BAA-RQKPD-2015-0001-Call4-Atch2.pdf

This document contains details of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitation from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory. The solicitation, numbered BAA-RQKPD-2015-0001, seeks proposals for the Composite Airframe Life Extension (CALE) program. The goal of the CALE program is to develop and demonstrate technologies that will allow Air Force structural integrity managers to safely extend the certified service lives of aircraft that contain advanced composite primary structures. This will be done without needing to replace large amounts of aged composite structure and without repeating lengthy demonstration processes. The CALE program aims to identify methods to determine and predict the residual strength, durability, damage tolerance, and reliability of composite aircraft structures throughout original and extended service life cycles.