BAA-RQKPD-2015-0001-Call3-Atch3.pdf

This attachment provides details for a Broad Agency Announcement solicitation seeking proposals related to Composite Airframe Life Extension technology. The solicitation aims to identify, develop, demonstrate and validate technologies that will allow the United States Air Force to safely extend the certified service lives of existing aircraft containing advanced composite primary structures. Specifically, the Composite Airframe Life Extension program will focus on developing methods to assess and predict the residual strength, durability, damage tolerance and reliability of composite structures throughout original and potential additional service periods without requiring wholesale replacement of aged components or extensive demonstration programs. Proposals are sought by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to address certification of composites and composite airframe life extension under solicitation number BAA-RQKPD-2015-0001.