Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER COMPANY
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2009-02-26 to 2014-08-06
Current total value of award: $759710.61
Description: SUBSONIC ROTARY WING CONTRACT-  ROTORCRAFT RESEARCH INCLUDES A SPECTRUM OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS, ANALYSIS, DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS (MODEL-SCALE, FULL-SCALE, AND FLIGHT) WITH ROTORCRAFT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AERODYNAMICS, STRUCTURES, COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS, ACOUSTICS, COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS, COCKPIT DESIGN AND CONTROL SYSTEMS, HANDLING QUALITIES, HUMAN FACTORS, PROGNOSTICS AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENTS, AND SYSTEMS AND ECONOMICS ANALYSIS.  THE FOLLOWING AREAS ARE LISTED AS EXAMPLES: ASSESSMENT OF ADVANCED ROTORCRAFT TECHNOLOGIES, ASSESSMENT OF ROTORCRAFT REQUIREMENTS IN THE NEXT GENERATION AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROGNOSTICS AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENTS, RESEARCH FLIGHT TESTING, WIND TUNNEL TEST STANDS, HARDWARE GEAR TESTING COMPONENTS, ADVANCED ROTOR TECHNOLOGY/CONFIGURATION EQUIPMENT AND GPS UPGRADES, HEALTH USAGE MONITORING SYSTEMS (HUMS) TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS, ENGINEERING ANALYSES OF ADVANCED CONCEPTS, ADVANCED COCKPIT CREW STATION RESEARCH.