Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2022)
Recipient: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATES
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: 2013-08-27 to 2018-09-07
Current total value of award: $1461173
Description: 1. TASK ORDER TITLE: ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL TOOL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 2. PURPOSE, OBJECTIVE, AND BACKGROUND OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED: NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER UNDERTAKES INNOVATIVE, HIGH-PAYOFF, AEROSPACE AND SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES BEYOND THE RISK LIMIT OR CAPABILITY OF COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY AND HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR AEROSPACE SCIENCES FOR MANY YEARS.  AS THE BOUNDARIES OF UNDERSTANDING THE PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF INTEREST ARE PUSHED OUTWARD, THE DESIGN TOOLS, THE MEASUREMENT METHODOLOGY AND PROCESSES, AND COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS NEED TO ALSO BE PUSHED BEYOND THEIR CURRENT LIMITATIONS.  THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS TASK IS TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUED ASSESSMENT AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.