Ascent loads the contractor has over the past few years participated as a member of the NASA engineering and safety center (NESC) exploration systems independent modeling and simulation team…

Dynamic Concepts LLC, a small business specializing in engineering and software services, was awarded a firm fixed price Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call valued at $276,301 by NASA's Johnson Space Center. The contract, awarded September 1, 2016, with completion targeted for October 30, 2016, tasks Dynamic Concepts with applying its ascent loads and ascent abort loads simulation tools to perform an independent verification of abort loads generated by Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Module (MPCV) prime contractor. Dynamic Concepts developed this software simulation capability through its prior participation as a member of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) Exploration Systems Independent Modeling and Simulation Team. The work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, with no set-aside designation applied.

This contract supports NASA's Orion crewed spaceflight program, which represents the agency's next-generation vehicle for human exploration missions. Dynamic Concepts' independent verification role provides critical validation of the abort load predictions essential to crew safety and vehicle design certification. As a subsidiary of Axient LLC, Dynamic Concepts has established a track record with NASA Johnson Space Center delivering loads and dynamics analysis services through multiple prime and subcontract awards, making the firm well-positioned to deliver the specialized engineering analysis required for this verification task.

Ascent loads the contractor has over the past few years participated as a member of the NASA engineering and safety center (NESC) exploration systems independent modeling and simulation team developing ascent loads and ascent abort loads capability. As such, the contractor has developed software simulation tools providing such capability. This task is to apply these tools in performing an independent verification of the abort loads generated by the orion multi-purpose crew module (MPCV) prime contractor.