NASA ARC Solicitation: Service-Based Cluster Flight Algorithms and Software
Award – May 27, 2011
General Information
NAIS Posted Date: May 27, 2011
FedBizOpps Posted Date: May 27, 2011
Noncompetitive Action: No
Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No
Contract Award Date: May 10, 2011
Contract Award Number: NNA11AB16C
Solicitation Number: DARPA-BAA-11-01
Contract Award Amount: 1030951.00
Contract Line Item Number: 001
Contractor: Emergent Space Technologies Inc. 6411 Ivy Lane, Suite 303 Greenbelt, MD 20770-0001
Contractor DUNS Number: 101537046
Classification Code: A — Research and Development
NAICS Code: 541712 – Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
Contracting Office Address
NASA/Ames Research Center, JA:M/S 241-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
Description
Three innovations under this contract will address the challenge of developing future space systems via fractionated architectures wherein wirelessly networked modules communicate, collaborate and share resources to accomplish the mission. The work being conducted under this contract addresses cluster flight and will investigate how to design GN&C systems that are service-based and are part of a fractioned space system. Under this contract Emergent will develop a fractionated architecture and algorithms that reliably and accurately estimate relative PVT for an indefinite number of satellites by accepting a variable number of measurement types, rates, and accuracies and develop a framework and the algorithms capable of implementing the constraints and objectives for all F6 cluster flight maneuver planning use cases. This work will also implement algorithm scalability with changing cluster processing resources and competing cluster flight maneuver planning priorities.
Point of Contact
Name: Christine M Benavides
Title: Purchasing Agent
Phone: 650-604-5807
Fax: 650-604-0932
Email: christine.m.benavides@nasa.gov
Name: Justin C. Pane
Title: Contracting Officer
Phone: 650-604-5621
Fax: 650-604-0932
Email: justin.c.pane@nasa.gov
