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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 PROTOTYPE INFLATABLE FABRIC DETECTOR VESSEL | THIN RED LINE AEROSPACE LTD. | $50,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 314999All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills | AR93 | Apr 17, 2018 | Apr 17, 2018 | Oct 31, 2018 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THE HEATSHIELD FOR EXTREME ENTRY ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY (HEEET) PROJECT, FUNDED BY NASA S SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATE UNDER THE GAME CHANGING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (GCDP) SEEKS TO MATURE A GAME CHANGING WOVEN THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM (WTPS) TECHNOLOGY TO ENABLE IN-SITU ROBOTIC SCIENCE MISSIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE NASA RESEARCH COUNCIL (NRC) PLANETARY SCIENCE DECADAL SURVEY (PSDS) COMMITTEE. CURRENT STATE OF THE ART 3D WEAVING TECHNOLOGIES PLACE THE VARIOUS FIBERS IN AN OPTIMIZED 3D CONFIGURATION. THE WOVEN PROCESS RESULTS IN PANELS APPROXIMATELY 24 INCHES WIDE WITH THICKNESSES FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES DEPENDING ON THE MISSION. A TRADITIONAL MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY APPROACH WOULD THEN INFUSE WOVEN PREFORMS WITH A RESIN, MACHINE IT TO SHAPE, AND ASSEMBLE AS A TILED SOLUTION WITH AN ADHESIVE TO FILL THE GAPS BETWEEN TILES. SUCH AN ADHESIVELY BONDED SEAM APPROACH HAS SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE REDUCTION IN THERMAL-MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO THAT OF THE ACREAGE WOVEN MATERIAL. A MECHANICALLY ENHANCED SEAM INSERTED INTO THE ASSEMBLY PROCESS EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER RESIN INFUSION WOULD OFFER MANY ADVANTAGES COMPARED TO THE TRADITIONAL ADHESIVELY BONDED APPROACH. NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER (ARC) PLANS TO EXPLORE ALL FORMS OF JOINT ENHANCEMENT FOR THE WOVEN PANELS. JOINT ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES SUCH AS STITCHING, TUFTING, Z-PINNING, OR SOME ALTERNATIVE MECHANICAL SOLUTION ARE ALL WITHIN SCOPE OF THIS SOW. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE JOINT BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND HARSH DYNAMIC LOADING AT LAUNCH, AND TEMPERATURE EXTREMES WHILE IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE AND DURING RE-ENTRY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY NOT ADVERSELY IMPACT THE RECESSION AND THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF THE SYSTEM. DEVELOPING RELIABLE JOINT ENHANCEMENT USING ONE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED METHODS WOULD PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION FOR THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF WOVEN TPS MATERIALS. | THIN RED LINE AEROSPACE LTD. | $5,500 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 314999All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills | AR13SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT | Aug 15, 2014 | Aug 15, 2014 | Oct 31, 2014 | ||
| THE CONTRACTOR SHALL FABRICATE ONE (1) INFLATABLE MODULE WITH A NOMINAL EXTERNAL DIAMETER EQUAL TO 9.3 FT (APPROXIMATE VOLUME OF 276 FT3 ) AND AN INTEGRAL WINDOW SIMULATOR (FLOATING AL PLATE) USING TRL S PROPRIETARY ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE VESSEL (UHPV) TECHNIQUE. THE INFLATABLE MODULE WILL COMPRISE AN INTEGRATED BLADDER AND STRUCTURAL RESTRAINT LAYER, SIMULATED WINDOW FRAME AND WINDOW PANE (FLOATING AL PLATE) AND SHALL WITHSTAND AN INTERNAL PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL OF 108 PSIG. THE INFLATABLE MODULE SHALL INCLUDE AN APPROXIMATE 17.75 INCH X 17.75 INCH SIMULATED WINDOW PENETRATION. THE INFLATABLE MODULE SHALL INCLUDE SEPARATE PROVISIONS FOR CONNECTION TO PNEUMATIC AND HYDRAULIC INFLATABLE EQUIPMENT. THE INFLATABLE MODULE WILL BE PRESSURE TESTED AT NASA/JSC.THE SIMULATED WINDOW PENETRATION WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 17.75 INCHES SQUARE AND DOUBLY-CURVED IN THE MERIDIONAL AND HOOP DIRECTIONS. TWO (TOTAL) 4-INCH REMOVABLE AND SEALABLE PORTS WILL BE ADDED TO THE EITHER ONE OR BOTH POLAR BULKHEAD. A SEALABLE PERFORATION AT THE CARRIER TO POLAR BULKHEADS INTERFACE WILL BE ADDED AT EACH OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM POLAR BULKHEADS. A SEALABLE PERFORATION AT THE CARRIER TO SIMULATED WINDOW PENETRATION INTERFACE WILL BE ADDED. | THIN RED LINE AEROSPACE LTD. | $10,380 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | 541712 | AJ94 | Jun 16, 2009 | Jun 16, 2009 | Jul 28, 2009 | ||
| 1/3RD SCALE UHPV INFLATABLE HABITAT MODULE PRESSURE RESTRAINT & BLADDER: THE CONTRACTOR WILL FABRICATE ONE INFLATABLE MODULE WITH A NONIMAL EXTERNAL DIAMETER EQUAL TO ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN POINT FIVE INCHES (APPROXIMATE VOLUME OF TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE FEET CUBED) AND AN INTEGRAL WINDOW SIMULATOR (FLOATING AI PLATE) USING TRL'S PROPRIETARY ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE VESSEL (UHPV) TECHNIQUE. THE INFLATABLE MODULE WILL COMPROMISE AN INTEGRATED BALDDWE AND STRUCTURAL RESTRAINT LAYER, SIMULATED WINDOW PENETRATION (APPROXIMATELY EIGHTEEN INCH BY EIGHTEEN INCH) AND SHALL WITHSTAND A MINIMUM INTERNAL PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL OF 108 PSIG. THE INFLATABLE MODULKE WILL ALSO INCORPORATE FLOATING POLAR BULKHEADS, APPROXIMATE DIAMETER OF TWENTY INCHES, ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM. THE INFLATABLE MODULE SHALL INCLUDE SEPARATE PROVISIONS FPR CONNECTION TO PNEUMATIC AND HYDRAULIC INFLATABLE EQUIPMENT. THE INFLATABLE MODULE WILL BE PRESSURE TESTED AT NASA/JSC. | THIN RED LINE AEROSPACE LTD. | $97,600 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | 541712 | AJ94 | Jan 20, 2009 | Jan 20, 2009 | Apr 24, 2009 |