ACC HiCAM Overview Virtual Industry Day Presentation Slides 03SEP20.pdf

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

ACC HiCAM Industry Day Advanced Composites Consortium (ACC)

Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) Project

Rick Young, Planning Lead

Special Notice: ACC HiCAM Industry Day and Capabilities Statement Request

• Advanced Composites Consortium (ACC) o Public-private partnership, formed by NASA and selected partners in 2015 o NASA has approved leveraging the ACC as appropriate, including the potential addition of new members, to support new work

• Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) o New NASA project in pre-formulation o Approved to execute early start activities to support HiCAM formulation

• Current Opportunity:

o NASA, on behalf of the ACC Executive Steering Committee (ESC), is requesting information from organizations interested in becoming a member of the ACC o ACC membership is limited to United States (U.S.) industry, including not-for-profit institutions, and U.S. universities/colleges

• Information requested:

o One (1) page summary that includes an organizational overview, anticipated contribution to the ACC to address HiCAM objectives, and willingness to accept the terms and conditions of the AoC as written.

o Capabilities statement detailing qualifications, bullet format, limited to three (3) pages, organized by and addressing five topic areas:

https://beta.sam.gov/opp/cbf7ee934a044aa9afbba0dbdba317cb/view

• Design and manufacture of composites for aerospace

• Ability to engage in cost sharing (50/50)

• Certification experience for aircraft

• Focus technology experience: material development and qualification, progressive damage modeling, bonding, manufacturing tooling, …

• Partnership experience in PPPs or similar

Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM)

• Goal: enable 4–6X manufacturing rate increase for composite airframe structures (~15 ~100/month)

• Shift from focus on weight to balance rate, cost, & weight

• Demonstrate high-rate manufacturing concepts at full scale

(TRL/MRL 3+ 6 at close)

• Evolving SoA thermosets

• Thermoplastics

• Resin Transfer Molding

• Materials, processes, and architectures

• Demonstrate model-based engineering tools for efficient design, development, and certification

• Partner with Industry & FAA for realistic requirements

• Leverage industry expertise and efforts

• Partnership model similar to Advanced Composites Project

Rapid prototype and evaluation of manufacturing concepts, down-select at smaller scale, agile development to mature concepts at larger scale

Current SoA

Inspection

Assemble

Cure

Layup

Paint

PRODUCTION

TIME REDUCTION

t /6 t

Future State

Game-changing manufacturing/delivery rate needed to meet single aisle demand

HiCAM Technical Content and Approach

Model Based Engineering Tools

• Reduce physical testing

• Accelerate concept maturation

• Optimize design and manufacturing parameters

• Assess and accept defects

System-Level Requirements Definition

• System level rate measures

• Capstone test articles

• Down-select criteria

Rapid prototype and evaluation of manufacturing concepts, down-select at smaller scale, agile development to mature concepts at larger scale

Concept Screening and Trades

• Multiple approaches to consider

(rapid build, cure, assembly)

• Leverage recent advances

• Develop system-level concepts for potential benefit

• Select concepts, develop with building block approach

HiCAM Project Overview

FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY27

Goal: Demonstrate manufacturing approaches and associated technologies for large composite primary airframe structures that enable a 4-6x production rate increase without cost or weight penalty for composite structures versus 2020 best in class for early 2030s entry into service (EIS) single-aisle aircraft

Potential Milestones

Budget Request, FY21 ($M)

Select Concepts to Evaluate

TRL/MRL 4

Technology Demos

Airframe Component Demo Complete (TRL/MRL 6)

Down-select Concepts for Full-Scale

FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY27

12 16 16 23 25 TBD TBD

Proposed Acquisition Strategy

• Public Private Partnership (PPP) o Focused, applied R&D o Multi-party teams with integrated tasks o 50/50 cost share

• Approved to leverage the Advanced Composites Consortium (ACC) as appropriate, including the potential addition of new members

Investment Approach

NASA

In-House

PPP:

NASA-funded

PPP:

Cost Match

NRA

Advanced Composites Consortium (ACC) Information

ACC: Current Membership and Management Structure

Executive Steering Committee (ESC)

Technical Oversight Committee (TOC)

Cooperative Research Teams (CRT)

Tier 1 Members

Tier 2 Members

Executive Steering Committee controls the size and composition of the ACC

• Expertise to conduct envisioned work

• Reasonable number of Tier I and Tier II Members

ACC Membership Structure

Tier I members:

• Members of the Executive Steering Committee (ESC) and Technical Oversight Committee (TOC)

• Meet all 5 criteria:

1. Technical expertise in design and manufacture of composites

2. Funding willingness and ability to engage in cost sharing

3. Composites certification experience (vehicles or components) with FAA or DoD

4. Focus technology experience

5. Experience in PPP or similar relevant collaborative partnerships

Tier II members:

• Members of the TOC only

• Do not meet all 5 criteria of Tier I membership

NOTE: All members have same cost share requirements and similar IP provisions

ACC Work Package and CRT Formation

• ACC research topics align with goals of supporting Project(s) :

– Previously, ACP : reduce timeline to develop and certify composite structures

– Current, HiCAM: 4-6x manufacturing rate for composite primary airframe structure to meet single aisle demand

• ACC workshops (gov’t, industry) held to identify and prioritize potential research topics

– Potential impact on Project objectives

– Multiple members having interest

– Willingness to openly share products (data, IP) with partners on a work activity

– Ability to cost share 50/50

• Call for Proposals based upon select research topics issued to ACC members

– Cooperative Research Teams then formed with Gov’t and Industry partners defining content, and delegating responsibilities and cost distribution (mutually negotiated)

– Work Activities approved by ESC, with funding approved by NASA and participating CRT members

– Work initiated via cooperative agreements

• Upcoming ACC Work Activities based upon ACC planning workshops Summer and Fall, CY20, to support HiCAM formulation

ACC: Cost of Membership

• There is no membership fee

• Industry partners contribute 50/50 on full cost of each Work Activity

• Any member’s participation in a CRT and the level of funding and work split is negotiated between all members of that CRT (industry and gov’t)

• Active participation in ACC is required of members (“no watchers”);

members may participate in few Work Activities if investment is limited

• NASA is managing the ACC and will award Cooperative Agreements to each member performing work

• Consortium management cost is part of NASA’s contribution, to be matched by partners in the full cost of research.

• Multi-member teams can reduce cost per member on a Work Activity, and work products are shared by all team members

– Leverage expertise

– Leverage funding: NASA cost share, Partner contributions

= 50% NASA cost share

• Cash to partner

• NASA participation

• ACC management

Example ACC Work Activity Funding

• Partner A pays for ~1/6 of the work, performs 1/3 of the work, & gets access to all results

• NASA cash varies with NASA participation to maintain 50:50

Partner C

Partner A

Partner B

• Allowable contributions from non-gov’t partners

– Cash

– Non-cash (in-kind): examples are equipment, facilities, labor, office space, database, materials, tooling, etc.

• Acceptance and valuation of in-kind resources established in 3 steps:

1. Accepted by CRT, confirming value to the team

2. Evaluated by TOC

3. Formal review by NASA Procurement

– Industry matching contributions cannot be from gov’t sources or previously counted as cost match

• Matching NASA contributions include: cash to non-gov’t partners, government furnished equipment, FTE and resources for NASA ACC tasks, consortium management cost

• Proposed Project Work Plans must define contributions (monetary or in-kind) before NASA funds work under a CA

• Actual cost-share is tracked. Final invoice payment amount will be adjusted unilaterally by the Agreement Officer to achieve an overall 50/50 cost share amount, to ensure compliance with the cost sharing terms.

Cost Sharing Details

ACC IP Provisions

Intellectual Property: Basic Structure

NASA Funded Cooperative Agreements, between NASA and each Member, with Articles of Collaboration attached

– Governs rights in inventions and data resulting from Work Activities (NASA funded)

– Applies to all subcontracts and lower tier agreements, regardless of tier

– General requirements identified by referencing the Articles of Collaboration (AoC)

– Addresses large, small and non-profit Consortium Members and/or subcontractors

– Inventions:

• Small entities can elect to retain title

• Allows large entities to petition for an advanced waiver prior to work execution

No NASA Funding or Participation Articles of Collaboration

– Governs rights in inventions and data for Projects (No NASA funding or participation)

– Any data/inventions solely developed on a Project are owned by the CRT member(s)

Intellectual Property: Key Terminology

• Background Technology:

– Technology in existence prior to commencement of any work performed under a Work Activity or Project or Technology developed independently of performance on a Work Activity or Project

1. Reserved Background Technology (Data)

• Must identify to TOC and note restrictions

• Industry CRT Members agree to grant upon request by other CRT Members a royalty-bearing, non-exclusive license to use and further disclose as necessary to enjoy the specified rights in Project Technology

• Maintained in confidence and disclosed and used by NASA and its contractors only for the purpose of carrying out

NASA’s responsibilities under the CA

2. Contributed Background Technology (Data)

• Industry CRT Members grant to other CRT Members a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, paid-up, worldwide license to use as necessary to enjoy the specified rights in Project Technology

• Maintained in confidence and disclosed and used by NASA and its contractors only for the purpose of carrying out NASA’s responsibilities under the CA

• NASA Background Data

– Industry CRT Members shall use only under Work Activities (NASA-funded)

– Upon completion of Work Activities, Industry CRT Member will dispose of as requested unless greater rights are granted

Intellectual Property: Data Provisions

• Data First Produced by Industry with NASA funding under a Cooperative Agreement

– Up to 5 years protection if considered trade secret/privileged/confidential – TBD for each activity

– Industry CRT Member cannot disclose to any third party during protection period other than to CRT Members for internal use only, without

NASA’s approval

– Disclosed/used by NASA and its contractors for experimental, evaluation, research, and development purposes during protection period

– After protection period may be used/disclosed by Government and others acting on its behalf for Government purposes only unless greater rights granted

– License in 10.3(c) of AoC applies after protection period for non-NASA CRT Members: “a paid up irrevocable, non-exclusive license to

Project Technology, Inventions, Patents and Copyrights”

• Data First Produced by NASA with NASA funding under a Cooperative Agreement

– Up to 5 year protection if considered trade secret/privileged/confidential – TBD for each activity

– Industry CRT Member cannot disclose to any third party during protection period other than to CRT Members for internal use only, without

NASA’s approval

– Disclosed/used by or on behalf of the Government for Government purposes during protection period and thereafter for any purpose with no restriction on disclosure

– License in 10.3(c) of AoC applies after protection period for non-NASA CRT Members

• ACC Data

– Data developed in a Project (No NASA funding)

– NASA will maintain in confidence; NASA and its contractors may use only to carry out NASA responsibilities under CA

– NASA will dispose of as requested unless greater rights are granted

– Use by Industry Partners governed by the AoC

Intellectual Property: Data Rights

• Unlike patent provisions, the data rights can be tailored up to a maximum of 5 years protection

• Categories for Data brought into each Work Activity are clearly defined in the AoC and CA; CRTs need only select the category (Reserved or Contributed) to be used during proposal development

• Background Data, contributed or reserved, and Data produced is freely shared among the CRT conducting a Work Activity

Intellectual Property: Invention Rights

• At a minimum, Government retains an irrevocable, royalty-free right to practice invention throughout the world by or on behalf of the United States

• Large Entities

– Title vests in Government

– Can petition for waiver of NASA’s rights; generally granted unless exceptional circumstances

• Small Entities

– CRT member can elect to retain title

• Joint Inventions

– Process defined when 2 or more inventive Industry CRT Members having ownership elect to retain title or receive a waiver grant

– Process defined when NASA and one or more inventive Industry CRT Members having ownership elect to retain title or receive a waiver grant

• NASA Inventions

– Licensing subject to 37 CFR Part 404

Back to ACC HiCAM Industry Day and Capabilities Statement Request

Next Steps

Process for expanding ACC Membership

1. Post announcement for Industry Day and Information Request as Special Notice on beta.sam.gov

2. NASA host virtual “Industry Day” to provide further information and answer questions

3. Potential partners respond to the information request:

– One (1) page summary that includes an organizational overview, anticipated contribution to the ACC to address

HiCAM objectives, and willingness to accept the terms and conditions of the AoC as written.

– Capabilities statement detailing qualifications, limited to three (3) pages, organized by and addressing five topic areas, which are the criteria for ACC membership (same criteria as applied to current ACC members)

4. ESC evaluate submissions to determine whether to admit as ACC member, Tier 1 or 2

– If necessary, we will set up web meetings with select applicants to discuss their submissions prior to voting