Awards for “THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION”
25 awards on this page · sorted by amount · page 32
| Award ID | Recipient | Awarding agency | Amount | Start | End | NAICS | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80MSFC19F0008 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $74.79K | 2018-10-31 | 2019-07-31 | 541712 | TASK ORDER IN SUPPORT TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OFFICE. |
| 80GRC018F0184 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $74.74K | 2018-09-18 | 2019-05-31 | 541712 | POWER&PROPULSION ELEMENT (PPE) COMMERCIAL SPACECRAFT BUS RELIABILITY STUDY |
| 80LARC19F0133 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $74.42K | 2019-10-01 | 2021-01-15 | 541715 | BRIEFINGS TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER. THE SCOPE OF THIS REQUIREMENT IS TO RECEIVE SEMI-ANNUAL BRIEFINGS ON THEIR SUPPORT TO NASA, OTHER CUSTOMERS AND SUPPORTING ANY SPECIAL REQUESTS FROM THE NASA CHIEF ENGINEER. |
| NNL13AA45T | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $74.33K | 2012-12-19 | 2013-04-26 | 541330 | IGF::OT::IGF CPV TRADE SPACE ANALYSIS - THE NASA GCD PROGRAM, LOCATED AT NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER (LARC) AND OVERSEEN BY THE AGENCYS OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST (OCT), FOCUSES ON MATURING ADVANCED SPACE TECHNOLOGIES THAT MAY LEAD TO ENTIRELY NEW APPROACHES FOR THE AGENCY'S FUTURE IN SPACE EXPLORATION. A CURRENT AREA OF FOCUS IS ADVANCING SOLAR TECHNOLOGY. NASAS GCD PROGRAM HAS FOUND THAT MOST TERRESTRIAL CONCENTRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC (CPV) SYSTEMS USE INEXPENSIVE AND LESS EFFICIENT SOLAR CELLS, INSTEAD OF THE HIGHER COST, BUT MORE EFFICIENT MULTI-JUNCTION (MJ) SOLAR CELLS. THE COST OF THE CONCENTRATOR POINTING ELEMENT THAT MUST BE MATCHED TO THE MORE EXPENSIVE CELLS APPEARS TO OUTWEIGH THE BENEFIT OF THE HIGHER EFFICIENCY MJ CELLS. THE CONTRACTOR IS TO CONDUCT A TRADE STUDY OF TERRESTRIAL CPV SYSTEMS TO UNDERSTAND WHEN IT BECOMES LESS EXPENSIVE TO USE MJ OR BETTER SOLAR CELLS RATHER THAN LESS EXPENSIVE CELLS SUCH AS CRYSTALLINE SILICON (C-SI), CADMIUM TELLURIDE (CDTE), OR COPPER INDIUM GALLIUM SELENIDE (CIGS). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM A TRADE STUDY OF TERRESTRIAL CPV SYSTEMS, WITH THE GOAL OF ASSESSING WHEN THE USE OF HIGHER EFFICIENCY MJ SOLAR CELLS OR OTHER HIGH EFFICIENCY CELLS YIELD A COST ADVANTAGE OVER THE USE OF LESS EFFICIENT SOLAR CELLS. THE TRADE STUDY SHALL CONSIDER THE COST AND PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS SOLAR CELL OPTIONS, IN ADDITION TO THE COST OF THE SYSTEM REQUIRED FOR A GIVEN CELL TO ACHIEVE A SET PERFORMANCE. AS PART OF THE ASSESSMENT, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL: 1. DEVELOP AN ASSESSMENT FOR THE STATE OF TECHNOLOGY OF CPV SYSTEMS, INCLUDING SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY, CONCENTRATOR TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOP A LIST OF SOLAR CELL VARIABLES, CONCENTRATOR DESIGN OPTIONS, AND OTHER CPV SYSTEM DESIGN OPTIONS TO INCLUDE IN TRADE SPACE. 2. CONDUCT A TRADE STUDY THAT IDENTIFIES DESIGN POINT(S) WHERE CPV SYSTEMS EMPLOYING MJ CELLS BECOME LESS EXPENSIVE AND IDENTIFY THE ECONOMIC CROSS OVER POINT. 3. THE ASSESSMENT SHALL LEVERAGE THE CONTRACTORS LARGE DATABASE OF SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE AND COST DATA THAT WAS DEVELOPED FROM OVER 20 YEARS OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS AND MULTI-JUNCTION DEVICES. THE ASSESSMENT SHALL ALSO LEVERAGE THE SOLAR TECHNOLOGY WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY NASA, DOD, DOE, NRL AND AFRL. |
| 80GSFC18F0122 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $74.1K | 2018-08-30 | 2019-05-31 | 541712 | SMALLSATS FROM CUBESATS UP TO ABOUT 500 KG SATELLITES ARE A VIBRANT AND GROWING SEGMENT OF THE OVERALL SATELLITE INDUSTRY. CUBESATS IN PARTICULAR STARTED OUT AS UNIVERSITY PROJECTS BUT NOW US GOVERNMENT ENTITIES SUCH AS NASA THE AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY AFR THE NAVY THE ARMY THE AIR FORCE SPACE AND MISSILE SYSTEMS CENTER SMC THE NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE NRO ETC ARE BUILDING AND LAUNCHING SMALL SATELLITES. SMC IN PARTICULARWANTS TO UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT GET FLOWED TO SUB TIER SUPPLIERS FROM ENTITIES SUCH AS ONEWEB, OPERATIONALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE ORS PROGRAMS, AND ANY OTHER SMALL SATELLITE NOT CUBESAT PROGRAMS. BUILD ON SOME OF THE WORK STARTED BY THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY JPL IN EXAMINING ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC, AND ELECTROMECHANICAL EEE PARTS USAGE ON SMALLSAT PROGRAMS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON THE SPACE INDUSTRIAL BASE COULD BE. THERE IS A CONCERN THAT THE GROWING SMALLSAT INDUSTRY COULD PUT MORE PRESSURE ON ALREADY FRAGILE COMPANIES SUPPLYING SPACE GRADE PARTS TO THE CURRENT LARGER SATELLITE PROGRAMS. WHILE SMALLSATS ARE AN IMPORTANT AND GROWING SEGMENT OF THE OVERALL SATELLITE AND LAUNCH INDUSTRY, THE LARGER SATELLITES ARE NOT GOING TO VANISH AS THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT SIMPLY CANNOT BE DONE WITH SMALL SATELLITES, SUCH AS HIGH POWER COMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCAST. |
| 80LARC19F0131 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $73.89K | 2019-10-01 | 2020-10-23 | 541715 | STRUCTURES TECHNICAL DISCIPLINE TEAM (TDT) SUPPORT. THE NASA ENGINEERING AND SAFETY CENTER'S (NESC) STRUCTURES TECHNICAL DISCIPLINE TEAM (TDT) PROVIDES TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO THE AGENCY FOR ISSUES RELATED TO STRUCTURES. |
| 80LARC19F0047 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $73.82K | 2019-03-28 | 2019-09-30 | 541330 | MULTI PURPOSE CREW VEHICLE NONLINEAR DEEP DIVE. BASED ON OBSERVATIONS OF THE MULTI PURPOSE CREW VEHICLE NONLINEAR DEEP DIVE EUROPEAN SERVICE MODEL STRUCTURAL TEST ARTICLE TEST DATA, THE MODEL RESPONSE IS BEING DRIVEN BY NONLINEARITIES IN THE INTERCONNECTS BETWEEN AND INTERNAL TO THE EURORPEAN SERVICE MODEL. THE PROBLEM IS MADE MORE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE SIZE AND INTERNAL STIFFNESS OF THE MODULES THEMSELVES. THESE STIFFNESS AND LOSS FACTORS NEED TO BE DEFINITIVELY IDENTIFIED IN TIME FOR THE VERIFICATION LOADS AND ANALYSES TO LOWER THE STATIC EQUIVALENT LOADS SUFFICIENTLY TO ESTABLISH POSITIVE MARGINS. DISTINCT APPROACHES ARE INCLUDED FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE PATH FORWARD IN MODAL TEST OF THE MULTI PURPOSE CREW VEHICLE STACK ON A FLIGHT EQUIVALENT MSA AND FOR CORRELATION IN THE STATIC TEST. SEVERAL JOINTS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR FROM THE STATIC TEST EVALUATION. |
| 80LARC26F7025 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $73.69K | 2026-05-29 | 2027-05-31 | 541715 | TECHNICAL EXPERTISE IS PROVIDED TO THE AGENCY FOR ISSUES RELATED TO ELECTRICAL POWER AND TO ASSIST IN UNDERSTANDING THE CAUSE FOR THE RECENT SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEMS (SLS) FLIGHT TERMINATION SYSTEM CORE BATTERY QUALIFICATION FAILURES. |
| 80KSC020F0014 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $73.46K | 2019-11-21 | 2020-04-20 | 541715 | COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM (CCP) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE SPACEX PARACHUTES |
| 80LARC19F0113 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $73.45K | 2019-10-01 | 2021-03-26 | 541715 | LOADS AND DYNAMICS TECHNICAL DISCIPLINE TEAM (TDT) SUPPORT.THE NASA ENGINEERING AND SAFETY CENTER'S (NESC) LOADS AND DYNAMICS (L&D) TECHNICAL DISCIPLINE TEAM (TDT) PROVIDES EXPERTISE TO THE AGENCY FOR STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS AND LOADS ANALYSIS AND TEST |
| 80GRC019F0023 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $73.41K | 2018-12-20 | 2019-09-30 | 541712 | PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTRUMENT HERITAGE STUDY, PART 2 |
| NNM11AB30T | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $73.34K | 2011-08-09 | 2012-05-18 | 541611 | AEROSPACE TASK ORDER #24 - STAR TRACKER ANOMALY |
| 80GRC017F0010 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $73.31K | 2017-07-06 | 2018-02-23 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF |
| NNL05AC18T | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $73.27K | 2005-06-08 | 2009-02-27 | 541330 | "NEXC NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUAION (NDE) SUPER PROBLEM RESOLUTION TEAM EXTERNAL TANK THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM |
| NNL06AB71T | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $72.83K | 2006-05-25 | 2007-06-15 | 541330 | ISS, IATCS, TRR |
| 80GRC019F0207 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $72.15K | 2019-09-25 | 2020-02-28 | 541715 | NASA GRC ADVANCED MODULAR POWER SYSTEMS(AMPS) SUPPORT |
| NNM13AA52T | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $72.04K | 2013-09-18 | 2014-06-30 | 541690 | IGF::OT::IGF AEROSPACE, COST AND SCHEDUL ESTIMATE AT SRR FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE CRYO PROPELLANT STORAGE AND TRANSFER (CPST) FOR THE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS MISSIONS (TDM) PROGRAM. |
| NNL15AA27T | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $71.1K | 2014-10-22 | 2015-11-30 | 541330 | IGF::OT::IGF " QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS TO THE OFFICE OF CHIEF ENGINEER " - THE SCOPE OF THIS EFFORT IS FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE QUARTERLY TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS ON THE SUPPORT AEROSPACE PROVIDES TO NASA AND OTHER AGENCIES COVERING AEROSPACE SUPPORT DURING THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND OTHER DISCUSSIONS OF FOCUSED AREAS OF AEROSPACE SUPPORT. |
| 80LARC20F0086 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $70.55K | 2020-09-21 | 2020-12-31 | 541715 | SUPPORT FOR STRATOSPHERIC AEROSOL AND GAS EXPERIMENT (SAGE) IV.. |
| NNL06AA71T | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $70.5K | 2006-01-17 | 2006-08-31 | 541330 | SUPPORT TO NESC KSC VAB |
| 80JSC020F0089 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $70.36K | 2020-04-01 | 2020-09-30 | 541715 | NASA-WIDE SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING, EVALUATION AND TEST SERVICES (NSEETS) TO PROVIDE ON/OFF-SITE PROJECT INDEPENDENT MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING SERVICES, TESTING, CONSULTING, CONTRACTOR-ON-SITE MONITORING, AND EVALUATION OF PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMS |
| 80JSC020F0291 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $70.3K | 2019-10-03 | 2020-04-23 | 541715 | NASA-WIDE SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING, EVALUATION AND TEST SERVICES (NSEETS) TO PROVIDE ON/OFF-SITE PROJECT INDEPENDENT MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING SERVICES, TESTING, CONSULTING, CONTRACTOR-ON-SITE MONITORING, AND EVALUATION OF PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMS. |
| 80ARC018F0130 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $70.27K | 2018-09-13 | 2019-09-30 | 541712 | SUPPORT FOR CUBE QUEST CHALLENGE |
| NNG12PF32P | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $70K | 2012-08-07 | 2013-08-06 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS: STUDY TO UPDATE THE SAMPEX DATA CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROPOSAL NUMBER 11-SRT11-0087 - THE UPDATED SAMPEX DATA CENTER AND USER INTERFACE: TO UPDATE THE SAMPEX DATA CENTER AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE SPACE PHYSICS COMMUNITY FOR CORRELATIVE STUDIES WITH ONGING AND FUTURE HELIOPHYSICS MISSIONS. |
| 80LARC17F0010 | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $69.98K | 2017-07-11 | 2017-12-31 | 541330 | IGF::OT::IGF MICRO COLD GAS SPACECRAFT PRECISION ATTITUDE CONTROL LINE OF SIGHT LOS POINTING AND STABILIZATION QUICK LOOK FEASIBILITY STUDY THE NASA TECHNICAL FELLOW FOR GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL GN&C IS SEEKING AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF USING MICRO COLD GAS THRUSTERS FOR SPACECRAFT PRECISION ATTITUDE CONTROL LINE OF SIGHT LOS POINTING AND STABILIZATION. THEREFORE, THERE IS AN INTEREST IN PERFORMING A SHORT QUICK LOOK ANALYTICAL STUDY TO ASSESS RELATIVE SPACECRAFT POINTING PERFORMANCE OBTAINABLE WITH A MICRO COLD GAS THRUSTER SYSTEM VERSUS THE PERFORMANCE OBTAINED FROM A STANDARD TYPICAL REACTION WHEEL CONTROL APPROACH. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE ANALYTICAL STUDY WOULD BE TO IMPROVE NASAS UNDERSTANDING OF THE BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS OF MICRO COLD GAS THRUSTER CONTROL SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE CONTROL LOS POINTING AND STABILIZATION. THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO DETERMINE THE POTENTIAL SUITABILITY OF MICRO COLD GAS THRUSTER SYSTEMS AS ALTERNATIVE TO REACTION WHEELS AS CONTROL TORQUE ACTUATORS FOR NASA MISSIONS THAT REQUIRE PRECISION POINTING STABILIZATION. IDEALLY, TO DETERMINE HOW WELL THE MICRO COLD GAS THRUSTER SYSTEM REJECTS DIFFERENT TYPES OF IN-FLIGHT DISTURBANCE TORQUES, THE STUDY WOULD CONSIDER PERFORMANCE IN AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT SPACECRAFT OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS IN LOW EARTH ORBIT AND IN DEEP SPACE. IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO NASA TO HAVE THE CONTRACTOR EXPLORE THE CAPABILITY OF A REPRESENTATIVE MICRO COLD GAS SYSTEM TO SATISFY THE ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM ACS REQUIREMENTS OF A RANGE OF DIFFERENT MISSION APPLICATIONS WITH DIFFERENT POINTING REQUIREMENTS IN THE DEFINED OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS. ONE POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF THIS ASSESSMENT WOULD BE A MISSION AGNOSTIC SENSITIVITY STUDY THAT SHOWS THE POINTING PERFORMANCE THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH MICRO COLD GAS THRUSTER CONTROL IN THE FACE OF VARYING DISTURBANCE ENVIRONMENTS. THESE RESULTS SHOULD PROVIDE INSIGHT THAT WILL BETTER ALLOW NASA TO DRAW PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS AS TO WHICH MISSION APPLICATIONS AND OPERATIONAL REGIMES THE MICRO COLD GAS THRUSTER APPROACH COULD BE A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE OR ADJUNCT TO THE REACTION WHEELS TYPICALLY USED FOR GENERATING CONTROL TORQUES. |