NND09AF84B

THIS INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT IS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE TRANSIENT INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THE FLIGHT LOADS (FFL) AT THE NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH THE STRUCTURAL TESTING OF CONVENTIONAL AND ADVANCE COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES IN SUPPORT OF PROJECTS WITHIN THE AERONAUTICS RESEARCH, EXPLORATION AND SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATES. NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE) OF THESE MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES IS OFTEN INCLUDED AS A PART OF THE TEST SUPPORT. THE FLL PROCURED A TRANSIENT INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY IMAGING SYSTEM FROM THE GENERAL ELECTRIC GLOBAL RESEARCH CENTER TO SUPPORT THIS NDE REQUIREMENT. NASA DRYDEN SEEKS ASSISTANCE WITH THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSIENT INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY IMAGING OF CONVENTIONAL AND ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES USING THE GENERAL ELECTRIC TRANSIENT INFRARED (GE-IR) IMAGING SYSTEM, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN OPERATIONS AT THE NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER. A TRAINING AND SUPPORT COMPONENT IS ALSO BEING SOUGHT. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE WILL BE UP TO FIVE YEARS WITH AN ESTIMATED FUNDING OF UP TO $500,000 PER YEAR.