SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR GNSS RECEIVER SYSTEMS
- Notice Date
- 9/17/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 12, Industry Assistance Office, Hampton,VA 23681-0001
- ZIP Code
- 23681-0001
- Solicitation Number
- RFI-GNSS-2013
- Archive Date
- 9/17/2014
- Point of Contact
- Octavia L Hicks, Contract Specialist, Phone 757-864-8510, Fax 757-864-9097, Email octavia.l.hicks@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Octavia L Hicks
(octavia.l.hicks@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
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- Description
- The following is a Request for Information (RFI). This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and does NOT constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP). <p> The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is soliciting technical information through this RFI from providers of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) spaceborne receiver systems in industry, government laboratories, and academic institutions. International providers are also encouraged to participate. Those with multiple GNSS spaceborne receiver product lines are welcome provide multiple submittals. <p> The purpose of this RFI is to help NASA and the United States Government (USG) assess the status of spaceborne GNSS receiver technologies that are now currently available and that will be available within the next 2-3 years to support both USG and NASA space missions. This information will serve as a resource to help NASA improve mission science through more in-depth use of GNSS receiver technology.This GNSS receiver survey will also provide information to NASA and others within the USG to guide strategic planning for future navigation technology developments that will improve science and space vehicle autonomy. GNSS receivers have great potential to revolutionize science data taking, on-board autonomy, mission operations and vehicle formation flying. Understanding the current and near future capabilities of systems available and deployed or nearing deployment are crucial in exploiting these capabilities in NASA and USG systems. <p> NASA is interested in GNSS receiver systems that are intended to operate in a variety of orbital regimes or that can enable future missions. For example, low Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) dual-frequency receivers have great potential for CubeSat or smallsat space-weather monitoring missions in low Earth Orbit. Receivers that can operate above GNSS constellationsin highly elliptical or geostationary Earth orbits--enhance on-board navigation, system autonomy and mission science for missions in these orbits. <p> NASA is seeking technical feedback of receiver characteristics from providers of spaceborne receiver systems thru a questionnaire that is attached to this RFI. The questionnaire asks respondents to provide data such as company information, receiver performance, signal processing capabilities, flight readiness, etc. Providers of receiver characteristics to NASA must clearly designate in the appropriate fields, which information they agree may be published in the public domain and what information they do not want published. Since the purpose of this RFI is to broadly survey GNSS technologies and direction worldwide on behalf of the USG, NASA, and industry, NASA desires to publish this information to inform the broader Position, Navigation & Timing (PNT) and scientific communities of existing capabilities. However, NASA reserves the right to publish nothing. Any information that is marked protect will be utilized for USG-use only, will be protected, and will not be published or shared outside the USG. <p> Receiver characteristics of primary interest on each Receiver to NASA are: PNT capabilities Constellation, signal, and measurement capabilities Use cases, such as PNT engineering, Radio Occultation measurements, etc. SWaP metrics General pricing per unit, Technical Readiness Level (TRL) and/or flight heritage; TRL definitions can be found at: http://esto.nasa.gov/files/trl_definitions.pdf Interface specifications Novel GNSS signal processing techniques <p> The attached questionnaire covers these areas of interest and provides respondents fields for additional qualitative data, such as use-cases or additional comments. Two selectable fields are available after each data entry to indicate whether the provider wants the information provided published or protected.Any information not designated as Publish will be treated as protected and for USG-use only. Information that is marked as publish means that NASA simply has the option to publish the data as it chooses. The Publish and Protect fields are present after each data field in order to allow respondents to allow public disclosure of some data while restricting other data for USG-use only. For example, a respondent may opt to publish the navigation performance of a spaceborne receiver while restricting the unit price information. Responses should be submitted via email by October 17 at 5 PM Eastern Daylight Time to LaRC at Larc-dl-nesc-gnns@mail.nasa.gov. The subject line of the submission should be 'RFI for GNSS Receiver Survey'. <p> All questions about the RFI shall be directed by email to the LaRC Procurement Point of Contact listed below. <p> NASA LaRC Procurement Office Name:Ms. Octavia Hicks Title:LaRC Lead Contract Analyst Phone:757-864-8510 Email: Larc-dl-nesc-gnns@mail.nasa.gov <p> NESC Technical Point of Contact Name:Mr. Cornelius J. Dennehy Title:NASA Technical Fellow for Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) Phone:301-286-5696/240-687-9077
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