SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Hypersonics Testing and Evaluation/Science and Technology (T&E/S&T) Development
- Notice Date
- 5/3/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 2002)
- 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, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 37389-1335
- Solicitation Number
- BAA0701AEDCPKP
- Response Due
- 6/8/2007
- Point of Contact
- Sue Tate, Contracting Officer, Phone 931-454-7801, Fax null, - Eric Yatsko, Contract Specialist, Phone 931-454-4347, Fax 931-454-7330
- E-Mail Address
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sue.tate@arnold.af.mil, eric.yatsko@arnold.af.mil
- Description
- BAA 0701AEDCPKP: The Department of Defense 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) Open air range technologies Planned high speed and hypersonic flight tests are in need of large controlled range spaces, innovative diagnostic technologies and flight test techniques. The specific needs within these range technology topics are detailed below. a. Non intrusive flight diagnostics This task seeks to expand the amount of data taken from a flight test article. Points of interest include thrust determination, thermal protection systems effectiveness, and miniaturization. Developed systems should be tested in ground facilities with the goal of possible demonstration in a flight test. b. Autonomous flight termination system Operating a hypersonic system over land presents risks especially with test articles that veer off planned trajectories. This effort seeks a system that could reliably and safely terminate a test vehicle during any portion of a flight test. Demonstration of the proposed methodology via ground test or flight tests is encouraged. c. Flight test techniques High Speed and Hypersonic Systems will be tested over vast areas of land and water. This task seeks to develop innovative flight test methods to reduce the test footprint and improve data quality over large areas of vastly differing terrain. (2) Test methodologies and evaluation of freejet test articles Current high speed and hypersonic freejet test techniques lead to thrust measurements with a high level of uncertainty. This effort seeks methodology, for use in DoD test facilities similar to APTU or ASTF, which could obtain high accuracy, thrust measurements from a ramjet or scramjet engine in a freejet test. Demonstration in the appropriate test environment is encouraged. (3) Propulsion system scaling laws As the size of high speed hypersonic propulsion systems increase, large scale propulsion test facilities (in the near term) will likely not be available in time to support technology developers. One means to alleviate some of the facility size requirements is to implement scaling parameters for propulsion tests. This enables sub-scale test articles to run in smaller tunnels yet output properties applicable for larger systems. The objective of this solicitation is to look at current scaling methods, select those applicable to hypersonic propulsion, and demonstrate these methods via actual test articles supporting technology programs. (4) Long runtime clean air true temperature test capabilities above Mach 8 Current propulsion test facilities are incapable of producing hypersonic, true temperature clean air flow beyond Mach 8 for seconds. Though the capability to achieve flows of much higher speeds exists, it is typically in the sub-second scale. This effort should investigate enabling technologies that could lead to a Mach 8+ facility. (5) Modeling and simulation data integration Data from ground and flight tests and results of CFD codes are often collected and never integrated into Integrated Test and Evaluation (IT&E) tools and methods. This task seeks to create a comprehensive and expandable data management process that can select and store applicable hypersonic test and modeling data, providing a method for the test and analyses engineers to integrate these tools into the IT&E for the development of High Speed and Hypersonic systems. (6) Arc heater diagnosis of high enthalpy flow Arc Heater test capabilities are critical for the future development of thermal protection systems. The current suites of sensors that diagnostic tools utilize in arc heater tests are limited. This effort seeks to develop sensors and techniques to characterize and sample high enthalpy flows as well as capture surface temperatures of arc heater test articles. (7) Environmental testing Planned hypersonic vehicles that operate in the earth atmosphere will likely encounter liquid and solid hydrometeors. Existing test facilities have been used to simulate liquid hydrometeors in the appropriate flight environments. This task seeks to understand the technology needed to simulate solid water flight conditions such as hail and snow. Successful proposals would demonstrate methods in relevant test facilities. (8) Flight fuel characteristics simulation and testing Fuel will be used as coolant on a hypersonic vehicle and will arrive at the engine with changes in temperature and structure from that carried in the fuel tank. Test facilities need to provide this same fuel state to test engines. With emphasis on hydrocarbon fuels and existing data (where possible), evaluate the range of cooling schemes being proposed in flight, determine the conditions of the fuel reaching the flight engine, study and determine the best method of duplicating the process in the ground test facility, and recommend appropriate hardware required to develop fuel simulation test capabilities suitable to a wide range of test articles. The goal of this solicitation is to provide validated criteria for a prototype test rig that could be verified in an appropriate test capability. (9) Evaluation of run-time on data suitability Mid to far term testing requirements point to test capabilities beyond Mach 8. Currently no medium to long duration hypersonic propulsion tunnels exist that can operate at these Mach numbers. One means to mitigate this gap is to use existing facilities and compare the results from short (minutes) duration tunnels to impulse (millisecond) tunnels. This effort seeks techniques and solutions, from existing data (where possible), that correlate impulse and short duration tunnel results with longer duration tunnels. The objective is to demonstrate the applicability of hypersonic propulsion data from impulse facilities, with the intent to accept such data at higher Mach conditions were longer runtime data may not be available in the near-term. Solicitations should also include the proposed methodologies for obtaining non-existing data and means to validate results. (10) Nozzle Development Hypersonic vehicle design requires the highest quality data for validation of vehicle aerodynamic/aerothermodynamic CFD simulations. This requirement has put a new emphasis on wind tunnel data quality and the influence of nozzle flow quality and uniformity on this data. This task seeks to improve and demonstrate new or existing tools for purpose of future nozzle design and/or the improvement and demonstration of new or existing tools used to interpret nozzle flow parameters. (11) Other Technologies This topic area allows offerors to identify potential technology development opportunities not identified in previous topic areas, but may be beneficial and critical to the development of technologies to enable rapid HSH T&E capability development. PROJECT SCOPE: Awards totaling approximately $1-$2M are expected to be made in FY08. 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 8 June 2007. 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. 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- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Kindel Drive Suite A332 Arnold AFB TN
- Zip Code: 37389-1332
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 37389-1332
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