Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: X-WAVE INNOVATIONS, INC.
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: 2018-12-03 to 2021-12-02
Current total value of award: $749999
Description: EO14042 SENSOR NETWORKS EMBEDDED ON STRUCTURES, SUCH AS PIPES, BRIDGES, RAILWAYS, AIRCRAFT WINGS AND FUSELAGE, AMONG OTHERS, ARE REQUIRED TO TRANSFER DATA RELATED TO THE HEALTH OF THE STRUCTURE. THIS DATA IS TYPICALLY SENT TO A CENTRAL LOCATION WHERE IT CAN BE PROCESSED, DISPLAYED, AND ANALYZED. TYPICAL STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (SHM) USES EMBEDDED ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS EXCLUSIVELY FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE) PURPOSES, WHEREAS DATA TRANSFER IS PERFORMED OVER SEPARATE WIRELESS RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) LINKS. ULTRASONIC SYSTEMS, HOWEVER, ARE ALSO EFFECTIVE AS A COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, AND IN FACT MAY PROVE TO HAVE CRUCIAL ADVANTAGES OVER RF-BASED SENSOR NETWORKS IN CERTAIN SCENARIOS.