BAA-RQKPD-2015-0001-Call4-Amd1.pdf

This document provides details on a Broad Agency Announcement and related federal contract opportunity. The Broad Agency Announcement, numbered BAA-RQKPD-2015-0001 Call 0004 Amendment 01, is issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate Power and Control Division. It seeks proposals for Demonstration 1 - Validation of Extended Durability Life under Proposal Call Announcement 0004. The due date for proposals has been extended from October 10, 2017 to October 20, 2017.

The related federal contract opportunity is a pre-solicitation for the Composite Airframe Life Extension program. The program aims to identify, develop, demonstrate and validate technology that will allow the USAF to safely extend the certified service lives of airframes containing advanced composite primary structure. It seeks to do so without widespread replacement of aged structure or repeating extensive demonstration processes. The program will identify methods to determine and predict residual strength, durability, damage tolerance and reliability of composite structures over original and extended service lives. The soliciting agency is the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory.