SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Automated Wholebody Multi-Spectral Inspection System for Fighter Aircraft - Notice of Contract Action (NOCA)
- Notice Date
- 12/7/2017
- 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-5292
- Archive Date
- 1/5/2018
- Point of Contact
- Adrianna Menker, Phone: (937) 713-9924, Susan L. Southers, Phone: (937) 713-9892
- E-Mail Address
-
adrianna.menker@us.af.mil, susan.southers@us.af.mil
(adrianna.menker@us.af.mil, susan.southers@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice of Contract Action (NOCA) Traditional inspection methods for outer mold line (OML) coatings on F-35 and F-22 fighter aircraft require a significant man-hour burden and are prone to reporting errors due to the manual nature of the baseline inspection. As the inventory of such F-35 aircraft are continuing to rise, these issues will continue to grow. 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 aforementioned aircraft fleet is reliably sustained and mission-ready. The sustainment activities, equipment, and processes for these aircraft 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 and material specifications are required in order to successfully develop and transition an optimized automated inspection system for F-22 and F-35 fighter aircraft. The inspection capability must be able to complete a 100% assessment of the surface material state and seamlessly report inspection results into existing aircraft health assessment databases. Automated inspections must be able to detect any surface material defects and damage such as cracked or missing material. In addition, capturing the location and orientation of the defect 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 F-22 and F-35 fighter aircraft to the effort.
- Web Link
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- Record
- SN04760626-W 20171209/171207231438-2a68948fbdc02448e17acda80886e3ba (fbodaily.com)
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