Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2022)
Recipient: THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION
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: 2016-03-01 to 2017-04-30
Current total value of award: $174097
Description: " COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM (CCP) VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (V&V) INTEGRATION AND MAPPING TO IDENTIFY GAPS AND AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT " - THE SCOPE OF THIS EFFORT IS FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO THE CCP V&V INTEGRATION AND MAPPING ASSESSMENT TEAM WHICH WILL ASSIST THE TEAM IN THE EVALUATION OF THE CCP'S V&V PLANNING TO UNDERSTAND (1) WHETHER THE CCP-LEVEL PLANNING APPROACH IS ADEQUATE, (2) WHETHER THE TWO PARTNERS' (I.E., BOEING AND SPACEX) V&V PLANNING RESPONSE IS ADEQUATE, AND (3) DETERMINE WHETHER THE INTEGRATION AND FLOW OF THE V&V IMPLEMENTATION BETWEEN CCP AND THE TWO PARTNERS ARE ADEQUATE BY USING MAPPING VIA MODEL-BASED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (MBSE).  THE ASSESSMENT WILL INCLUDE A SERIES OF ANALYSES OF V&V ADEQUACY AND REPORTS THAT COINCIDE WITH BOEING'S AND SPACEX'S DESIGN CERTIFICATION REVIEWS (DCR).  THE ASSESSMENT WILL BE CONDUCTED TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MBSE APPROACH AND THE ABILITY FOR THE TEAM TO IDENTIFY GAPS IN THE TRACEABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS TO THE COMMERCIAL PARTNERS.