SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- RECOVERY ACT - LASER AND ATTITUDE POSITION SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR THE LVIS-GHINSTRUMENT
- Notice Date
- 3/25/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.Y, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- HBSLaserandAttitudePositionSensorSystemTASK
- Archive Date
- 3/25/2011
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer A OConnell, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-286-5081, Fax 301-286-5373, Email Jennifer.A.OConnell@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Jennifer A OConnell
(Jennifer.A.OConnell@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- NASA/GSFC has a requirement for the Hydrospheric and Biospheric(HBS), ContractNNG09HP18C at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to procure a laser system andAttitude and position sensor system. The Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor (LVIS) is amedium/high-altitude wide-swath laser altimeter that has, for over a decade, demonstratedstate-of-the-art performance in measuring vegetation structure, and the topography ofland, oceans, ice sheets, and sea ice.A new version of the LVIS sensor is beingdeveloped (LVIS-GH) specifically for operations in the Global Hawk aircraft. The intentof this effort is to purchase upgrades to two key subsystems of LVIS-GH to make itsuitable for operations in a high-altitude, autonomous environment. The first is theLVIS-GH laser transmitter subsystem. This new laser system is required to have a fasterrepetition rate and higher pulse energy to compensate for the faster ground speed andhigher altitude experienced in the Global Hawk aircraft. The second system is thePrecision Attitude and Position Determination Subsystem consisting of a tightly-coupledGPS (Global Positioning System) and INS (Inertial Navigation Sensor). Currently, anApplanix POS/AV 510 unit is utilized with LVIS in lower altitude aircraft. To achieve therequired measurement accuracy from the high-altitude Global Hawk platform, a moreaccurate attitude determination system is required. Our analysis has determined that theApplanix POS/AV 610 has sufficient accuracy and performance to meet this requirement.This task under the HBS contract will be performed utilizing American Recovery andReinvestment Act (ARRA) funds.NASA/GSFC intends to award a new Task 055 under Contract No. NNG09HP18C with Sigma SpaceCorporation, 4801 Forbes Blvd, Lanham, MD 20706. The Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) typecontract was competitively awarded to Sigma Space Corporation on June 15, 2009.The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.See Note26.An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note 'B'.Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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