SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- LOW-SPEED CONTROL - THRUSTER DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT EXPERIMENT USING THE AEROS40-D AIRSHIP
- Notice Date
- 6/24/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 336411
— Aircraft Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
- ZIP Code
- 94035-1000
- Solicitation Number
- NNA08062308
- Response Due
- 7/1/2008
- Archive Date
- 6/24/2009
- Point of Contact
- Jeffrey S. Brown, Contracting Officer, Phone 650-604-4696, Fax 650-604-0912
- E-Mail Address
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jeffrey.s.brown@nasa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- NASA/ARC has a requirement for Low-speed Control - Thruster Demonstration FlightExperiment Using the AEROS 40-D AirshipConventional control surfaces, such as fins and canards, have quite limited controlcapability when air vehicles fly at low speeds (e.g., take-off and landing) or hover.Utilizing the moment generated by thrust is an efficient way to solve this problem. Asfor the thrust source, compressed cold gas, micro turboprop, and ducted fan are possiblesolutions. Aeros has done the preliminary design of the thruster nozzle, and implementedbasic ground test using compressed air as the thrust source. During this project, Aeros40D airship will be used as the flight demonstrator to demonstrate the feasibility andefficiency of the proposed method to low-speed and hover flight. The major tasks arelisted as follows.Complete the hardware design, including thruster assembly, air feeding system, andcompressed air reservoir.Develop the pilot-in-loop control system, including control interface, inertialnavigation system (INS), GPS, and controller.Develop flight data acquisition system to record real-time flight data, environmentcondition, and control commands. Identify necessary design modifications on Aeros 40D airship as the flight demonstrator.Integrate the experimental low-speed control system with Aeros 40D airship.Perform flight experiment to collect real-time data for further analysis.Analyze data to study the vehicle behavior with different thrust sources, and establishthe design requirements for automatic low-speed control. Deliverables:-White paper with technical justification for thruster selection for test-40-D low-speed experiment plan (include test matrix) part 1-40-D low-speed control thruster experiment report part 2NASA/ARC intends to purchase the items from Worldwide Aeros Corporation by authority of10 USC 2304(c)(1), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services WillSatisfy Agency Requirements.The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.See Note26.Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. local timeon July 1, 2008. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for thepurpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and opencompetition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretionof the government.Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B".Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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