Fri, Mar 26, 2010
$45 Million Dollar Research Contract Covers Multiple
Disciplines
NASA has contracted with ERC Inc., of Huntsville, Ala., for
space technology research and development activities at the
agency's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, CA. The contract
has a maximum value of $45 million.
This is a cost-plus, fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery,
indefinite-quantity contract. The base contract lasts one year and
has three one-year options.
ERC Inc. will support the Space Technology Division in the
Office of the Director of Exploration Technology at Ames. The
division develops technologies used to design and fabricate
prototype hypervelocity vehicles that could travel in the
atmospheres of Earth and other planetary bodies in the solar
system. The office also is responsible for conducting research and
development in nanotechnology, materials science, sensors and
devices.
The company will support work at NASA Ames in the following
areas:
- Understanding the chemistry and physics of hypersonic, reacting
and radiating flows;
- Analyzing the aerothermodynamics of entry systems, aeronautics
and space vehicle trajectories;
- Developing, modifying and applying computational fluid dynamics
tools and quantum computing capabilities;
- Engineering ablative, reusable and multi-functional thermal
protection materials and conducting materials science
research;
- Planning, executing and analyzing experiments and testing the
thermodynamics of materials;
- Studying the mechanisms of pre-biotic geochemistry;
- Providing educational outreach and internship employment
opportunities to acquaint students with public service, and enhance
their educational experience in support of NASA technology research
and development program requirements.
The contract with ERC Inc. includes a subcontract with Stinger
Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. of Greenbelt, MD.
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