Technology Transfer Opportunity: Control Tender in USA - 100533654

Procurement Summary

Country: USA

Summary: Technology Transfer Opportunity: Control and Tracking for Tethered Airborne Vehicles (Lar-Tops-40)

Deadline: 26 Apr 2025

Posting Date: 27 Apr 2024

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 100533654

Document Ref. No.: T2P-LaRC-00051

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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Description
NASA-s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses.
THE TECHNOLOGY:
NASA's Langley Research Center has designed a conceptual hardware and software control system to track the flight of kite-like tethered vehicles. The control system consists of a pan-tilt platform and a visible-spectrum digital camera, combined with tracking control software running on a standard PC. The system controls the flight of the vehicle to keep its position on a Figure-8 trajectory, maximizing velocity (but within limits). NASA demonstrated the control system and pre-beta software and is seeking development partners to make it more robust and user-friendly by testing in real world systems.
The technology of the system controls and tracks the flight of tethered vehicles. Comprised of a camera, load cells, encoders, an anemometer, and software, the tracking system is based on digital photo analysis. The system tracks where the kite is 30 times every second. The controller makes an adjustment to the tether winch to keep the kite in the controlled trajectory to maximize high velocities without exceeding the limits of the hardware. The design consists of two tethers (each with its own servo motor) and a pan-tilt unit to extend the field of view of the camera. NASA has flown a conceptual scaled system. A video of the demo is available on the website (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCfw1B2XGQc). The system software is considered to be at the pre-beta stage.
To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA-s Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/LAR-TOPS-40
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Active Contract Opportunity Notice ID T2P-LaRC-00051 Related Notice Department/Ind. Agency NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

General Information

Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Updated)

All Dates/Times are: (UTC-04:00) EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NEW YORK, USA

Updated Published Date: Apr 26, 2024 02:13 pm EDT

Original Published Date: Apr 17, 2020 03:03 pm EDT

Updated Response Date: Apr 26, 2025 05:00 pm EDT

Original Response Date: Apr 17, 2021 05:00 pm EDT

Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date

Updated Inactive Date: May 11, 2025

Original Inactive Date: May 02, 2021

Initiative: None
Classification

Original Set Aside:
Product Service Code: 9999 - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

NAICS Code: 927110 - Space Research and Technology
Place of Performance:

Documents

 Tender Notice