FA8650-18-S-2002-Atch3.pdf

3 January 2018

STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES

FOR

ADVANCED TURBINE TECHNOLOGIES FOR AFFORDABLE

MISSION-CAPABILITY (ATTAM) I

INTRODUCTION:

The Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission-Capability (ATTAM) Phase I program is a capability based planning and execution development construct for turbine technology for the Air Force. The Turbine Engine Division, Aerospace Systems Directorate, of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) seeks to advance the state-of-the-art in turbine engine technology. The mission of the ATTAM program is to develop, demonstrate and transition advanced turbine propulsion, power and thermal technologies that provide a disruptive improvement in affordable mission capability. This approach extends to a range of legacy, emerging, and future military propulsion, power and thermal technology needs in multiple applications.

1.0 SCOPE

1.1 The objectives of the ATTAM program are to reduce development, production, and maintenance costs; increase fuel efficiency; increase propulsive capability;

and integrate propulsion, power, and thermal management.

1.2 The Turbine Engine Division has provided sustainment technology to legacy systems for many years, and continues to collaborate with the acquisition and sustainment communities to improve warfighting capabilities. Understanding the needs of our warfighter today is key to determining research strategies to provide technologies for tomorrow. Integration of new architectures is also a key to understanding and implementing new technologies for engine, power and thermal management.

2.0 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

2.1 TBD on Task Orders.

3.0 REQUIREMENTS

The contractor shall conduct research under the following Grand Challenge research areas:

3.1 Propulsion, Power and Thermal Technologies

The contractor shall develop and demonstrate fully integrated advanced propulsion capabilities that provide high electrical power generation and thermal management to enable revolutionary capabilities across a wide range of engine classes. The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to: challenges associated with adaptive core and engine features; optimization of sub-system designs; component and system technologies; advanced materials; engine stability; electrical power; thermal management; and prognostics and health management.

3.1.1 Adaptive Propulsion Technology – The contractor shall complete the design and development of adaptive cycle core and demonstrator engines.

The contractor shall conduct component development and risk mitigation testing to advance Technology Readiness Level (TRL) / Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) in preparation for core and planned engine demonstrator testing. Research interests may include, but are not limited to:

adaptive cycle engine technology; operability; power and thermal management; and innovative application of advanced material and manufacturing systems.

3.1.2 Integrated Propulsion, Power and Thermal (INPPAT) Management Demonstration – The contractor shall investigate the integration and control of advanced turbine engine configurations. Research in this area will include development, integration and control of propulsion, power, and thermal management systems for advanced subsonic and supersonic vehicle concepts. The contractor shall design, develop components, and perform risk mitigation testing to demonstrate integrated systems. The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to:

leveraging component developments in controls; control life management modeling; adaptive engine features; and weapon system integrated performance and operability.

3.1.3 Advanced Propulsion, Power and Thermal System Controls –The contractor shall develop hardware and integration technologies enabling future Air Vehicle Platform capabilities. The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to: electronics for control, power, actuation, and sensing; prognostics and health management (PHM);

and innovative application of advanced material and manufacturing systems.

3.1.4 Thermal Technologies for Integrated Systems – The contractor shall develop and integrate thermal management system (TMS) technologies for emerging propulsion systems across all engine classes. The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to:

power and thermal management needs for the propulsion and vehicle systems;

and innovative application of advanced material and manufacturing systems.

The contractor shall conduct component development and risk mitigation testing to advance TRL/MRL in preparation for an integrated system demonstration.

3.1.5 System Exploration of Engine Concepts (SEEC) – The contractor shall investigate integration of advanced propulsion, power and thermal management systems into air platform vision systems, create conceptual vision system designs, formulate promising aero-propulsion/power/thermal management architectures, and define associated technology, manufacturing and integration challenges. The contractor shall capture and assess key operational benefits, system level performance metrics, technology & manufacturing readiness levels, and perform business case analysis of AFRL’s technology portfolio development and investment strategy.

3.2 Small and Medium Scale Propulsion Technologies

The contractor shall develop and demonstrate innovative technologies and architectures for small to medium scale propulsion systems. This includes turboshaft, turbojet, and turbofan engines with thrust or power levels of less than 20,000lbf and 10,000shp. Technologies should improve engine performance and operability for a wide range of flight conditions and Mach numbers, provide the necessary power and thermal management needs of the propulsion and vehicle systems, and meet mission specific requirements for time sensitive targets or increased range and/or loiter.

3.2.1 Efficient Small Scale Propulsion (ESSP) – The contractor shall develop technologies for reusable small engines, providing less than 1,000lbf/1,000shp. Innovative technologies and architectures will improve engine performance, efficiency, operability and durability. The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to:

advanced core engine technologies; advanced mechanical systems; and advanced materials/coatings for improved durability and reduced life cycle costs.

3.2.2 Efficient Medium Scale Propulsion (EMSP) – The contractor shall develop and demonstrate technologies that enable efficient propulsion systems with increased payload/range/loiter while providing integrated power and thermal systems capable of meeting the needs of the warfighter. The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to: innovative power extraction; innovative cycles to increase thrust-to-weight or power-to-weight; innovative aircraft/engine architectures;

concurrent aircraft and engine design to integrate propulsion, power, and thermal requirements; advanced materials, coatings and manufacturing systems for increased performance; improved component efficiency for decreased SFC; and reduced acquisition and lifecycle cost.

3.2.3 Expendable Turbine Engine - Subsonic – The contractor shall develop and demonstrate technologies for subsonic mission-specific-life systems.

Technologies should reduce engine cost, examine mission requirements vs.

cost trade space, and effectively meet the required performance, reliability and life. The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to: innovative approaches towards reduced maintenance;

innovative use of materials, coatings, and manufacturing to decrease cost;

innovative approaches to increase performance while reducing cost.

3.2.4 Expendable Turbine Engine - Supersonic – The contractor shall develop and demonstrate technologies for supersonic systems. Technologies will focus on innovative architectures for efficient propulsion capability for high Mach applications. The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to: innovative thermal management systems and propulsion architectures; turbo-ramjets; efficient inlet and nozzle integration; innovative use of materials, coatings; advanced lubrication and mechanical systems; advanced materials and manufacturing. The contractor shall develop advanced conceptual designs for missions of DoD interest; define affordable mission trade space and transition strategies; and mature key technologies through component and system design and testing.

3.3 Sustainment & Affordable Technologies

The contractor shall develop pervasive technologies that enable improved affordability, availability, and increased operational effectiveness with applicability to legacy, emerging, and/or future air platforms. The contractor shall develop and demonstrate propulsion technologies that are environmentally friendly. The contractor shall develop and demonstrate propulsion technologies that address the need for more efficient and cost effective design methodologies and predictive capabilities for better components/systems performance, operability, durability, diagnostics and prognostics, and advanced fuels and lubricants. The contractor shall demonstrate and validate these technologies through analysis and/or testing such as bench, component, rig, and core and engine demonstrator tests.

3.3.1 Advanced Engine Sustainment Technologies (AEST) - The contractor shall develop technologies associated with the safety, durability, and reduced sustainment cost of existing, emerging, and future engine systems. The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to: technologies for improved component efficiencies, component and coating durability, weight reduction, physics-based modeling, probabilistic design methods, rotordynamics, prognostic health management, design for advanced materials, design for advanced manufacturing, nondestructive evaluation/inspection capabilities for as-fabricated and degraded materials, multi-mode interaction, advanced instrumentation, and design methodologies that shall improve the ability to design turbine engine components and/or systems to a required cycle life with high confidence. The contractor shall demonstrate and validate technologies and/or design systems through analysis and/or testing such as in bench, component, rig, technology demonstration tests, and structural demonstration tests.

3.3.2 Augmentor Design System (ADS) - The contractor shall develop and demonstrate next generation augmentation systems. These technologies include improvement of existing augmentors and development of novel system architectures. The contractor shall produce diagnostic and test capabilities to support and validate design methodologies and models, increased operating envelope, and sustained combustion efficiency.

3.3.3 Battlespace Fuels (BF) - The contractor shall develop and demonstrate advanced fuel systems and components that enable generational advancements in propulsion system performance and platform energy management. The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to: technologies to improve the thermally stability of jet fuels; robust FTMS designs and underlying M&S capabilities that accommodate uncertainties in fuel chemical composition and bulk thermodynamic properties; active monitoring of fuel health status for state awareness and active control of highly-integrated propulsion, power, and thermal systems; increased fuel heat sink capacity for high Mach platforms;

increased fuel volumetric energy density for a greater range of volume-limited air vehicles; and prevention and on-board treatment of biological contaminants to reduce maintenance costs and ensure mission readiness. Technologies shall be demonstrated and validated through analysis and/or testing such as in bench, component, rig, and technology demonstration tests.

3.3.4. Jet Noise Reduction (JNR) - The contractor shall develop and demonstrate advanced physics-based analytical methods that will enable a better fundamental understanding of the underlying physics of jet noise production from multi-stream, hot, supersonic jets and associated control schemes. The contractor shall develop and demonstrate technologies to reduce jet noise. Technologies shall be demonstrated and validated through analysis and/or testing such as in bench, component, rig, and technology demonstration tests.

3.4 Innovative Architectures and Technologies

The contractor shall develop and demonstrate innovative aircraft propulsion architectures and technologies necessary to deliver truly differentiating integrated propulsion, power, and thermal capabilities. The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to revolutionary technologies to significantly improve thermal & propulsive efficiency, reduce system level costs, decrease time to target, and enable increased power/thermal management.

3.4.1 High Mach Turbine Engines – The contractor shall develop technologies to enable reusable turbine engines for high Mach flight. The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to: innovative architectures and components to improve overall performance, operability, and system integration; innovative thermal management; advanced materials and manufacturing; and advanced mechanical systems, fuels, and lubes. The contractor shall research and develop advanced technology solutions.

3.4.2 Pressure Gain Propulsion – The contractor shall develop and demonstrate technologies necessary to incorporate the use of pressure gain combustion in primary propulsion, acceleration, main combustion, and power generation. The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to: overall system pressure gain; and demonstrated increased system efficiency.

3.4.3 Turbo Electric Propulsion – The contractor shall develop and demonstrate technologies that enable highly efficient turbo electric propulsion compatible with relevant military platforms. The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to: turbo electric; hybrid electric; reliable hybrid controls; and high efficiency power distribution.

3.4.4 Very High Efficiency Engines – The contractor shall develop and demonstrate technologies associated with very high levels of thermal and propulsive efficiency. The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to: high pressure ratio compression;

integrated power and thermal management; innovative adaptive cycle architectures; improved bearing life models; and advanced material/manufacturing systems.

3.4.5 Technology Concepts for 2040+ - The contractor shall identify and evaluate candidate technologies for demonstration in the 2040+ timeframe.

The contractor shall conduct research in areas of interest that may include, but are not limited to: improved understanding of customer capability needs;

conceptual design and analysis of vision aerospace systems; formulation and evaluation of next-generation aeropropulsion architectures; assessment and projection of technology readiness level (TRL), manufacturing readiness level (MRL), and other key metrics associated with evolutionary and disruptive technologies; business case analysis (BCA) supporting technology investment strategy; and utilization of the AFRL Systems Engineering (SE) process to aid technology portfolio development. Specific propulsion research interests include, but are not limited to: advanced component technologies; revolutionary fuel sources; pressure gain combustion; advanced materials.

3.5 Materials and Manufacturing Technology

Materials research is an enabling technology for design, development and testing of new propulsion systems and is pervasive across all Grand Challenge areas.

Materials and manufacturing technology are key research interests that include, but are not limited to, new and innovative materials and coatings; development, verification and validation of optimized modeling and simulation tools for materials processing, physics-based tools for prediction of damage evolution, behavior across multiple scales, and lifing of advanced materials under realistic service conditions; advanced manufacturing; computational materials science and materials characterization.

3.6 Computational Tools

Products across all Grand Challenge areas should consider the agility, decision speed and interoperability benefits provided by a computationally useful engine technology mirror and related life cycle generated devices. Research interests in this area include, but are not limited to: simplified onboard models; increased processing capability; data acquisition/collection/storage necessary to produce actionable decisions; fiber optic communications;, edge computing/processing;

test instruments embedded with sensors /software/network connectivity; and data alignment with off board air vehicle platform models/tools.

4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION:

The contractor shall assess the environmental consequences of the technology being developed from the standpoint of the project itself and from the standpoint of future scale-up for larger quantity production. If the technology has adverse environmental effects, the contractor shall develop suggestions for making the technology environmentally acceptable and indicate what impact the suggestions will have on the technology from an economic standpoint. The contractor shall document the findings.

5.0 RELIABILITY, MAINTAINABILITY & SUPPORTABILITY (RM&S):

The contractor shall give specific consideration to RM&S during the execution of this program. These considerations shall be based on sound, practical engineering judgment, experience and available data. No separate reliability testing program shall be conducted as part of this program however, RM&S data shall be documented and shortcomings reported for consideration during future developments. Supportability considerations should be addressed at levels consistent with Applied Research (6.2) and Advanced Development (6.3) activities. The contractor shall document the findings.

6.0 SYSTEM SAFETY:

The contractor shall identify and document any safety hazards introduced during design, fabrication and testing. The design goal shall be to eliminate all hazards. Any residual hazards and subsequent design risk shall be summarized and provide enough detail to support an informed program management decision with regard to the design’s overall safety risk. The contractor shall address the identified hazards and recommend corrective actions.

7.0 OPERATIONS SECURITY (OPSEC)

7.1 Purpose

OPSEC must be an integral part of our daily activities. As we maintain security on our future technologies that are vital to national interest, we must recognize and prepare for the threat poised against our technology. Department of Defense policies mandate a high degree of security throughout the acquisition process.

However, heightened security awareness and threat-based countermeasures are particularly essential during the research and development phase when our technology is most vulnerable to espionage, sabotage, or exploitation. It is the obligation of each employee or persons involved on this contract to be constantly aware of an strictly adhere to security requirements designed to protect sensitive unclassified and other information and resources produced by acquisition, research and development, and technological security efforts outlined in this SOW.

The contractor shall ensure employees received training and follow appropriate OPSEC measures during the performance of this contract.

7.2 Coordination and Update

The contractor shall develop an OPSEC plan to protect classified and unclassified sensitive data from exploitation. The contractor shall be responsible to coordinate on all OPSEC requirements and the OPSEC plan. The contractor shall also update the OPSEC plan when updated critical or other information is received including, as appropriate, at the sub-task level. The OPSEC plan shall apply to every order under the contract.

7.3 Compliance

The contractor shall comply with the approved OPSEC plan. OPSEC surveys to measure the effectiveness of the OPSEC program may be conducted by the government. The contractor shall comply with these surveys. The contractor shall train personnel in, and follow appropriate OPSEC measures during, the performance of this contract.

8.0 PROGRAM & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT:

The contractor shall exercise administration and management functions during the course of this effort such as: scheduling of activities and milestones; describing status; outlining contractor activity and progress toward accomplishment of objectives; planning, forecasting, and making recommendations on funding and funding changes; program planning; and describing in detail the conduct and overall results of this effort. The contractor shall ensure the documentation of this program by timely digital/photographic coverage of significant events and milestones. The contractor shall conduct annual reviews of this effort.

9.0 ASSOCIATE CONTRACTOR AGREEMENTS:

9.1 The Contractor shall enter into Associate Contractor Agreements (ACA) for any portion of the contract requiring joint participation in the accomplishment of the Government’s requirement. The agreements shall include the basis for sharing information, data, technical knowledge, expertise, and/or resources essential to the integration of the (insert name of the program or project), which shall ensure the greatest degree of cooperation for the development of the program to meet the terms of the contract. Associate contractors are listed in (g) below.

9.2 ACAs shall include the following general information:

9.2.1 Identify the associate contractors and their relationships.

9.2.2 Identify the program involved and the relevant Government contracts of the associate contractors.

9.2.3 Describe the associate contractor interfaces by general subject matter.

9.2.4 Specify the categories of information to be exchanged or support to be provided.

9.2.5 Include the expiration date (or event) of the ACA.

9.2.6 Identify potential conflicts between relevant Government contracts and the ACA; include agreements on protection of proprietary data and restrictions on employees.

9.2.7 A copy of such agreement shall be provided to the Contracting Officer for review before execution of the document by the cooperating contractors.

9.2.8 The Contractor is not relieved of any contract requirements or entitled to any adjustments to the contract terms because of a failure to resolve a disagreement with an associate contractor.

9.3 Liability for the improper disclosure of any proprietary data contained in or referenced by any agreement shall rest with the parties to the agreement, and not the Government.

9.4 All costs associated with the agreements are included in the negotiated cost of this contract. Agreements may be amended as required by the Government during the performance of this contract.

9.5 The following contractors are associate contractors with whom agreements are required:

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