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Award ID | Description | Recipient | Total Value | Awarding Agency | Funding Agency | Set Aside | NAICS | PSC | Award Date | Start Date | End Date | |
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| IGF::OT::IGF FINAL DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF HEAT SHIELD PROTOTYPE | CSIRO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | $100,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR15SPACE R&D SVCS; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH & SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; R&D FACILITIES & MAJ EQUIP | Sep 19, 2014 | Sep 19, 2014 | Sep 23, 2015 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF TASK ORDER NO. NND13CS04T HEAT SHIELD PROTOTYPE HEALTH MONITORING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TITLE: MONITORING OF THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS (TPS) USING ROBUST SELF-ORGANIZING OPTICAL FIBER SENSING NETWORKS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE WORK IS TO TEST AND EVALUATE THE PROTOTYPE HEAT SHIELD WHOSE CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED UNDER PRIOR TASK ORDER NO. NND12CS03T. THE PROTOTYPE HEAT SHIELD SERVES AS THE THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM (TPS) DEMONSTRATOR FOR THE HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM. UNDER THIS TASK ORDER, THIS SYSTEM WILL BE USED TO DEMONSTRATE IMPACT DETECTION AND LOCATION FOLLOWED BY A FUNCTIONAL DEMONSTRATION OF A FULL TPS HEALTH MONITORING. THIS TPS DEMONSTRATOR WILL USE RESULTS FROM STUDIES OF THE ACOUSTIC AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF CERAMIC INSULATION MATERIALS AND DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE (SWITCHED) OPTICAL FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG) SENSING NETWORKS. STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEMS ARE ENVISAGED TO PROVIDE TWO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT CAPABILITIES FOR THE HEALTH MONITORING OF FUTURE AEROSPACE VEHICLES: DETECTING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND PERFORMING COMPREHENSIVE STRUCTURAL MONITORING. UNDER TASK ORDERS ISSUED UNDER THIS CONTRACT, THE NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER (DFRC) AND AUSTRALIA'S COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION (CSIRO) MATERIALS SCIENCE&ENGINEERING WILL COLLABORATE TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO ASSESS THE STRUCTURAL HEALTH OF THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS. THIS RESEARCH PROJECT WILL RESULT IN AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM DEMONSTRATION ON A LARGE SCALE AEROSPACE VEHICLE STRUCTURE. THE BENEFITS OF A SYSTEM SUCH AS THIS OVER A CONVENTIONAL CENTRALLY-CONTROLLED NETWORK INCLUDE ROBUSTNESS (THERE IS NO SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE, AND THE NETWORK CAN CONTINUE TO FUNCTION IN THE PRESENCE OF DAMAGE IN SOME AREAS), SCALABILITY (THE NUMBER OF AGENTS AND SENSORS CAN BE GREATLY INCREASED WITHOUT DEGRADING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE), AND ABILITY TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS. THE WORK DEFINED IS CRITICALLY BASED ON PREVIOUS SPECIFIC ADVANCES IN THE STATE-OF-THE-ART MADE BY CSIRO IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPRIETARY ARCHITECTURE. CSIRO IS AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL SCIENCE AGENCY AND ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE RESEARCH AGENCIES IN THE WORLD. NASA HAS BEEN ENGAGED WITH CSIRO ON THIS RESEARCH SINCE 2001. | CSIRO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | $125,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR15SPACE R&D SVCS; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH & SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; R&D FACILITIES & MAJ EQUIP | Sep 26, 2013 | Sep 26, 2013 | Sep 25, 2014 | ||
| TASK ORDER NO. NND12CS03T FINAL DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF HEAT SHIELD PROTOTYPE PROJECT TITLE: MONITORING OF THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS (TPS) USING ROBUST SELF-ORGANIZING OPTICAL FIBER SENSING NETWORKS THE BENEFITS OF A SYSTEM SUCH AS THIS OVER A CONVENTIONAL CENTRALLY-CONTROLLED NETWORK INCLUDE ROBUSTNESS (THERE IS NO SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE, AND THE NETWORK CAN CONTINUE TO FUNCTION IN THE PRESENCE OF DAMAGE IN SOME AREAS), SCALABILITY (THE NUMBER OF AGENTS AND SENSORS CAN BE GREATLY INCREASED WITHOUT DEGRADING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE), AND ABILITY TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE WORK IS TO BUILD THE PROTOTYPE HEAT SHIELD WHOSE BASIC DESIGN WAS COMPLETED UNDER TASK ORDER, NND11CS02T. THIS TPS DEMONSTRATOR WILL USE RESULTS FROM STUDIES OF THE ACOUSTIC AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF CERAMIC INSULATION MATERIALS AND DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE (SWITCHED) OPTICAL FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG) SENSING NETWORKS. THIS WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT JOINTLY BY THE DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER, THE LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER, AND THE COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION (CSIRO), SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. CSIRO IS AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL SCIENCE AGENCY AND ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE RESEARCH AGENCIES IN THE WORLD. THE WORK DEFINED IS CRITICALLY BASED ON PREVIOUS SPECIFIC ADVANCES IN THE STATE-OF-THE-ART MADE BY CSIRO IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPRIETARY ARCHITECTURE. NASA HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS RESEARCH WITH CSIRO STARTING IN 2001. THE RESEARCH WORK WILL LEVERAGE OFF DEVELOPMENTS FROM EARLIER NASA/CSIRO WORK ON STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING, IN PARTICULAR ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DISTRIBUTED MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM DEMONSTRATOR FOR IMPACT DETECTION AND DAMAGE CHARACTERIZATION, WHICH WAS CO-FUNDED BY CSIRO. THE PROJECT IS AS FOLLOWS: 1: DESIGN OF PROTOTYPE HEAT SHIELD STRUCTURE A) COMPLETE OUTSTANDING DESIGN DETAILS INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT OF CRITERIA FOR OPTIMAL SENSOR PLACEMENT, AND ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS. B) USE STRUCTURAL MODEL TO DERIVE OPTIMAL SENSOR LAYOUT. 2: FABRICATION OF PROTOTYPE HEAT SHIELD STRUCTURE A) SOURCING AND ACQUISITION OF MATERIALS, SENSORS AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS. B) FABRICATION OF PROTOTYPE HEAT SHIELD HARDWARE (IN COOPERATION WITH NASA DFRC). C) CONSTRUCT AND TEST ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS. D) DEVELOP AND TEST DATA ACQUISITION, PROCESSING, COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL SOFTWARE. E) DESIGN TEST FACILITIES FOR CONTROLLED IMPACT AND THERMAL CONTROL OF STRUCTURE SURFACE. | CSIRO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | $100,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR15SPACE R&D SVCS; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH & SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; R&D FACILITIES & MAJ EQUIP | Sep 25, 2012 | Sep 25, 2012 | Mar 31, 2013 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTION -- COAL MINE SAFETY APPLICATIONS OF SEISMIC MONITORING | CSIRO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | $35,000 | CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION | CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION | — | 927110Space Research and Technology | H970 | Jul 19, 2012 | Jul 20, 2012 | Jun 30, 2013 | ||
| TASK ORDER NO. NND11CS02T COMPLETION OF DESIGN STUDY PROJECT TITLE: MONITORING OF THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS (TPS) USING ROBUST SELF-ORGANIZING OPTICAL FIBER SENSING NETWORKS THE BENEFITS OF A SYSTEM SUCH AS THIS OVER A CONVENTIONAL CENTRALLY-CONTROLLED NETWORK INCLUDE ROBUSTNESS (THERE IS NO SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE, AND THE NETWORK CAN CONTINUE TO FUNCTION IN THE PRESENCE OF DAMAGE IN SOME AREAS), SCALABILITY (THE NUMBER OF AGENTS AND SENSORS CAN BE GREATLY INCREASED WITHOUT DEGRADING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE), AND ABILITY TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS. THIS WORK WILL LEAD TO A FULL DESIGN OF THE DEMONSTRATOR AND SENSING SYSTEM IN FY2012. THIS WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT JOINTLY BY THE DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER, THE LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER, AND THE COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION (CSIRO), SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. CSIRO IS AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL SCIENCE AGENCY AND ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE RESEARCH AGENCIES IN THE WORLD. THE WORK DEFINED IS CRITICALLY BASED ON PREVIOUS SPECIFIC ADVANCES IN THE STATE-OF-THE-ART MADE BY CSIRO IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPRIETARY ARCHITECTURE. NASA HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS RESEARCH WITH CSIRO STARTING IN 2001. THE RESEARCH WORK WILL LEVERAGE OFF DEVELOPMENTS FROM EARLIER NASA/CSIRO WORK ON STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING, IN PARTICULAR ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DISTRIBUTED MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM DEMONSTRATOR FOR IMPACT DETECTION AND DAMAGE CHARACTERIZATION, WHICH WAS CO-FUNDED BY CSIRO. THE PROJECT HAS THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES: A) DEVELOPMENT, EVALUATION AND DEMONSTRATION OF A DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL FIBER SENSING NETWORK THAT IS INTERROGATED USING THE OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (OFDR) TECHNIQUE. SUCH A SYSTEM WILL SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF OPTICAL FIBER SENSING SYSTEMS TO FAILURE IN THE EVENT OF FIBER BREAKAGE. B) DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF A DISTRIBUTED, SELF-ORGANIZED APPROACH TO CONFIGURATION CONTROL OF AN OPTICAL FIBER SENSING NETWORK THAT IS INTERROGATED USING THE OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (OFDR) TECHNIQUE. C) DEMONSTRATE FIBER OPTIC DISTRIBUTED STRAIN AND TEMPERATURE SENSING ON A SMALL-SCALE HEAT SHIELD CARRIER STRUCTURE. D) DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF A METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL SENSOR PLACEMENTS WITH THE AIM OF MAINTAINING ADEQUATE ACCURACY OF IMPACT DAMAGE LOCATION. E) DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF ACOUSTIC DETECTION AND THERMAL EVALUATION OF IMPACT DAMAGE TO A THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM (TPS) ATTACHED TO THE CARRIER STRUCTURE OF GOAL C) ABOVE. | CSIRO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | $100,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR15SPACE R&D SVCS; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH & SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; R&D FACILITIES & MAJ EQUIP | Sep 27, 2011 | Sep 27, 2011 | Jul 31, 2012 | ||
| TASK ORDER NO. NND10CS01T FEASIBILITY AND INITIAL DESIGN STUDY THE OBJECTIVE OF THE WORK COVERED BY THIS TASK IS TO CARRY OUT AN INITIAL (SMALL-SCALE) STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF A DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE (SWITCHED) OPTICAL FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG) SENSING NETWORK, AND TO UNDERTAKE STUDIES OF THE ACOUSTIC AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF THE MATERIALS THAT WILL BE USED IN THE TPS DEMONSTRATOR. THE BENEFITS OF A SYSTEM SUCH AS THIS OVER A CONVENTIONAL CENTRALLY-CONTROLLED NETWORK INCLUDE ROBUSTNESS (THERE IS NO SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE, AND THE NETWORK CAN CONTINUE TO FUNCTION IN THE PRESENCE OF DAMAGE IN SOME AREAS), SCALABILITY (THE NUMBER OF AGENTS AND SENSORS CAN BE GREATLY INCREASED WITHOUT DEGRADING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE), AND ABILITY TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS. THIS WORK WILL LEAD TO A FULL DESIGN OF THE DEMONSTRATOR AND SENSING SYSTEM IN FY2011. THIS WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT JOINTLY BY THE DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER, THE LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER, AND THE COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION (CSIRO), SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. CSIRO IS AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL SCIENCE AGENCY AND ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE RESEARCH AGENCIES IN THE WORLD. THE WORK DEFINED IS CRITICALLY BASED ON PREVIOUS SPECIFIC ADVANCES IN THE STATE-OF-THE-ART MADE BY CSIRO IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPRIETARY ARCHITECTURE. NASA HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS RESEARCH WITH CSIRO STARTING IN 2001. THE RESEARCH WORK WILL LEVERAGE OFF DEVELOPMENTS FROM EARLIER NASA/CSIRO WORK ON STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING, IN PARTICULAR ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DISTRIBUTED MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM DEMONSTRATOR FOR IMPACT DETECTION AND DAMAGE CHARACTERIZATION, WHICH WAS CO-FUNDED BY CSIRO. | CSIRO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | $175,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR15SPACE R&D SVCS; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH & SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; R&D FACILITIES & MAJ EQUIP | Sep 28, 2010 | Sep 28, 2010 | Oct 31, 2010 | ||
| SPRINKLER HEAD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION | CSIRO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | $116,000 | CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION | CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION | — | 927110Space Research and Technology | AV63 | Sep 5, 2008 | Aug 5, 2008 | Mar 15, 2009 | ||
| 000HCCFB-2008-61372 - TRAPPED MINER CONTRACT (KING) | CSIRO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | $0 | CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION | CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION | — | 927110Space Research and Technology | AV66 | Aug 19, 2008 | Aug 5, 2008 | Jan 31, 2009 | ||
| NESC ORDER FOR "TPS HEALTH MONITORING PROJECT" | CSIRO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | $99,775 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | 927110Space Research and Technology | B539SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- AERONAUTICAL/SPACE | Oct 2, 2006 | Oct 2, 2006 | Sep 30, 2007 |