Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Rslp Mission Assurance (Ma) Industry Day
Deadline: 13 Sep 2018
Posting Date: 09 Oct 2018
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 26358291
Document Ref. No.: FA8818-18-R-0003
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: -
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Rocket systems launch program mission assurance (rslp ma) industry day
the air force space and missile systems center, launch systems enterprise, small launch and targets division (smc/lex), rocket systems launch program (rslp), kirtland afb, nm, intends to hold an industry day regarding the intention to contract for mission assurance (ma) services, referred to as the rslp ma contract.
The rslp ma contract will procure ma support for peacekeeper (pk)/minuteman (mm) based launch vehicles, and commercial liquid engines and solid motor based rocket systems using government certified and federal aviation administration licensed launches. The objective of the ma process is to identify and mitigate design, production, and test deficiencies that could impact mission success for orbital and suborbital launch services.
Ma is defined as an integrated engineering-level assessment of analysis, production, verification, validation, operation, maintenance, and problem resolution process performed over the lifecycle of a launch system, from mission conception to space vehicle separation in the required orbit, including collision avoidance and de-orbit maneuver(s), as required.
This contract will consist of mission assurance activities in support of rslp operations, including, but not limited to:
• providing an independent spaceflight worthiness assessment of launch service contractor (lsc) analyses and concept of operations for vehicle ignition, lift-off, staging, control bending modes, linear stability, thrust vector control, maximum predicted environments, telemetry coverage, motor handling, storage, and fueling (for liquid fuels).
• conducting flight software independent verification and validation (iv&v), to include verification of primary flight software autopilot, guidance, and flight sequencer. The government will provide the lsc's source code, executable code, and flight computer copy or contractual access to the lsc's integrated test facility...
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