Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2022)
Recipient: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS 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: 2010-03-04 to 2011-06-30
Current total value of award: $27315
Description: TAS::80 0119::TAS  TASK ORDER NO. NND09GH20T ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR THE LAND, VEGETATION, AND ICE SENSOR (LVIS) INTEGRATION  NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER (DFRC) IS PARTICIPATING IN THE INTEGRATION AND FLIGHT TEST OF THE NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) LAND, VEGETATION, AND ICE SENSOR (LVIS) FOR USE ON THE NASA GLOBAL HAWK AIRCRAFT. THE INSTRUMENT SHALL UTILIZE A GOVERNMENT FURNISHED INSTRUMENT SUPPORT STRUCTURE SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO THAT USED WITH THE PRIOR DEVELOPED CLOUD PHYSICS LIDAR (CPL) INSTRUMENT FOR MOUNTING IN ZONE-3 OF THE AIRCRAFT. THIS TASK COVERS THE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF THE INSTRUMENT-SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND OTHER GENERAL INTEGRATION-RELATED SUPPORT.  THE LVIS INSTRUMENT INSTALLATION IN THE NASA GLOBAL HAWK WILL UTILIZE A REPLICA OF THE MOUNTING ASSEMBLY USED IN A PREVIOUS INTEGRATION EFFORT WITH THE CPL INSTRUMENT FROM NASA GSFC. THE LVIS INSTRUMENT SHOULD MOUNT IN THE SAME FASHION AS THE CPL INSTRUMENT, INCLUDING SIMILAR INSTRUMENT-SPECIFIC CUTOUTS OF THE LOWER OUTER MOLD LINE SHEET METAL SURFACE. THIS TASK SHALL INCLUDE THE TWO INDIVIDUAL TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE LVIS INTEGRATION ONTO THE NASA GLOBAL HAWK. THE INDIVIDUAL TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES ARE INDEPENDENT AND MAY BE ADDRESSED IN PARALLEL OR IN ANY SEQUENCE.