The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $12.4 million definitive contract to Georgia Tech Research Corporation for the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors program. The objective of this program is to design, build, and flight test an experimental aircraft incorporating active flow control technologies to achieve quantifiable performance improvements. Metacomp Technologies was selected as a subcontractor to provide certain engineering efforts. Funding comes from...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,959 Firm Fixed Price contract to Design Analysis & Research Corp, doing business as Darcorporation, as part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of a new intelligent flight control system with learning capabilities and a high degree of assurance that can be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The project aims to take advantage of...
The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (DOT FAA) awarded a $957,239.74 firm-fixed-price contract to Adaptive Aerospace Group Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation, to develop and evaluate fly-by-wire direct flight path command systems for general aviation (GA) aircraft. The research will be conducted in ground-based simulators and prepare for in-flight evaluations in a variable stability GA aircraft. The main output will be suggested methods of compliance for...
This federal contract award is for Digital Flight Control System Engineering Support for the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Air-4.3.2.6. The prime contractor is KBR Wyle Services, LLC, doing business as Technical Support Services. The contract is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee delivery order with a ceiling value of $15,860,686.00 and a completion date of July 14, 2021. It is not set aside for any specific business category. The contract is part of the Defense Systems Technical Area Tasks (DS TATS)...
Asymmetric Technologies, LLC has been awarded a $750,000 firm fixed price purchase order by the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct research in support of onboard, adaptive flight controls and cooperative mission planning. This award is being made under STTR Phase II, which indicates the work is a continuation of prior small business innovation research. The prime contractor will perform the work out of its Dublin, Ohio facility over a 16-month period concluding in February...
This is a firm fixed-price delivery order contract awarded by the Armstrong Flight Research Center, a civilian agency, to the West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation (doing business as High Technology Foundation) for flight test engineering and held requirement development for the Integrated Resilient Aircraft Control project. The objective is to increase the capability of the Airborne Research Test System (ARTS IV) by completing held requirements and specific ARTS IV flight...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Prioria Robotics, Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company located in Gainesville, FL. The contract, valued at $125,000.00, is for the conceptual and initial design of a novel architecture for aeroservoelastic control of aerospace vehicles. The proposed innovation aims to enhance robustness to unmodeled dynamics through a distributed sensing, computing,...
This is a delivery order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Flight Research Associates, Inc., a veteran-owned small business. The contract, valued at $115,160.46, is for a no-cost extension, pseudo pilots, and air traffic controllers. The place of performance is Moffett Field, California. The contract is a firm fixed-price type with a completion date of February 28, 2007. This contract is not associated with a larger vehicle and does not have a...
This is a firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to National Test Pilot School Inc., a private non-profit educational institution in Mojave, California. The $75,600 contract, awarded on July 16, 2018, is for the school to address design best practices, architectures, and methods of compliance to affordably implement basic envelope protection, augmented flight path control systems, and energy management concepts. The contractor is also tasked...
This is a SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Applied Defense Solutions, Inc., a small business. The contract, valued at $148,657.00, is for "ASSURED AUTONOMOUS SPACECRAFT GN & C VIA HYBRID CONTROL" research and development. As an SBIR Phase I award, this contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which provides funding to small businesses for the research and development of...
NRA AWARD UNDER FCSR TASK ORDER CONTRACT. TASK ORDER TITLE: "ROBUST COMPOSITE ADAPTIVE CONTROL FOR PILOTED AIRCRAFT". THIS EFFORT IS FOR BASIC RESEARCH THAT WILL FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEORETICALLY JUSTIFIED AND NUMERICALLY EFFICIENT ROBUST ADAPTIVE FLIGHT CONTROL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS METHODS. LEVERAGING THE CONTRACTOR'S EXISTING FLIGHT PROVEN ADAPTIVE CONTROL ARCHITECTURES, EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THEIR DESIGN AND ANALYSIS, AND LESSONS LEARNED, THESE TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE EXTENDED TO IMPROVE, PREDICT, AND QUANTIFY OVERALL SYSTEM STABILITY / ROBUSTNESS MEASURES, WITH RESPECT TO UNFORESEEN / ADVERSE FLIGHT CONDITIONS, WHILE EXPLICITLY ACCOUNTING FOR CONSTRAINTS DUE TO ACTUATORS AND ENGINE DYNAMICS. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS/BACKGROUND: (A) NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) IN SOLICITATION NNH07ZEA001N. (B) MIL-STD 1797 (USAF) ENTITLED 'FLYING QUALITIES OF PILOTED VEHICLES'. (C) MIL-F-9490D ENTITLED 'FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS - DESIGN, INSTALLATION AND TEST OF PILOTED AIRCRAFT GENERAL SPECIFICATION' (D) FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS (FAR): PART 25 - AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: TRANSPORT CATEGORY AIRPLANES HTTP://RGL.FAA.GOV/REGULATORY_AND_GUIDANCE_LIBRARY/RGFAR.NSF/MAINFRAME?OPENFRAMESET DESCRIPTION OF TASK REQUIREMENTS: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING TASKS: TASK 1: DESIGN METHODS THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEVELOP ADAPTIVE CONTROL DESIGN METHODS FOR PILOTED AIRCRAFT THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE SIGNIFICANT UNANTICIPATED ERRORS DUE TO MODELING ERRORS, CONTROL FAILURES, BATTLE DAMAGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCES. SPECIFICALLY, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT FUNDAMENTAL / FORMAL DESIGN STUDIES FOR A PILOTED AIRCRAFT OPERATING UNDER ACTUATOR CONSTRAINTS AND WITH ENGINE DYNAMICS EXPLICITLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT DURING THE DESIGN PHASE. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ADDRESS THE ACHIEVABLE DYNAMICS THAT THE SYSTEM CAN ATTAIN UNDER MUTUALLY AGREED UPON FAILURES AND ADVERSE CONDITIONS BY AUGMENTING AN EXISTING BASELINE ROBUST (GAIN-SCHEDULED) FLIGHT CONTROLLER. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL USE COMPOSITE (DIRECT + INDIRECT) ADAPTIVE MODEL REFERENCE CONTROL AND EXTEND THIS TO PILOTED AIRCRAFT BY PROVIDING BUILT-IN DESIGN EXTENSIONS AND MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING ARCHITECTURE. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL USE FLIGHT CONTROL ARCHITECTURES TO PRODUCE THEORETICALLY JUSTIFIED AND NUMERICALLY VERIFIABLE ADAPTIVE FLIGHT CONTROL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS METHODS FOR PILOTED AIRCRAFT. THESE COMPOSITE ADAPTIVE CONTROL DESIGN METHODOLOGIES CONSTITUTE THE DELIVERABLE ITEMS UNDER TASK 1. (DELIVERABLE 11) TASK 2: DESIGN EXTENSIONS AND MODIFICATIONS THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DO DESIGN MODIFICATIONS TO FURTHER IMPROVE AND ENHANCE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, STABILITY, AND ROBUSTNESS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL LEVERAGE RECENT RESULTS RELATED TO THE DESIGN OF ADAPTIVE CONTROLLERS FOR SYSTEMS WITH NONLINEAR-IN-CONTROL DYNAMICS, OPERATING UNDER ACTUATOR CONSTRAINTS, AND IN THE PRESENCE OF NOTCH FILTERS OR ANY OTHER DEVICES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO PREVENT STRUCTURAL MODE INTERACTIONS. THESE DESIGN MODIFICATIONS AND THEIR ANALYSIS METHODS SHALL BE PRODUCED USING FORMAL (LYAPUNOV-BASED) METHODS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONCENTRATE ON FORMULATION OF THEORETICAL CONDITIONS FOR CLOSED-LOOP STABILITY AND PREDICTABLE PERFORMANCE, IN THE PRESENCE OF LARGE AERODYNAMIC UNCERTAINTIES, ACTUATOR CONSTRAINTS, ENGINE DYNAMICS, AND STRUCTURAL MODE INTERACTION. THESE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES SHALL DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERIFIABLE ADAPTIVE FLIGHT CONTROL TECHNOLOGY FOR PILOTED AIRCRAFT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DELIVER ADAPTIVE FLIGHT CONTROL DESIGN EXTENSIONS AND THEIR ANALYSIS METHODS. (DELIVERABLE 12) TASK 3: STABILITY AND ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS METHODS THE CONTRACTOR SHALL NUMERICALLY QUANTIFY CLOSED-LOOP TRANSIENT CHARACTERISTICS AND GAIN / TIME-DELAY MARGINS ON THE GOVERNMENT-PROVIDED AIRCRAFT SIMULATION MODEL (SEE GFI CHART BELOW). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE TUNING DESIGN GUIDELINES NEEDED TO ENSURE STABLE, PREDICTABLE, AND VERIFIABLE ADAPTIVE FL