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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION has floated a tender for TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Reliable Geo-Limitation System for Unmanned Aircraft (LAR-TOPS-244). The project location is USA and the tender is closing on 18 Dec 2020. The tender notice number is T2P-LaRC-00030, while the TOT Ref Number is 39152464. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Reliable Geo-Limitation System for Unmanned Aircraft (LAR-TOPS-244)

Deadline : 18 Dec 2020

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 39152464

Document Ref. No. : T2P-LaRC-00030

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Office : TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Reliable Geo-Limitation System for Unmanned Aircraft (LAR-TOPS-244) NASA s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and... Department/Ind. Agency NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Primary Point of Contact : Langley Research Center
LARC-DL-technologygateway@mail.nasa.gov

USA
Email :larc-dl-technologygateway@mail.nasa.gov

Tender Details

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Reliable Geo-Limitation System for Unmanned Aircraft (LAR-TOPS-244)

Active Contract Opportunity

Notice ID : T2P-LaRC-00030

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Department/Ind. Agency : NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION : :

General Information

Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)

All Dates/Times are: (UTC-05:00) EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NEW YORK, USA

Original Published Date: Dec 20, 2019 03:02 pm EST

Original Response Date: Dec 18, 2020 05:00 pm EST

Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date

Original Inactive Date: Jan 02, 2021

Initiative: None

Classification

Original Set Aside:

Product Service Code: 9999 - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

NAICS Code: 927110 - Space Research and Technology

Place of Performance:

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 Langley Research Center has developed a breakthrough technology called Safeguard that can alleviate hazards with unmanned aircraft (UA) flying beyond their authorized perimeters and into no-fly zones. Safeguard works by continuously detecting a UAs proximity to virtual perimeters established around no-fly-zones (i.e., stay-out or stay-in regions and altitude limits), and taking action to guarantee the perimeters are not breached. The key to the design is streamlined functionality that has been formally verified to guarantee detection of possible perimeter violations. Safeguard is applicable to both rotary- and fixed-wing systems and substantially outperforms embedded geo-fences in terms of reliably and dependably stopping excursions into no-fly zones. Safeguard has the potential to provide a means to comply with pending regulatory directives for geo-limitation for a burgeoning UAS industry.

Safeguard is an independent avionics system that can be easily ported to virtually any UA. The current prototype weighs approximately 1 lb (without hardware optimization). The invention innovations include formally verified algorithms to monitor and predict impending boundary violations through flight termination trajectory estimation, and a system architecture that facilitates performance certification. The system can be configured without sole reliance on the global positioning system to avoid known problems with GPS inaccuracies and unavailability. It is independent of the UA and any on-board components, such as the autopilot, for physical and logical separation from non-aviation-grade systems. The perimeter boundaries are described using polygons, wh...