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A--AEROCAPTURE ANALYTIC PREDICTOR CORRECTOR GUIDANCE ALGORITHM

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NASA Glenn Research Center plans to award a sole source contract to Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation for further development of the Aerocapture Analytic Predictor-Corrector (APC) guidance algorithm, part of the In-Space Propulsion Technologies Programs' Aerocapture technology advancement. This contract aims to continue work that Ball Aerospace has been performing in collaboration with NASA engineers over several years. Ball Aerospace holds extensive corporate knowledge and experience with the APC guidance algorithm, which has been extensively developed, tested, and applied to aerocapture systems analyses at various planetary bodies including Mars, Titan, Neptune, Venus, and Earth. These studies involved rigorous simulation testing under nominal, Monte Carlo, and stress conditions, demonstrating that the algorithm offers a cost-effective, robust, flexible, and high-performance solution for aerocapture guidance. Ball Aerospace’s APC algorithm was competitively selected as the guidance system for the New Millennium Program’s Space Technology 9 flight opportunity, making Ball Aerospace uniquely qualified to execute this contract due to its proprietary data and specialized personnel. The anticipated contract award date is around September 30, 2008, with no formal solicitation issued and no available solicitation documents. While not a formal request for proposals, NASA invites interested entities to submit qualifications by September 29, 2008, purely to assess whether to conduct full and open competition, which remains at the government’s discretion. An Ombudsman has been appointed to assist with inquiries related to this procurement.

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NASA awards sole source contract to Ball Aerospace for Aerocapture APC guidance algorithm development.

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334511 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing

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PostedSep 16

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NASA-GRC intends to award a sole source contract on or about September 30, 2008 toBall Aerospace and Technologies Corporation of Boulder, CO for the technology advancementof the Aerocapture Analytic Predictor-Corrector (APC) guidance algorithm for the In-SpacePropulsion Technologies (ISPT) Programs Aerocapture technology development effort. Thiscontract will conclude work Ball Aerospace performed over the past several years withNASA engineers. Ball Aerospace possesses the corporate knowledge of multiple yearsexperience in the implementation of the Aerocapture Analytic Predictor-Corrector (APC)guidance algorithm. The APC algorithm has gone through many years of extensivedevelopment and testing in aerocapture systems analysis studies at Mars, Titan, Neptune,Venus and Earth. These NASA systems studies involved experts in multiple organizationsand lasted 6 to 12 months each; in each study the algorithm was implemented in flightsimulations and subjected to nominal and Monte Carlo conditions, and additional stresstesting. The Ball algorithm development and implementation was used in each of thesestudies. Through this work, the algorithm was proven to provide a very low-cost, robust,flexible, and high-performance guidance algorithm for Aerocapture. The Ball Aerospace APCwas competitively selected through the NASA Research Announcement process as theaerocapture guidance algorithm for the New Millennium Program Space Technology 9 flightopportunity. As such, Ball Aerospace is the only source that has the unique knowledgebase, internal technical data and experienced personnel to successfully perform thisextended contract effort. This is not a formal solicitation. This synopsis is notconsidered a request for proposals. There is no solicitation document available.Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:00 P.M. Easterntime on September 29, 2008. Such capabilities and qualifications will be evaluatedsolely for the purpose of determination whether or not to conduct this procurement on acompetitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed efforton a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice is solelywithin the discretion of the Government. An Ombudsman has been appointed, See NASASpecific Note "B".

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