Automated Inspection System Tender, USA - 117058469

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : Automated Inspection System

Deadline : 30 Apr 2025

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 117058469

Document Ref. No. : 80LARC25RFI_AFP_AIS

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Description

Under the Hi-rate Composites for Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) Project, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) /Langley Research Center (LaRC) is hereby soliciting information from potential commercial sources for an automated inspection system (AIS) capable of ply-by-ply inspection of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) during the automated fiber placement (AFP) aerospace composite manufacturing process. AFP has traditionally been used for building large acreage structures like wing skins, spars, and fuselages. Through the years, the AFP equipment has improved significantly in terms of meeting high material placement rates, but inspection processes have lagged behind. Some of it is due to the lack of advanced technology in this area while some of it is due to AFP users having different inspection requirements that equipment suppliers have to meet. As a result, significant time is spent on manual/visual inspection of very large parts that significantly slows down the overall rate of the composites aircraft primary structure manufacturing process. In addition, the lack of recorded data limits understanding and improving for the process. The primary goal of the HiCAM project is to demonstrate manufacturing approaches and associated technologies for large composite airframe structures that enable high-rate production (up to 80 aircraft per month) with reduced cost and no weight penalty versus 2020 technologies. The Project will develop and mature affordable high-rate composite manufacturing and assembly technologies, with reduced equipment and tooling costs, enabling a faster, more cost-effective production cycle for lightweight airframe structures. In this regard, NASA has partnered with the United States Aircraft manufacturing industry to define and standardize the inspection requirements for AFP with the goal of identifying a commercially available, or commercially developed, AIS system capable of meeting the standardized inspec...
Active Contract Opportunity
Notice ID : 80LARC25RFI_AFP_AIS
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Department/Ind. Agency : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Sub-tier : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Office: NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought (Original)
Original Published Date: Mar 31, 2025 12:58 pm EDT
Original Response Date: Apr 30, 2025 11:59 pm EDT
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Original Inactive Date: May 15, 2025
Initiative: None

Classification
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NAICS Code: 336411 - Aircraft Manufacturing

Place of Performance: Hampton, VA 23681 USA

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