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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Armstrong Flight Research Center is seeking commercial flight providers to deliver reduced gravity environments, including microgravity, through parabolic flights. These services are intended to support the testing of new technologies and the execution of research experiments to advance technical readiness. The selected contractor will be responsible for providing comprehensive flight and payload integration services for various Program sponsored payloads. The provider will operate as a civil aircraft and maintains full responsibility for airworthiness, flight safety, and mission assurance. Because the services will not require Public Use Aircraft Operation status, commensurate NASA airworthiness approvals are not required. This forecast is categorized under NAICS code 481219 for other scheduled passenger air transportation.

General Info

NASA seeks commercial providers for parabolic flights to support microgravity research and technology testing.

Agency

National Aeronautics And Space Administration → Armstrong Flight Research Center

NAICS

481219 - Other Nonscheduled Air Transportation

Place of Performance

Nationwide US, USA

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PostedJul 1

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AgencyNational Aeronautics And Space Administration → Armstrong Flight Research Center

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Organization / AgencyNational Aeronautics And Space Administration → Armstrong Flight Research Center

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Full Description

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Commercial flight providers that have space for a varieaty of Program sponsored payloads on various platforms that provide reduced gravity via multiple parabolic fllights required to test technology in order to advance its readiness. The contradctor shall provide comprehensive flight and payload integration services. Provider will operate as a "civil aircraft" and bears full responsibiliy for airworthiness, flight safety, and mission assurance. Services will not require Public Use Aircraft Operation (PAO-ref. AC 00-1.1B) with commensurate NASA airworthiness approvals.
Deliver reduced gravity environments, including microgravity, through parabolic flight that meet NASA's technical and operational requirements, enabling the testing of new technologies and conducting of research experiments.

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