Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2023)
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: 2018-02-16 to 2019-05-31
Current total value of award: $952226.99
Description: SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN SUPPORT OF NASA PROGRAMS/PROJECTS: THE STATEMENT OF WORK FOCUSES ON TWO AREAS OF RESEARCH.  ONE AREA OF FOCUS IS SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF ADVANCED CONCEPTS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED UNDER NASA S AERONAUTICS RESEARCH MISSION DIRECTORATE (ARMD) PROGRAMS.  THE OTHER AREA OF FOCUS IS UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS AND RISK REDUCTION THROUGH VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTAL PLANNING.  NASA IS SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND THROUGH SYSTEM ANALYSIS THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF PROPOSED VISION SYSTEMS HOW THEY RELATE TO ESTABLISHED PROGRAM GOALS.  NASA IS ALSO SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL GAP THAT MAY EXIST BETWEEN THE VISION SYSTEM AND THE ESTABLISHED GOALS AND WHAT TECHNOLOGIES ARE NEEDED TO POTENTIALLY CLOSE THAT GAP.  FURTHERMORE, NASA IS SEEKING A FORMALIZED METHOD TO REDUCE UNCERTAINTY AND ASSOCIATED RISK THROUGH A STRUCTURED EXPERIMENT DESIGN PROCESS THAT RESULTS IN MATURATION OF THE TECHNOLOGIES NEEDED TO CLOSE GAPS TO ACHIEVE PROGRAM GOALS.    THE MAJOR OBJECTIVES FOR THE PROPOSED RESEARCH ARE LISTED BELOW. THE SPECIFIC TASKS DESCRIBED HEREIN CORRESPOND TO THESE OBJECTIVES:   PERFORM SYSTEM ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE FUEL BURN, NOX EMISSIONS MARGIN, AND NOISE MARGIN FOR THE FOLLOWING VISION SYSTEMS: AURORA D8 BOEING TRANSONIC TRUSS-BRACED WING (TTBW) INDUSTRY-BASED HYBRID ELECTRIC TRANSPORT (HET) DYZNE REGIONAL BLENDED WING BODY (BWB) LOCKHEED BWB BOEING BWB DETERMINE MOST PROMISING SET OF TECHNOLOGIES TO BRIDGE THE GAP OF VISION SYSTEM TO ACHIEVE PROGRAM GOALS PERFORM UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RISK REDUCTION FOR IDENTIFIED EXPERIMENTATION PROGRAMS  THIS TASK IS RELATED TO WORK ORIGINALLY PERFORMED UNDER NIA TASK ORDER NNL17AA71T.