Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL -- Phillips Research Site, 2251 Maxwell Ave, Kirtland AFB, NM, 87177

A -- WHOLE SPACECRAFT VIBRATION ISOLATION SYSTEMS SOL F29601-98-D0162 POC Sherry Freeman, Contract Specialist, Phone 505 846 7201, Fax 505 846 7041, Email freemans@plk.af.mil -- Francisco Tapia, Contracting Officer, Phone 505 846 5021, Fax 505 846 7041, Email tapiac@plk.af.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=F29601-98-D01 62&LocID=1122. E-MAIL: Sherry Freeman, freemans@plk.af.mil. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Phillips Research Site has an existing Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase III Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Whole Spacecraft Vibration Isolation Systems Technology. AFRL contemplates accomplishing an other than full and open competition modification to the contract to increase the estimated contract amount from ~$5 million to ~$15 million, an increase of ~$10,000,000. There is no change in the Statement of Work, schedule nor terms and conditions. This effort is directed at reducing the dynamic loads during launch on spacecraft by providing a whole-spacecraft isolation system. The isolation systems will be designed to be passive or active and provide either axial, lateral or both axial and lateral isolation. The isolation system may be inserted into the spacecraft adapter or may replace the spacecraft adapter. The whole-spacecraft isolation systems will satisfy all requirements imposed on current adapters, be a design that the LV control system can accommodate, and have minimum or no impact on spacecraft weight or volume. Isolation systems may consist of isolation units to be integrated into an existing spacecraft adapter or may consist of a new design for a complete isolating spacecraft adapter. The isolating adapter may isolate one or a multiple number of spacecraft. A complete spacecraft adapter may also contain the spacecraft separation system. It is anticipated that these isolation systems shall provide at least a factor of two reduction in peak dynamic launch loads seen by the spacecraft. The launch vehicles that are being considered include the Delta Series (Delta II, Delta III, Delta IV, Med-Light), Peacekeeper, Minuteman, the Orbital/Subortibal Program launch vehicles, Taurus, Pegasus, Scout, Atlas Series (Atlas E, Atlas II, Atlas IIAS), Titan IV, Titan III, Lockheed Martin Launch Vehicles (LMLV I, II, III), Boeing Sea Launch, Spaceplane, the X-33 and next generation reusable launch vehicles (RLVs), RLV and Space plane pop-ups, the Evolutionary Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) series (Lockheed Martin and Boeing derivatives), and other launch vehicles employed to launch government spacecraft. Isolation systems shall isolate the vibrations of a single or multiple spacecraft in a dispenser configuration. Under this effort, the contractor shall be responsible for the following areas: program management, feasibility and benefits studies, system design analysis and performance predictions, concept and prototype development, component testing, engineering development units (EDU), flight hardware fabrication, and assistance in system testing of the isolation systems. The government anticipates the need for the whole-spacecraft isolation systems on a number of government-sponsored launches, but the exact number is unknown, as are the launch vehicles or spacecraft. Consequently, task orders for specific launch vehicle/spacecraft combinations will be issued as requirements Posted 09/17/99 (D-SN381433). (0260)

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