This indefinite delivery contract, awarded by the Langley Research Center (a civilian federal agency), is focused on conducting basic and applied research, technology development, systems analyses, and systems integration in airborne and ground-based systems critical to flight safety, management, and control. The prime contractor, Architecture Technology Inc., a small business, will be responsible for defining operational and system requirements, and delivering engineering and research results...
The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) with a ceiling value of $73,754,413.20. The contract provides for Aviation Safety, Analytical and Technical Support Services to support the FAA's Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety through program and project management, analytical and technical subject matter expertise, safety oversight, data analysis, and...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC), valued at $135,100,000, to Infoscitex Corporation, a subsidiary of DCS Corporation. The IDC, with a period of performance from February 2014 to February 2019, is for the "Human Interface Research Tech (HIRT)" program and does not utilize any set-asides. Under this IDC, the Air Force Research Laboratory has issued multiple delivery orders to Infoscitex,...
This indefinite delivery contract was awarded by the Ames Research Center, a civilian agency of the U.S. federal government, to Flight Research Associates, Inc., a veteran-owned small business contractor. The contract is intended to provide simulation pilots and subject matter experts to support the Ames Research Center's SIMLAB program, which is focused on developing new approaches to safely increasing aircraft operations in the National Airspace. The contract has a ceiling value of...
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Architecture & Integration Directorate awarded CFD Research Corporation a $900 million multiple award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract to provide engineering, design, development, and simulation capabilities in support of multi-domain systems. Performance will take place at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio over a 10-year period from 2022 through 2027. As the first task order against this contract vehicle, CFD Research was...
The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters awarded a single-award indefinite delivery contract to Personnel Decisions Research Institutes, LLC, a subsidiary of Gartner, Inc. Public Sector Division. The prime contractor will conduct a job analysis of position 2152 and develop and test a new assessment strategy under a $381,093.66 firm fixed price delivery order issued on August 7, 2023. Work will be performed in Washington, D.C. through September 30, 2028. The...
The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center awarded Cssi, LLC a single award indefinite delivery contract with a potential value of $24,030,988.71 to provide Separation Standards Analysis Support Services from March 2020 through March 2025. The prime contractor will analyze aircraft separation criteria, oceanic air traffic control procedures, and reduced aircraft separation minimums through applied research conducted at FAA technical facilities. This...
The Department of the Air Force awarded this indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) research contract to Infoscitex Corporation, a subsidiary of DCS Corporation, with a total ceiling value of $168,000,000. The contract, titled "Research of Aerospace Systems Technologies (RAST)," enables the Air Force Research Laboratory and other defense agencies to issue task orders for a wide range of services including modeling, simulation, analysis, engineering, and prototype development...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a single-award indefinite delivery contract to Calspan Systems, LLC for enhanced operability scramjet technology. The potential value of the contract is $48.5 million to be delivered through multiple task orders over a five-year period from 2013 to 2018. The first task order is for systems engineering and design support for cold start technologies with a value of $4.058 million to be performed in Bohemia, New York...
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a single-award indefinite delivery contract (IDC) to Infoscitex Corporation, a subsidiary of DCS Corporation, for the Aerospace Systems Technology Research and Assessment (ASTRA) Multi-Domain Modeling Simulation and Analysis (MDMSA) program. The $243.05 million contract has a period of performance through May 2026 and allows AFRL to issue task orders for a range of research, development, and engineering services related to aerospace systems,...
- FLIGHT CRITICAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH - THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, SYSTEMS ANALYSES, AND SYSTEMS INTEGRATION IN AIRBORNE AND GROUND-BASED SYSTEMS CRITICAL TO FLIGHT SAFETY, MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL. THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED WILL BE DEFINED IN PERFORMANCE BASED TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION H, H.8 TASK ORDERING PROCEDURE (NFS 1852.216-80) (OCTOBER 1996). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFINING OPERATIONAL AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS, AND FOR DELIVERING ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH RESULTS THAT MEET THE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS DEFINED IN THE SOW OF EACH TASK ORDER. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL FURNISH ALL PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL, SUPPLIES, AND SERVICES TO PERFORM THE WORK AS OUTLINED IN EACH TASK ORDER, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ITEMS DESIGNATED AS GOVERNMENT FURNISHED. CREW SYSTEMS AND AVIATION OPERATIONS: THIS WORK AREA INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: INTEGRATED FLIGHT DECK SYSTEMS; AIRCRAFT SELF-SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTED AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; ATMOSPHERIC HAZARD AWARENESS AND AVOIDANCE; SITUATION AWARENESS ASSESSMENT; SYNTHETIC VISION; HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE; AND HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN. THESE RESEARCH AREAS INVESTIGATE AVIATION SAFETY AND AIRSPACE CAPACITY ISSUES SUCH AS CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN (CFIT), LOSS OF CONTROL IN FLIGHT, RUNWAY INCURSIONS, HIGH DENSITY AIR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, AND OPERATION OF REMOTELY PILOTED AND AUTONOMOUS AIRCRAFT. SAFETY-CRITICAL AVIATION SYSTEM: THIS WORK AREA INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: MATHEMATICAL PROOF OF SAFETY PROPERTIES FOR SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS TO ENSURE FUNCTIONALITY, RELIABILITY, AND SAFETY; SYSTEM SAFETY ASSURANCE; FAULT TOLERANCE; FAULT MODELING AND EMULATION; REAL-TIME UPSET DETECTION AND RECOVERY; ARCHITECTURE CONCEPTS TO IMPROVE SYSTEM ROBUSTNESS TO DISTURBANCES; VEHICLE HEALTH MANAGEMENT; COMMERCIAL-OFF-THE-SHELF TECHNOLOGY IN SAFETY-CRITICAL SYSTEMS; COMPLEXITY MODELING AND MANAGEMENT; AND INTEGRATED MODULAR AVIONICS. SPECIFIC RESEARCH TOPICS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: THE PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF MALFUNCTIONS AND FAILURES IN AIRCRAFT AND AIRSPACE SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS BY DEVELOPING DESIGN AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS TO VERIFY SYSTEM DESIGN CORRECTNESS AND VALIDATE REQUIRED SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY; THE INVESTIGATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND INTEGRATION OF EXISTING AND FUTURE SENSING/PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES TO ENABLE VEHICLE-WIDE HEALTH MONITORING; AND AIRWORTHINESS AND SYSTEM SAFETY FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, AUTONOMOUS, AND ROBOTIC SYSTEMS. FLIGHT CRITICAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND INTEGRATION: THIS WORK AREA INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, PERFORMANCE OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING IN SUPPORT OF NOVEL FLIGHT CRITICAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT FROM RESEARCH CONCEPT THROUGH SIMULATION AND TEST TO FLIGHT EXPERIMENT.