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The purpose of this notice is to inform interested parties of the upcoming Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) Mission Systems Industry Day and to provide industry an opportunity to participate in one-on-one sessions with the Government. The event is tentatively scheduled for 15 September 2023 in Huntsville, AL with one-on-one sessions on the same day. One-on-one meeting durations depend on time availability and the number of interested organizations.
The purpose of the Mission Systems Industry Day is to inform the FLRAA modernization strategy for future increments of the aircraft. The intent is to gain an understanding of industry’s planned future technology investments in communication, navigation, identification, and sensors and ensure those solutions align to the Army’s Enterprise Architecture Framework (EAF). Solutions that align to the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) and software and application-based capabilities are of particular interest.
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En mayo ya sacaran algo por el estilo, aunque más generalista (FLRAA, FARA, FTUAS, CH-47...): https://sam.gov/opp/1b56465dbb8b44e6a73 ... c89fe/view
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The following is a list of the TDD-A Structures Branch technology objectives:
· Durability and Damage Tolerance: Increase the resistance to, and performance level in the presence of, structural damage. Contributions achieved through tough, high strain capable structures; designing for repair and inspectability; load and damage sensing; probabilistic integrity determination.
· Parasitic Weight: Reduce add-on, non-primary weight from mission enablers. Contributions achieved through multifunctional structure, embedded components, application of composites, smart/adaptive structures, lightweight design, better understanding of variability effects on structural response.
· Structural Efficiency: Improve the specific load capability per pound of component structure. Contributions achieved through structural concepts, loads prediction, static/dynamic stress analysis, prognostic, and embedded sensors.
· Stress/Load Prediction: Improve loads determination and stress prediction accuracy. Contributions achieved through data mining, global to local stress prediction, non-linear analysis, control laws, embedded sensors, probabilistic methods, and improved understanding of failure initiation and progression.
· Structural Component Development Time: Reduce the time required to design, fabricate, test, and evaluate rotorcraft structure. Contributions achieved through development of virtual prototype, virtual testing, integrated product and process development, modeling and simulation, design of experiments, building block approach, and probabilistic methods.
· Manufacturing Cost: Reduce the cost to fabricate rotorcraft structure. Contributions achieved through reduced labor and material cost, lean practices, virtual prototyping, quality, and 6-sigma design for manufacturability.
· Airframe Crashworthiness: Increase structural airframe/component crash energy absorption capability. Contributions achieved through energy-absorbing fuselage design, management of crash energy attenuation, improved modeling accuracy, and up to full-scale drop testing.
· Structural Operational Availability: Increase structural airframe/component operational availability. Contributions achieved through high-reliability concepts, reduced maintenance, damage tolerant design, inspection and repair methods, structural replacement approaches, structural health monitoring, load and damage sensing, and integrity determination.
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También relacionado con el FVL, es el MSFTB ("Mission Systems Flying Test Bed"), también de mayo: https://sam.gov/opp/bcbeda1740ce4424ad7 ... fd37a/view
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The purpose of the Integrated Mission Equipment (IME) for Vertical Lift Systems Project is to apply innovative techniques to overcome Army aviation Mission Systems integration challenges caused by the rapid increase of system complexity and the pace of change necessary to keep ahead of emerging threats. These innovative techniques will utilize Air Vehicle Digital Backbones, Automated Software Integration techniques, and Mission System Software Infrastructure developed specifically to overcome these challenges.
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The MSFTB concept outlined in the following subsections provides a more detailed explanation of needs and system level capabilities included in the enduring experimentation and test & evaluation asset. In summary:
· The MSFTB will be a capability for the Government to assess the ability to independently integrate and evaluate MSUTs.
· The MSFTB will be composed of a set of test equipment installed in a test rack that interfaces the MSUT to the AV.
· The MSFTB will provide all the capabilities necessary for test scenario simulation, generation of data for MSUT not provided by AV, operation of MSUT, and instrumentation for data collection.
· An experimental Flight Test UH-60M is the first target AV with Nodal Points to support installation of the MSFTB and MSUT(s).
· The AV DB provides the power, thermal and data distribution management functions for the MSFTB and MSUT(s).
· The Government will separately acquire various MSUT(s) that will be independently integrated by one or more MSIs into the MSFTB.
· MSI(s) will follow the integration approach for hardware and software using the principles and approaches described by Digital Backbone, Core Capabilities, and virtual integration.
· MSI(s) will use the IME Core Capabilities (CC) infrastructure software products that provide the infrastructure for data exchange, application management, systems management, persistent data management, time server, and event logging.
· MSI(s) will integrate MSUTs and configure MSFTB emulators, stimulators, and data collection.
· Excursions will occur by modifying the MSUTs or MSFTB to evaluate integration impacts.
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Recordemos que este MSFTB se montará en un UH-60M:
El cronograma:
