Multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization (MDAO) tools today possess limited disciplines with little fidelity modeling capability. These tools are typically developed as a single large…
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- Contract number
- NNX10RA84P
- Awardee
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Zona Technology Inc. UEI LYMKH9UK64J7
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $99,888
Award facts
- Opportunity
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- Recovery - high-speed neutron and gamma flux sensor for monitoring surfacenuclear reactors Award Notice · Posted Dec 1, 2009
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $99,888.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Funding agency
- Ames Research Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NAICS code
- 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources · 2 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- Scottsdale, AZ 85258, USA
- Research
- STTR Phase I
- Legislative mandates
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- Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act FAR subpart 22.6
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this award
This is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center to Zona Technology Inc., a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business. The $99,888.00 firm fixed-price contract is for the development of three object-oriented components to improve the integration and performance of multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization (MDAO) tools. The objectives include an automatic re-meshing tool, a hybrid optimization tool, and a fast transonic unsteady aerodynamics method. This contract aims to enhance the capabilities of NASA's existing MDAO framework by leveraging existing analysis codes and improving their integration across disciplines and fidelity levels.
Description
Multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization (MDAO) tools today possess limited disciplines with little fidelity modeling capability. These tools are typically developed as a single large software application that performs analysis for all disciplines but has little or no capability to integrate multi-fidelity and multi-discipline components that have already been developed as stand-alone analysis codes. Even though a multitude of tools have been developed and well adapted to the interdisciplinary aircraft design/analysis, they have not been developed to work together. The objective of the development of the MDAO tool is to generate a "central executive" that can integrate disparate software packages in a cross platform network environment so as to perform optimization and design tasks in a cohesive streamlined manner. This object-oriented framework can integrate the analysis codes for multiple disciplines, instead of relying on one code to perform the analysis for all disciplines. Zona technology and its team member virginia polytechnic institute propose to develop three object-oriented components that will fully leverage tools currently under development within NASA's MDAO framework. The three major components are: (1) an automatic RE-meshing tool that can provide a fast and efficient mesh generation capability for complex structures like curved panels with curved stiffeners and aircraft wings of any shape with curved spars and ribs. (2) a hybrid optimization tool that combines a non-gradient based optimization method and a gradient based optimization method. The advantage of this hybrid optimization is that a global optimum point can be achieved through the non-gradient optimization and acceleration of the convergence can be obtained by aiding gradient based optimization algorithm. (3) a fast transonic unsteady aerodynamics method for accurate aeroelastic analysis and shape sensitivity information due to the change of external wing shape.
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Who was awarded contract NNX10RA84P?
NNX10RA84P was awarded to Zona Technology Inc. by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on January 29, 2010.
How much is contract NNX10RA84P worth?
The government has obligated $99,888 on NNX10RA84P.
Which agency awarded contract NNX10RA84P?
Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) awarded NNX10RA84P, with funding from Ames Research Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
Was contract NNX10RA84P competed?
The extent of competition for NNX10RA84P was full and open competition after exclusion of sources. The government received 2 offers. It was set aside: Total Small Business.
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