SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Advanced Inspection Capabilities for Bomber Aircraft - Notice of Contract Action (NOCA)
- Notice Date
- 12/15/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL/RQK - WPAFB, AFRL/RQK, 2130 Eighth Street, Building 45, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433
- Solicitation Number
- FA8650-18-C-5293
- Archive Date
- 1/14/2018
- Point of Contact
- Andrew Petersen, Phone: (937) 713-9900, Susan L. Southers, Phone: (937) 713-9892
- E-Mail Address
-
andrew.peterson.3@us.af.mil, susan.southers@us.af.mil
(andrew.peterson.3@us.af.mil, susan.southers@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) Traditional inspection methods for materials and outer mold line (OML) coatings on bomber aircraft require a significant man-hour burden and are prone to reporting errors due to insufficient, labor-intensive nature of the baseline inspection processes. As the B-2 ages, sustainment and health assessment of its' material systems becomes increasingly difficult. An automated capability for inspecting the health of the OML coatings in a fast and accurate manner is needed to be demonstrated at a technology readiness level (TRL) 6/7 on aircraft within 3-5 years to ensure the B-2 fleet is reliably maintained and mission-ready. Additionally, reliable and accurate capabilities are needed to ensure material systems meet required sub-system and/or component specifications. The sustainment activities, equipment, and processes for these aircraft and materials are the responsibility of the aircraft original equipment manufacturer (OEM). As such, any modernization or improvements must be integrated and adopted by the OEM. Detailed knowledge of the aircraft system performance and material specifications are required in order to successfully develop and transition optimized inspection capabilities for the B-2 program. The inspection capability must be able to complete a 100% assessment of the surface material state and seamlessly report inspection results into existing assessment databases. Automated inspections must be able to detect any surface material defects and damage (to include, but not limited to, cracked or missing material). In addition, capturing the location and orientation of the defect or insufficiency is also critically important to fully characterize the damage. The program goal for total aircraft inspection time, processing and database population is 30 minutes. Developing and transitioning technical solutions from non-OEMs with limited program data rights and access to aircraft and knowledge databases will compound high performance, cost, and schedule risk to the current OEM's contractual responsibility to sustain B-2 aircraft.
- Web Link
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- Record
- SN04768496-W 20171217/171215230918-745ed6e86b498407e1778006442a6e00 (fbodaily.com)
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