MODIFICATION
A -- Hypersonics Test and Evaluation
- Notice Date
- 6/15/2006
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AEDC - Arnold Engineering Development Center, 100 Kindel Drive, Suite A-335, Arnold AFB, TN, 37389-1335
- ZIP Code
- 37389-1335
- Solicitation Number
- BAA0614AEDCPKP
- Response Due
- 7/17/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/1/2006
- Point of Contact
- Sue Tate, Contract Specialist, Phone 931-454-7801, - Rick Stewart, Contracting Officer, Phone 931-454-7844, Fax 931-454-7330,
- E-Mail Address
-
sue.tate@arnold.af.mil, rick.stewart@arnold.af.mil
- Description
- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) No. 06-14-AEDCPKP: The Department of Defense's Test Resource Management Center (DTRMC), through Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) is soliciting research proposals in the area of hypersonics testing and evaluation/science and technology (T&E/S&T) development. DTRMC seeks innovative proposals that will allow improved test and evaluation of current and future hypersonics systems over the next 10 to 15 years. The goal is not to develop hypersonic flight systems or subsystems in this solicitation, but to investigate improved ground and flight test facilities, techniques and test methodologies that are needed to support hypersonic system/subsystem development. This program does not support basic research, but rather the application and extension of technology to produce and understand a real or simulated flight environment. The range of interest covers all hypersonic flight, both sustained flight in the atmosphere and the test environment of reentry vehicles. TRMC seeks advances in hypersonic and related technologies in the areas (not in priority): 1) INSTRUMENTATION FOR HYPERSONIC FLIGHT TESTING OF HOT STRUCTURES. This includes sensor and sensor integration techniques for in-flight measurement of surface and material temperatures, surface pressures, surface heat flux, structural strain and deformation, and surface ablation/recession, in and on carbon/carbon and carbon/silicon-carbide materials. Measurement techniques must perform at temperature for up to two hours. Techniques must not compromise the structural or thermal performance of the parent material. 2) SIMULATION OF MATERIAL ABLATION/EROSION AT HIGH VELOCITIES. Vehicles which reenter the atmosphere or are exposed to high velocity sustained flight will likely encounter an environment which causes loss of surface material that can change the vehicle shape in an unpredictable manner. Flight testing is very expensive and ground test facilities cannot provide the required flight simulation parameters, duration of test and model size to adequately investigate the phenomena. This effort seeks to extend simulation techniques in ground test facilities wherein the test article material is selected to behave like carbon/carbon and carbon/silicon-carbide materials, but loses material in a reduced environment which can be provided in existing ground test facilities. 3) TECHNIQUES TO ACHIEVE A VARIABLE MACH FREE-JET TEST CAPABILITY. There is a requirement for ground testing a complete hypersonic propulsion system wherein the Mach number is varied during a continuous facility run. While facility temperatures and pressures can be properly varied, the facility nozzle which produces Mach number is deficient. AEDC plans to build a variable Mach flexible wall nozzle to reach Mach 5 true-temperature test conditions. It is believed that this maximizes technology for a two-dimensional free-jet nozzle. The objective of this solicitation is to extend the variable Mach test capability to Mach 8. This technology is anticipated for the Aerodynamic Propulsion Test Unit (APTU) facility at AEDC, however concepts that can be applied to other hypersonic test facilities will be considered. 4) COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF HYPERSONIC NOZZLE FLOWS. In most hypersonic ground test facilities the test gas is energized in a plenum, expanded in a nozzle and then presented to a test article in a test chamber. It is recognized that energy modes and gas species vary from an isentropic flow process in the rapidly expanding flow. While the test gas is unlikely to duplicate the flight condition, knowledge of its composition will assist in interpretation of test data. This effort seeks measurement and modeling of facility flow parameters with the intent of applying the results to a variety of hypersonic facility flows. 5) EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR HYPERSONIC SEPARATION DYNAMICS. It is expected that next-generation hypersonic weapon systems will employ some type of armament/munitions separation during an aerodynamic maneuver from a carrier vehicle in hypersonic atmosphere flight. A vast store of subsonic aircraft armament/munitions separation information is available. Some hypersonic work was accomplished for the space shuttle separation issues several decades ago. The objective of this solicitation is to investigate and identify flight phenomena incurred during body separation with the goal of simulating the environment with aerodynamic models in a hypersonic wind tunnel with a Captive Trajectory System (CTS). Research in this topic should use the current state-of-the-art as a starting point and define those things that need to be improved or developed (e.g. dynamic force balance sensitivity to rapidly changing loads as the two-body shock-induced flow fields interact). PROJECT SCOPE: Awards totaling approximately $2.5 - $3.0M are expected to be made in FY07. Increased funding levels are anticipated to occur in the following fiscal years. Prospective proposers should be aware that there is no certainty in the funding or level of effort. GENERAL INFORMATION: Proposals should address development and/or operational test and evaluation technologies. DTRMC strongly encourages well-coordinated, interdisciplinary research and development activities. Teaming among academia, industry, and/or government partners is encouraged; however, this is no a requirement. Projects with strong transition plans to DoD T&E ground or flight test facilities or with DoD T&E facility participation will receive preference. Because awards may be made in which contractors expect to access or generate unclassified information that may be sensitive and inappropriate for release to the public, the contracts will contain DFARS Clause 252.204-7000, Disclosure of Information. This requirement will be in subcontracts as well. Projects will be awarded in phases with the later phases being funded in FY08 or later and will be contingent on funds availability, merit of performance and previous phases, and anticipated future T&E requirements for the technologies being addressed. In order to minimize the magnitude of the proposal preparation and review process, a proposal abstract of no more than 15 pages total should be submitted by 17 Jul 2006. Each proposal should specify the benefits to U.S. military service and the executing organization with subcontractors (where applicable), and their specific roles. The proposal should briefly describe the out-year effort beyond completion of the Phase I effort. Each proposal should address a specific T&E hypersonic need. Each proposer and subcontractor will be required to submit written verification stating they are aware of their responsibility to have DoD approval for public release of information pertaining to the proposed project (including technical reports, papers, and presentations) as required by DoD regulations regarding t he dissemination of militarily critical technologies and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). EVALUATION: Evaluation of proposal abstracts and full proposals will be accomplished through a technical review of each proposal using the following criteria: (1) overall scientific and technical merit, (2) relevance to current T&E hypersonic technology test requirements not addressed in other DoD programs, (3) offeror?s capabilities and related experience, (4) cost realism of proposed effort and (5) plans and capability to accomplish technology transition to T&E application and/or to DoD T&E facilities. Upon review, the Hypersonic Test Working Group, through AEDC, will respond to proposal abstracts with a recommendation to submit or not to submit a full proposal and the time and date for submission of a full proposal. Proposals and proposal abstracts should be submitted on CD-ROM in .PDF format and forwarded to: AEDC/PKP, Attn: Sue Tate, 100 Kindel Drive Suite A332, Arnold AFB TN 37389-1332.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Kindel Drive Suite A332, Arnold AFB TN
- Zip Code: 37389-1332
- Zip Code: 37389-1332
- Record
- SN01070612-W 20060617/060615221030 (fbodaily.com)
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