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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATES
DBA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE
Parent: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATES SLMPURD4W9U9
- Awards we know about
- 16
- Typical size
- $330,000
- Middle of their public awards
- Dollars on those awards
- $5.62M
Most of their awards we can see fall roughly between $137,925 and $459,223.
SAM.gov registration
Public extract 2026-07-05
- Status
- Active
- Purpose of registration
- All awards (Z2)
- Registration expires
- Sep 23, 2026
- Activation date
- Sep 29, 2025
- Primary NAICS (SAM)
- 541715
Business types (SAM)
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From official USAspending contract records — not a capability rating, past-performance score, or recommendation to team or bid.
Awarding agencies
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (16)
Industries & product codes
Award history
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$470,197
NOIS3-TO-001 CONTINUING NASA'S PROBLEM SOLVING VIA THE REVOLUTIONARY AEROSPACE CONCEPTS - ACADEMIC LINKAGE (RASC-AL) CHALLENGE
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$330,000
GATEWAY TO BLUE SKIES COMPETITION
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$408,952
NOIS3-005 HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM COMPETITION (HLSC)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$500
CAPABILITIES BROCHURE INCLUDING INTRODUCTION TO YOUR COMPANY, SERVICES PROVIDED RELATING TO NOIS3, AND CROWD SIZE. INFORMATION FOR SALESFORCE INCLUDING POINT OF CONTACT FIRST NAME, LAST NAME, AND EMAIL ADDRESS, GOOGLE-AFFILIATED EMAIL ADDRESS.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration—
NASA OPEN INNOVATION SERVICES 3 IS CROWDSOURCING SERVICES AND/OR PRODUCTS TO MULTIPLE NASA CENTERS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN SUPPORT OF NASA'S CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$380,255
SUPPORT FOR RADIATION PROTECTION GROUND TESTS: THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORK IS THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND USABILITY EVALUATIONS OF RADIATION PROTECTION CONCEPTS. A VARIETY OF GARMENTS, BLANKETS, AND SLEEPING BAGS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE ASTRONAUTS WITH ADDITIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION. MOST OF THESE ITEMS UTILIZE POLYETHYLENE, OR A SIMILAR HYDROGEN RICH MATERIAL, AS THE PRIMARY SHIELDING MATERIAL. DURING THE 2012-2014 TIME PERIOD, THIS WORK WAS EXTENDED UNDER NASA S ADVANCED EXPLORATION SYSTEMS (AES) RADWORKS PROJECT. A NEW SLEEPING BAG CONCEPT WAS DEVELOPED, WHICH UTILIZES A WATER BLADDER, AND NEW SOLAR PARTICLE EVENT STORM SHELTER CONCEPTS WERE CREATED. ONE OF THE STORM SHELTER CONCEPTS AUGMENTED THE ASTRONAUT CREW QUARTERS WITH WATER WALLS AND PANTRY TYPE SHELVES, AND ANOTHER RELIED ON THE RECONFIGURATION OF ONBOARD FOOD, WATER, AND SUPPLIES TO CREATE A SAFE HAVEN. IN 2014, AN INITIAL SET OF HUMAN FACTORS TESTS WERE PERFORMED ON THOSE TWO STORM SHELTER CONCEPTS, PROVIDING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SET-UP TIME REQUIRED AND ASTRONAUT TRAINING NEEDS. UNDER THE NEXT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES FOR EXPLORATION PARTNERSHIPS (NEXTSTEP), NASA HAS RECENTLY AWARDED CONTRACTS TO SEVERAL COMPANIES TO DEVELOP HUMAN EXPLORATION HABITATION SYSTEMS FOR A DEEP SPACE GATEWAY HABITAT. THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOTYPES FOR SOME VEHICLE SYSTEMS, WHICH WILL BE UTILIZED IN A SET OF GROUND TESTS NEXT YEAR. IN PREPARATION FOR THE PLANNED GROUND TESTING OF SYSTEMS DELIVERED BY THE NEXTSTEP CONTRACTORS, THE NASA NEXTSTEP TEAM WILL BE PERFORMING TWO SETS OF GROUND TESTS THIS YEAR, UTILIZING EXISTING TECHNOLOGY, WITH THE GOAL OF DEVELOPING TESTING PROCEDURES THAT WILL BE USED IN NEXT YEAR S TESTS OF THE NEW SYSTEMS DELIVERED BY THE CONTRACTORS. RADIATION PROTECTION CONCEPTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR S GROUND TESTS, BECAUSE SEVERAL OF THE COMPANIES ARE EXPECTED TO DELIVER RADIATION PROTECTION CONCEPTS. TWO SETS OF GROUND TESTS ARE PLANNED FOR FY18. THE FIRST WILL TAKE PLACE IN MARCH OR APRIL AND WILL PRIMARILY BE PERFORMED AT JSC, BUT TESTING FOR RADIATION CONCEPTS IS EXPECTED TO BE AT LARC. THE SECOND SET OF GROUND TESTS WILL OCCUR AT MULTIPLE CENTERS (JSC, MSFC, AND KSC) WHERE THE CONTRACTORS ARE DELIVERING PROTOTYPE HABITAT MODULES IN THE SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME. THE TESTING OF RADIATION CONCEPTS WILL OCCUR AT ONE OF THOSE CENTERS AND BE INTEGRATED INTO THE HABITAT MODULE. TWO RADIATION PROTECTION CONCEPTS, A GARMENT AND AN ADAPTATION OF THE RECONFIGURABLE LOGISTICS CONCEPT, WILL BE EVALUATED DURING EACH OF THE TESTING PERIODS. THE GARMENT TESTS WILL FOCUS ON HOW EASILY THE GARMENT CAN BE DONNED AND THE ASTRONAUTS ABILITY TO PERFORM NORMAL TASKS WHILE WEARING THE GARMENT. THE RECONFIGURABLE LOGISTICS TEST WILL EXTEND AND IMPROVE THE PREVIOUS TESTS BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE TIME IT TAKES ASTRONAUTS TO GATHER THE LOGISTICS USED FROM THEIR STORED LOCATIONS WITHIN THE HABITAT AND THE ABILITY TO CREATE THE SHELTER, PUT EVERYTHING BACK, AND THEN REPEAT THE PROCESS.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$158,453
ANALYSIS OF SATELLITE AND IN SITU OBSERVATIONS OF THE ASIAN TROPOPAUSE AEROSOL LAYER (ATAL) THE ASIAN TROPOPAUSE AEROSOL LAYER (ATAL) IS AN ENHANCEMENT OF AEROSOLS IN THE UPPER TROPOSPHERE AND LOWER STRATOSPHERE (UTLS) ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP CONVECTION OF BOUNDARY-LAYER POLLUTION DURING THE ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON. THE PRESENCE OF ATAL HAS IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS FOR CLOUD FORMATION, PRECIPITATION, UTLS CHEMISTRY, AND REGIONAL CLIMATE. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO USE OBSERVATIONAL DATA FROM SATELLITES, BALLOONS AND AIRCRAFT TO ILLUMINATE THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES, COMPOSITION, AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE ATAL ON THE UTLS REGION. FUTURE WORK MAY INCLUDE ADDITIONAL DEPLOYMENTS TO INDIA OR OTHER COUNTRIES TO MEASURE AND ANALYZE AEROSOL LEVELS IN THE UTLS, OR TO OTHER DOMESTIC OR INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS IN RESPONSE TO VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS TO STUDY THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF VOLCANIC PLUMES.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$562,043
SUPPORT THE X-57 PROJECT OFFICE ON MANAGEMENT OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STATEMENT OF WORK IS TO PROVIDE THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) X-57 PROJECT OFFICE WITH SUPPORT ON PROJECT-RELATED TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ASSOCIATED WITH CERTIFICATION AND REGULATIONS UNDER TITLE 14 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) COVERING THE AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS FOR NORMAL CATEGORY AIRPLANES (PART 23), AIRCRAFT ENGINES (PART 33), AND PROPELLERS (PART 35), AS WELL AS THE ASSOCIATED MEANS OF COMPLIANCE TO THOSE REGULATIONS, BEING DEVELOPED BY THE ASTM COMMITTEE F44 ON GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT1 AND COMMITTEE F39 ON AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS2, WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON SUBCOMMITTEE F39.05 ON DESIGN, ALTERATION, AND CERTIFICATION OF ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS. WHILE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IS A WELL-UNDERSTOOD PROCESS WHERE THE PROCESS OF DEMONSTRATING TECHNOLOGY IN RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTS HAS WELL-ESTABLISHED METHODS, THE ADDED COMPLEXITY OF ENSURING THAT THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IS MADE MORE LITERATE IN A CERTIFICATION AND-OR REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REQUIRES SPECIAL ATTENTION. AT ONE LEVEL, THE CERTIFICATION AND-OR REGULATORY PRACTICES CAN BE USED TO FORM THE VERY DEFINITION OF THE RELEVANT ENVIRONMENT. HOWEVER, AN UNDISCIPLINED APPLICATION OF CERTIFICATION AND-OR REGULATORY PRACTICES CAN UNNECESSARILY CONSTRAIN THE TECHNOLOGY MATURATION PROCESS, AND EFFECTIVELY STUNT THE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION. THEREFORE, A KNOWLEDGEABLE AND SCRUPULOUS REVIEW OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH CERTIFICATION AND REGULATION EARLY IN THE PROJECT LIFE-CYCLE PROVIDES A MEANS BY WHICH THE TECHNOLOGY CAN DEMONSTRATE ITS FUNCTION IN A RELEVANT ENVIRONMENT, AS WELL AS INFORM THE RELEVANT ENVIRONMENT TO THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF THE TECHNOLOGY.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$516,630
"IGF::OT::IGF" OTHER FUNCTIONS: 1. TASK ORDER TITLE: AIRCRAFT LOSS OF CONTROL (LOC) RESEARCH SUPPORT: ACCIDENT ANALYSIS&TEST SCENARIOS DEVELOPMENT 2. PURPOSE, OBJECTIVE, AND BACKGROUND OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED: THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK IS TO PROVIDE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, TECHNICAL AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE, AND SUBJECT MATTER ENGINEERING CONSULTATION TO NASA S VEHICLE SYSTEMS SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES (VSST) PROJECT TO CONDUCT RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS RESEARCH ON AIRCRAFT LOSS OF CONTROL (LOC) PREVENTION AND RECOVERY. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PARTICIPATE IN LOC ACCIDENT ANALYSES, LOC TEST SCENARIOS DEVELOPMENT, EXPERIMENT DESIGN, PILOTED EVALUATIONS OF NASA TECHNOLOGIES, PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS, AND OPERATIONS CONSULTING (INCLUDING FLIGHT CREW AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OPERATIONS). 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING TASK REQUIREMENTS: 3.1. WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD (NTSB) AND NASA, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL UPDATE AND REFINE A DATABASE OF AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS RELATED TO VEHICLE UPSETS AND LOSS OF CONTROL OVER A RECENT 15-YEAR TIME PERIOD. THESE ACCIDENTS SHALL COMPRISE CIVIL ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS FROM AVAILABLE PUBLIC RECORDS AND SHALL INCLUDE CORPORATE AS WELL AS AIRLINE OPERATIONS. 3.2. UTILIZING THE DATABASE DEVELOPED UNDER TASK 3.1, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL ACCIDENT PRECURSORS TO LOC. INDIVIDUAL PRECURSORS SHALL INCLUDE (BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO): FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM AND COMPONENT FAILURES AND MALFUNCTIONS, ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES, CREW ERRORS, VEHICLE IMPAIRMENT AND UPSET CONDITIONS. 3.3. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PARTICIPATE IN AND/OR PROVIDE CONSULTATION FOR FURTHER ACCIDENT ANALYSES PERFORMED BY NASA TO IDENTIFY PRECURSOR COMBINATIONS AND SEQUENCES. 3.4. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ASSIST NASA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF LOC TEST SCENARIOS THAT CAN BE TRACED TO THE ACCIDENT SET AND ANALYSIS AND USED IN THE EVALUATION OF LOC PREVENTION AND RECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES BEING DEVELOPED BY NASA. 3.5. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND SUPPORT TO NASA IN THE DESIGN OF PILOTED SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS FOR LOC PREVENTION AND RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY EVALUATIONS. 3.6. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DOCUMENT RESULTS OF SUBTASKS 3.4 3.5 AS SECTIONS WITHIN A JOINT CONFERENCE PAPER, JOURNAL ARTICLE, AND/OR NASA TM OR TP TO BE PUBLISHED BY NASA, NTSB, AND CONTRACTOR. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: FROM THE DATE OF TASK AWARD THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2014.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.55M
"IGF::OT::IGF" OTHER FUNCTIONS TITLE- "SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT AND HANDLING QUALITIES ANALYSIS OF LOW-BOOM FLIGHT DEMONSTRATOR (LBFD) DESIGNS" THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING TASK REQUIREMENTS: 3.1. SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT - THE CONTRACTOR SHALL WORK WITH NASA AND UTILIZE MATH MODELS PROVIDED BY THE PROJECT TEAM TO DEVELOP A HIGH FIDELITY SIX DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SIMULATION CAPABLE OF ACCURATELY MODELING THE FLIGHT DYNAMICS OF THE LBFD DESIGNS. THIS WILL INCLUDE EXPERIMENTING WITH AND DEVELOPING NEW SIMULATION AND MODELING TECHNIQUES TO MORE ACCURATELY MODEL THE EFFECTS OF AEROELASTICITY ON THE DYNAMIC FLIGHT RESPONSE OF LONG SLENDER VEHICLE DESIGNS. 3.2. STABILITY AND CONTROL ANALYSIS - THE CONTRACTOR SHALL WORK WITH NASA TO PROVIDE AN EVALUATION OF VEHICLE STABILITY AND CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS AND VEHICLE FLIGHT DYNAMICS USING THE SIMULATION TOOLS DEVELOPED. RESULTS WILL BE COMPARED AGAINST VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS AND ANY AREAS OF CONCERN SHALL BE IDENTIFIED AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS PROPOSED. RESULTS WILL BE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED AT PROJECT MEETINGS AND REVIEWS AS WELL AS DOCUMENTED IN QUARTERLY REPORTS. 3.3. TEST SUPPORT AND MODEL DEVELOPMENT THE CONTRACTOR MAY PROVIDE SUPPORT, AS NECESSARY, OF DEVELOPMENTAL TESTS (I.E. WIND TUNNEL, STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS, ETC.) THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SIMULATION MATH MODELS USED TO SIMULATE VEHICLE DYNAMICS. THE CONTRACTOR MAY ALSO BE ASKED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND GUIDANCE CONCERNING THE FORMAT AND CONTENT OF THE MATH MODELS UNDER DEVELOPMENT. 3.4. FLIGHT CONTROLS DEVELOPMENT THE CONTRACTOR SHALL EXPERIMENT WITH VARIOUS CONTROL METHODOLOGIES TO PROVIDE VEHICLE STABILITY AUGMENTATION AND STRUCTURAL MODE CONTROL AS NEEDED TO MEET THE STABILITY AND CONTROL REQUIREMENTS AND IMPROVE VEHICLE HANDLING QUALITIES. THIS MAY INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL APPROACHES OR CONTROL DESIGN TECHNIQUES.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$448,249
U.S. DEMAND FOR A LOW-BOOM SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT. THIS TASK IS TO DETERMINE THE PASSENGER AND VEHICLE DEMAND FOR A LOW-BOOM SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT IN THE U.S. MARKET. A PREVIOUS TASK ORDER (NNL16AA36T) UNDER NASA/NIA CONTRACT NNL13AA08B EXAMINED THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR BOTH LOW-BOOM AND NON LOW-BOOM SUPERSONIC TRANSPORTS. THIS PREVIOUS STUDY IDENTIFIED TWO POTENTIALLY SEPARATE MARKETS FOR A SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT: A LONG RANGE (>2500 MI) MARKET FOR A NON LOW-BOOM SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT THAT HAS ROUTES PRIMARILY OVER OPEN WATER, AND AN INTERMEDIATE RANGE MARKET (BETWEEN 1,500 AND 2,500 MI) FOR A LOW-BOOM SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT THAT HAS ROUTES PRIMARILY OVER LAND. FOR THE LONG RANGE MARKETS, A LOW-BOOM SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT WOULD BE BURDENED BY THE WEIGHT AND PERFORMANCE PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH ITS LOW-BOOM DESIGN WITH LITTLE OR NO TRAVEL TIME BENEFIT COMPARED TO A NON LOW-BOOM AIRCRAFT, MAKING IT MUCH LESS COMPETITIVE. FOR THE INTERMEDIATE RANGE MARKETS, A LOW-BOOM SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT WOULD HAVE A CLEAR TRAVEL TIME ADVANTAGE OVER A NON LOW-BOOM TRANSPORT ON MOST ROUTES DUE TO ITS ABILITY TO CRUISE SUPERSONICALLY OVER LAND. IN ADDITION, IF THE DESIGN RANGE OF THE LOW-BOOM TRANSPORT WAS DECREASED TO REFLECT THE INTERMEDIATE RANGE MARKETS (DECREASING THE TAKEOFF GROSS WEIGHT (TOGW)), IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE CRUISE MACH NUMBER COULD BE INCREASED WITHOUT A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE BOOM SIGNATURE, PROVIDING EVEN MORE TRAVEL TIME SAVINGS. THE NEW STUDY WILL NARROW THE FOCUS TO LOW-BOOM SUPERSONIC TRANSPORTS OPERATING IN THE U.S., WHICH WILL PROVIDE A STRONG INDICATION OF THE VIABILITY OF AN INTERMEDIATE RANGE LOW-BOOM TRANSPORT. THE PROPOSED STUDY WILL ALSO EXAMINE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF OPERATING A SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT AT U.S. AIRPORTS AND IN U.S. AIRSPACE. THE NEW AIRCRAFT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT AIRPORT/AIRSPACE CAPACITY, AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, AND COMMUNITY NOISE.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$117,396
TD-FAST (TIME DOMAIN FAST ACOUSTIC SCATTERING TOOLKIT) APPLICATION AND ENHANCEMENT. ACCURATE AND EFFICIENT HIGH-FIDELITY NOISE PREDICTION TOOLS ARE CRITICAL TO THE DESIGN AND ASSESSMENT OF CONVENTIONAL AND UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO FURTHER DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT AND VALIDATE AN EFFICIENT HIGH-FIDELITY TIME DOMAIN ACOUSTIC SCATTERING PREDICTION TOOL THAT IS CAPABLE OF CONSIDERING A COMPLETE AIRCRAFT, COVERING A FULL FREQUENCY RANGE OF INTEREST WITHIN A SHORT TURN-AROUND TIME. TIME DOMAIN ACOUSTIC SCATTERING PREDICTION CAPABILITIES HAVE SOME DISTINCT ADVANTAGES OVER FREQUENCY DOMAIN APPROACHES. MOST NOTABLY, SCATTERING SOLUTIONS AT ALL FREQUENCIES ARE OBTAINED WITHIN ONE SINGLE COMPUTATION. IN ADDITION, BROADBAND NOISE SOURCES AND TIME DEPENDENT TRANSIENT SIGNALS CAN BE SIMULATED AND STUDIED. THE TIME DOMAIN APPROACH ALSO COUPLES NATURALLY WITH NONLINEAR COMPUTATIONS WHERE MANY FREQUENCIES ARE GENERATED. FINALLY, WITH RECENT ADVANCES IN MULTI-LEVEL ALGORITHMS, COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY CAN BE GREATLY REDUCED, MAKING IT FEASIBLE FOR ROUTINE APPLICATION AT MID TO HIGH FREQUENCIES WITH REDUCED RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS. THIS TASK CONTINUES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TIME DOMAIN FAST ACOUSTIC SCATTERING TOOLKIT (TD-FAST) PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED UNDER NIA TASK ORDER 80LARC18F0106.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$87,646
RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF IN SITU AND ON-ORBIT OBSERVATIONS OF THE ASIAN TROPOPAUSE AEROSOL LAYER (BATAL - ATAL). THE ASIAN TROPOPAUSE AEROSOL LAYER (ATAL) IS AN ENHANCEMENT OF AEROSOLS IN THE UPPER TROPOSPHERE AND LOWER STRATOSPHERE (UTLS) ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP CONVECTION OF BOUNDARY-LAYER POLLUTION DURING THE ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON. THE PRESENCE OF ATAL HAS IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS FOR CLOUD FORMATION, PRECIPITATION, UTLS CHEMISTRY, AND REGIONAL CLIMATE. A BALLOON MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN OF THE ATAL (BATAL) IS A UNIQUE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO VALIDATE SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS AND OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ON THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ATAL THROUGH BALLOON-BORNE INSTRUMENTS. UNDER FUNDING FROM THE NASA HEADQUARTERS EARTH SCIENCE DIVISION UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH PROGRAM (UARP) AND ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION MODELING AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM (ACMAP) RESEARCH&ANALYSIS PROGRAMS THIS TASK BUILDS UPON PRIOR WORK TO THE ACQUIRE, PROCESS, ANALYZE, INTERPRET AND DISSEMINATE OBSERVATIONAL DATA FROM SATELLITES, BALLOONS AND AIRCRAFT TO ILLUMINATE THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES, COMPOSITION, AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE ATAL ON THE UTLS REGION.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$24,893
TRADE STUDY, MODELING, AND ANALYSIS OF ROBOTIC DOCKING AND BERTHING AT THE LUNAR ORBITAL PLATFORM-GATEWAY. NASA SEEKS TO CONSTRUCT THE LUNAR ORBITAL PLATFORM-GATEWAY OVER A PERIOD STARTING FROM 2020 AND ENDING IN 2028. ALTHOUGH DESIGNED TO BE A MANNED SPACE STATION, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE GATEWAY WILL BE UNOCCUPIED FOR LONG STRETCHES TOTALING OVER 90% OF ITS LIFESPAN. TASKS SUCH AS DOCKING, BERTHING, MAINTENANCE, AND OTHER MANIPULATION TASKS DURING THE UNOCCUPIED PHASES MUST BE PERFORMED BY ROBOTS. SINCE THE ROUND-TRIP COMMUNICATION TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 3 SECONDS, FULL TELEOPERATION IS NOT FEASIBLE, AND SOME DEGREE OF SUPERVISED AUTONOMY WILL BE REQUIRED. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS WORK ARE TO: 1) PERFORM A STUDY INCLUDING THE MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF SENSING AND CONTROLS REQUIREMENTS TO ENABLE SUPERVISED AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS TO PERFORM DOCKING, BERTHING, AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS, AND 2) PERFORM A TRADE STUDY WHICH WILL ASSESS THE STATE OF THE ART IN PLANNED GATEWAY ROBOTS TO INFORM THE DESIGN OF NEW ROBOTIC TOOLS TO ASSIST IN DOCKING AND BERTHING.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$282,706
OPERATIONS LIMITS FOR PASSENGER-CARRYING URBAN AIR MOBILITY MISSIONS. THE CONVERGENCE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS ELECTRIC PROPULSION, AUTONOMY, AND NEW BUSINESS MODELS.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$329,476
HYPERSONIC, COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION FEASIBILITY STUDY. THIS STUDY WILL EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY, PRACTICALITY, AND AFFORDABILITY OF COMMERCIAL HYPERSONIC TRANSPORTS AND TO USE THE RESULTS TO GUIDE FUTURE NASA HYPERSONIC RESEARCH INVESTMENTS.
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