Northrop Grumman Wins $39M Contract For NASA Airframe Structures Work

AEROSPACE

"This award recognizes Northrop Grumman's leadership in the development of innovative, mission-enabling airframe structures technologies," said Allen Lockyer, manager of advanced structures development for the company's Integrated Systems sector.

El Segundo CA (SPX) Oct 12, 2004
Northrop Grumman will help NASA's Langley Research Center mature key airframe structures technologies under a recently awarded indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract.

Northrop Grumman won the contract for its Structures and Materials and Aerodynamic, Aerothermodynamic, and Acoustics Technology for Aerospace Vehicles (SMAcTAV) proposal.

Under the five-year contract, the company will compete for up to $39 million in total task orders. Award levels are expected to range from $200,000 to $1 million.

"These skills have contributed heavily to the company's development of platforms such as the B-2 stealth bomber, the Global Hawk aerial reconnaissance system and several advanced, high-altitude surveillance assets."

An ID/IQ contract is a funding vehicle that allows U.S. government customers to allocate a set amount of funding to a general category of activities for a prescribed amount of time.

Over the life of the contract, task orders are defined and awarded to individual contractors to conduct particular activities.

Under the ID/IQ approach, NASA can issue a task order for which all contractors compete or it can award funds on a sole-source basis to a company that has proposed a unique technology development idea.

"ID/IQ task order contracts give the government a flexible, cost-effective way to have aerospace contractors conduct unique, short-duration research projects," explained Tod Palm, Northrop Grumman's program manager for the ID/IQ contract.

"These projects provide opportunities for large contractors and small businesses alike to gain knowledge and experience that could help them win larger government contracts in the future."

According to Palm, Northrop Grumman expects task orders under the SMAcTAV contract to relate to the following topics:

structural mechanics and durability; structural dynamics; aeroelasticity and flight controls; metals and thermal structures; analytical and computational methods; advanced materials; materials processing; configuration aerodynamics; acoustics; aerothermodynamics; and hypersonic air-breathing propulsion.

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US Congress Kills Plan For Air Force To Lease Boeing Tankers

Washington (AFP) Oct 10, 2004
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