SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- RECOVERY - SONIC BOOM FOCUSING
- Notice Date
- 5/24/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 144, Industry Assistance Office, Hampton,VA 23681-0001
- ZIP Code
- 23681-0001
- Solicitation Number
- NNH09ZEA001N-SUP1
- Archive Date
- 5/24/2011
- Point of Contact
- LaShonda P. Jacobs-Terry, Contract Specialist, Phone 757-864-2359, Fax 757-864-9775, Email Lashonda.P.Jacobs-Terry@nasa.gov - Susan E. McClain, Contracting Officer, Phone 757-864-8687, Fax 757-864-8863, Email Susan.E.Mcclain@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
LaShonda P. Jacobs-Terry
(Lashonda.P.Jacobs-Terry@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RECOVERY--This notice is provided for information purposes only.NASA LaRC intendsto issue a firm-fixed price contract to Wyle Laboratories, Inc. entitled Sonic BoomFocusing. This competitive action will be funded by the American Reinvestment andRecovery Act (ARRA). This award results from a competitive selection under the NationalAeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters released NASA ResearchAnnouncement (NRA) for foundational research in support of the Aeronautics ResearchMission Directorate (ARMD), entitled 'Research Opportunities in Aeronautics (ROA) 2009under NNH09ZEA001N, Amendment 4, A.4 Supersonics Project (SUP1) (Recovery Act Funds) Sonic Boom Modeling. The Supersonics Project is aligned with the Aeronautics ResearchMission Directorate (ARMD) principles of maintaining intellectual stewardship ofaeronautical core competencies for the nation in supersonic flight technologies andresearch appropriate to NASAs unique capabilities. The Project supports the FundamentalAeronautics Program strategy of developing systems level multidisciplinary capabilities(e.g., airframe design, engine design, airspace modeling and simulation) for supersoniccivilian and military applications. The Supersonics Project is a broad-based effortdesigned to develop knowledge, capabilities and technologies that support vehicles thatfly supersonic by eliminating the efficiency, environmental and performance barriers topractical supersonic cruise vehicles. The Project has identified a set of key TechnicalChallenges that are barriers to success for this vehicle type.This effort will addressthe Sonic Boom Modeling Technical Challenge.Successful supersonic civil aircraft must be capable of supersonic flight over land.However, the sonic boom that occurs when aircraft travel at speeds greater than sound isperhaps the most significant environmental barrier to supersonic commercial flight. Inthe near term, the Supersonics project is emphasizing understanding and overcoming thisbarrier, both through the development of approaches to reducing sonic boom noise andimproving understanding of the impact of these reduced noise booms.The Supersonics Project is developing technologies that potentially will lower a sonicboom to levels acceptable to the general community. There is very little data on theeffects of such booms, and the project therefore has adopted a three-pronged approach tostudying the atmospheric effects, transmission into structures (living area of a typicalresidence and a large multi-cubical office environment), and human reaction to thesebooms. The Projects goal is to develop software to accurately predict the location andintensity of these focused sonic booms to help design new supersonic aircraft that willbe acceptably quiet for overland operation. This effort will seek validation of newsoftware codes by comparison to measurements of actual focused sonic booms, refinementfor best performance, and then assessment for their use with future quiet supersonicaircraft designs (also called low-boom aircraft). The referenced solicitation is a broad agency announcement as specified in FAR 35.016 andNFS 1835.016. Additional information regarding the 2009 ROA solicitation can be found athttp://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?method =init&solId={8AA62753-0F6B-3791-4A43-3DEF562FA257}&path=open (ROA-2009 CompleteSolicitation as of November 24, 2009). This announcement will not result in a Request forProposal; this announcement is for informational purposes only. All questions should besubmitted to the point of contact contained herein in writing via e-mail to the followingaddress: Lashonda.P.Jacobs-Terry@nasa.gov
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