Thu, Oct 14, 2004
Will Help With ID/IQ
Northrop Grumman Corporation says it's been awarded a $39
million contract to help NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton
(VA) 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.
"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.
"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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