems Development & Applications Branch, (AFRL/RBCC) solicits research proposals to further develop an automated aerial refueling (AAR) capability within the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) as a risk reduction measure to enable future unmanned air vehicle (UAV) weapon system development programs. This program will build upon previous AAR Phase I technical efforts that developed and demonstrated a proof-of-concept AAR capability employing a single-channel relative navigation (RELNAV) system based on Precision GPS (PGPS). The AAR Phase I system was developed, integrated into tanker and (piloted) surrogate UAV receiver aircraft, and demonstrated by simulation and by flight test to the pre-contact, contact and observation aerial refueling positions. During formal simulation activities conducted at AFRL Aerospace Vehicles Technology Assessment and Simulation (AVTAS) facility, entire refueling operations beginning with rendezvous through post refueling were demonstrated. During flight test, automated maneuvering between positions and key portions of rendezvous were also demonstrated. Future unmanned aircraft may utilize both boom and receptacle (USAF-style) and probe and drogue (United States Navy(USN) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-style) refueling. This BAA seeks to develop and demonstrate AAR capabilities for aerial refueling using the boom and receptacle method, while ensuring as much commonality between the USN and USAF AAR architectures as possible. Unique USN AAR configurations, however, will not be demonstrated under this BAA. Interested offerors should download the solicitation document attached to this announcement.
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- Document(s)
- Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) - Solicitation Document
- File Name: This is the solicitation document as referenced in the announcement. (BAAPKV0801.doc)
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- File Name: This is the solicitation document as referenced in the announcement. (BAAPKV0801.doc)
- Record
- SN01591098-W 20080613/080611221441-40ba6e7376828ff6d04b45a67894e2ff (fbodaily.com)
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