Task order - statement of work (SOW) task title: flight services and aircraft access introduction/background: the purpose of the overall activity undertaken by the NASA environmentally responsible…

Task order - statement of work (SOW) task title: flight services and aircraft access introduction/background: the purpose of the overall activity undertaken by the NASA environmentally responsible aviation (ERA) project and the contractor is to determine the applicability of active separation control to commercial aircraft operation, considering that aerodynamic performance, system integration complexity, and system costs in terms of required energy are part of the decision process. Vertical tail sizing on commercial aircraft is driven, in large part, by performance required for emergency situations and/or operations near the edges of the flight envelope. For aircraft where the engines are mounted on the wings, engine-out conditions rely heavily on the rudder to provide sufficient yawing moment to trim out the airplane. As part of the environmentally responsible aviation (ERA) project, NASA is seeking to demonstrate the potential benefits of reducing vertical tail size through the use of active flow control (AFC). The AFC-enabled vertical tail would utilize AFC to provide required performance at flight conditions that drive the sizing of the vertical tail while operating in a conventional manner at all other flight conditions. As part of the ERA project, NASA also is seeking to demonstrate the potential benefits of insect accretion and mitigation (IAM) (insect protection). IAM coating technologies are used to mitigate wing and leading edge insect residue adhesion in order to enhance and maintain wing laminar flow. One of the challenges for the implementation of wing laminar flow is premature loss of laminar flow from roughness induced by insect contamination. NASA will flight test both the AFC mass flow distribution system (AFC system) and IAM coating technologies on a commercial airliner vertical tail and wing respectively, with the contractor providing flight services and aircraft access. The flight tests are expected to occur no earlier than august 2014. 2 scope, objectives, applicable documents, and definitions for terms and acronyms: 2.1 scope: the scope of this task order is to fabricate, install, and flight test AFC and IAM technologies on large, commercial aircraft test bed (the boeing 757 ecodemonstrator). 2.2 objectives for this task order are as follows: fabricate an AFC system in accordance with the AFC system design developed under smaaart task order NNL13AC06T modify the 757 bleed air system in accordance with the AFC system design developed under smaaart task order NNL13AC06T install the AFC system into the boeing 757 ecodemonstrator vertical tail in accordance with the AFC system design developed under smaaart task order NNL13AC06T flight test the AFC system including baseline and up to 2 AFC configurations. Fabricate and install a camera platform at windows 2 and 3 in the 757 ecodemonstrator installation design and install optically clear windows 2 and 3 in the 757 ecodemonstrator installation design and install cameras and other camera associated equipment installation design and install the NASA-provided engineered surfaces on the 757 ecodemonstrator slats 8 and 9 quantify in flight the insect impact density on wing slats 8 and 9 through operation of the camera system provide ground support to assist NASA in the post-flight insect accretions inspections provide flight services and aircraft access for use by NASA and the contractor provide all personnel (including qualified pilots), ground equipment, tools, and other equipment necessary to conduct the NASA research flights and ground support 2.3 applicable documents DOC. Number title title 14 CFR part 65 part 65--certification: airmen other than flight crewmembers 2.4 definitions for terms and acronyms - see appendix a. 3 description of the work/tasks to be performed: the contractor shall perform the work in the six phases identified below and further described in SOW tasks 3.1 t