One of the primary shortcomings identified during the NASA sponsored CFD vision 2030 study conducted during 2012-2014 was that the generation of meshes suitable for CFD simulations constitutes a…
Ended Definitive Contract Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80NSSC18C0078
- Awardee
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Helden Aerospace Corporation UEI KZC3LFDHAN38
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $1,119,396
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $1,119,396.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources · 500 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- Acworth, GA 30101, USA
- Research
- SBIR Program Phase II Action
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
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| Other Administrative Action | -$8 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Exercise an Option | $375,000 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Original award | $744,404 |
About this award
This is a Definitive Contract awarded to Helden Aerospace Corporation, a for-profit small business, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The contract, valued at $1,119,396.00, is for Phase II research and development of "HeldenSurface", a software tool to automate the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) mesh generation process. This capability aims to address a key bottleneck identified in the CFD Vision 2030 study to enable NASA engineers to focus on interpreting CFD simulation results rather than the time-consuming mesh generation. The contract has a firm fixed price pricing type and an ultimate completion date of October 24, 2021. Helden Aerospace is the prime contractor on this small business set-aside contract, leveraging its prior success in commercializing its HeldenMesh grid generation software.
Description
One of the primary shortcomings identified during the NASA sponsored CFD vision 2030 study conducted during 2012-2014 was that the generation of meshes suitable for CFD simulations constitutes a principal bottleneck in the workflow process as IT requires significant human intervention. Our solution to this problem is the development of heldensurface, which is a robust tool for automatially converting arbitrary starting geometry definitions into a collection of watertight CAD surfaces. These CAD surfaces are then used as the starting point for existing commercial grid generators such as our heldenmesh unstructured grid generator. This represents a critical capability needed to automate the CFD mesh generation process permitting the thousands of engineers performing CFD to focus their efforts on interpreting results instead of generating meshes. The feasibility of heldensurface was proven during our phase I effort through its successful demonstration on multiple test cases. Our phase II effort builds upon this past success by focusing on its further development and demonstration, testing, and completion of commercialization assessments. We offer a proven path to commercialization of heldensurface by leveraging our current success with the commercialization of our heldenmesh grid generation software and we anticipate offering heldensurface as a commercial product within 2 years of completion of the phase II effort.
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Who was awarded contract 80NSSC18C0078?
80NSSC18C0078 was awarded to Helden Aerospace Corporation by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on April 26, 2018.
How much is contract 80NSSC18C0078 worth?
The government has obligated $1,119,396 on 80NSSC18C0078.
Was contract 80NSSC18C0078 competed?
The extent of competition for 80NSSC18C0078 was full and open competition after exclusion of sources. The government received 500 offers. It was set aside: Total Small Business.
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