Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: OPTICAL SCIENCES, LLC
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: 2014-07-16 to 2020-05-29
Current total value of award: $6863065
Description: SPECIALIZED DATA ANALYSIS AND ENHANCED DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS - THE BASIC OBJECTIVE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PERFORM A TIMELY ASSESSMENT OF ENGINE COMPONENT AND SYSTEM OPERATIONAL STATUS, IDENTIFICATION OF PROBABLE CAUSES OF MALFUNCTION, AND DEFINITION OF FEASIBLE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM DETAILED SPECIALIZED COMPUTER SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS TOOLS DEVELOPMENT, DATA ANALYSIS, AND EVALUATION OF DYNAMIC DATA OBTAINED DURING TEST AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS OF SSME, USE/J-2X, AND OTHER ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT.  THIS WILL INCLUDE ANALYTICAL AND STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT OF COMPONENT DYNAMICS AND CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ANALYTICAL SOFTWARE AND ACQUISITION SYSTEMS WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO EFFECTIVELY DEFINE NOMINAL COMPONENT DYNAMIC AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS, DETECT ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOR, AND ASSESS MACHINERY OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS.   THE SCOPE OF THIS STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) BROADLY DEFINES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIALIZED COMPUTER SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT, PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS TOOLS DEVELOPMENT, DATA ANALYSIS, AND EVALUATION OF DYNAMIC DATA OBTAINED DURING SSME AND ARES ENGINE SYSTEMS TEST AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS TO BE PROVIDED TO MSFC BY THE CONTRACTOR.  THIS CONTRACT WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE, AND WILL TAKE TECHNICAL DIRECTION FROM THE CONTRACTING OFFICER (CO) AND THE CONTRACTING OFFICER'S TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE (COTR).