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[Analyzed from API Fallback] This document is a Performance Work Statement for the SEEK EAGLE Modeling, Analysis, and Tools Support (SEMATS) 4 contract. The contractor will provide comprehensive technical services to the U.S. Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office (AFSEO) to support its mission of aircraft-store compatibility certification and mission planning. The scope encompasses software and data-based modeling, M&S, analysis, and tool development. Key technical tasks include multi-disciplinary engineering analysis in areas like structural loads, flutter, stability and control, store separation, and electromagnetics; development and sustainment of software such as the Combat Weapon Delivery Software (CWDS) and engineering databases (e.g., ACES); creation of digital models using CAD and CFD; and high-performance computing (HPC) software development. The contractor will also provide project management, technical data generation, IT administration for standard and specialized networks (SEARDE), and support for ground and flight test activities.
Overall Technical Areas
Modeling & Simulation (M&S)Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)High Performance Computing (HPC)Computer-Aided Design (CAD)Structural Loads AnalysisFinite Element Modeling (FEM)Flutter and Vibration AnalysisAircraft Stability & ControlElectromagnetic Compatibility AnalysisStore Separation SimulationWeapon Ballistics AnalysisFlight Test EngineeringData Analytics & Machine LearningMission Planning Software Development
Probable LBNL Areas
CSAEESAPSA
Focus Areas
Example Priorities:
The Contractor shall provide development and sustainment of software tools and applications to support the AFSEO mission.
The Contractor shall provide M&S support to include development, testing, and debugging of 3-dimensional and animated modeling software.
The Contractor shall perform the evaluation of numerical solution methods, the implementation of these techniques in a production environment, and the performance of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analyses for aircraft and store configurations.
The Contractor shall develop software using an approved Government development process, targeted at High Performance Computing (HPC) hardware.
Specific Technical Skills:
Software DevelopmentHigh Performance Computing (HPC)Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)Computer-Aided Design (CAD)Modeling & Simulation (M&S)Database Development (Oracle, SQL)Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)Siemens UGS NXModel Based Systems EngineeringConfiguration Management
Potential PIs for this Area:
Name
Score
Organization
Dan Gunter
0.71
CSA | SciData | Data Science Applications
Lisa Claus
0.70
CSA | NERSC | Sci Eng & Workflows Department
Weiqun Zhang
0.70
CSA | AMCR | Applied Mathematics
Christian Messe
0.70
PSA | ATAP | Superconducting Magnet Program
Steven Hofmeyr
0.69
CSA | AMCR | Computer Science
Alexander Sim
0.69
CSA | SciData | Data Science Research
Damian Rouson
0.69
CSA | AMCR | Computer Science
Gregory Lemieux
0.69
EESA | CESD | Earth System Sciences
Edoardo Zoni
0.69
PSA | ATAP | Advanced Modeling Prog
Aaron Lattanzi
0.69
CSA | AMCR | Applied Mathematics
Example Priorities:
The Contractor shall provide engineering and technical support in the area of structural loads and vibrations, acoustics, and/or thermal (as required) for stores, suspension and release equipment, and aircraft required for the store certification process.
Conducting analysis by manual and computer methods to evaluate the aircraft stability and control characteristics, and modifying and documenting changes to existing analysis software for evaluating an aircraft's stability and control characteristics.
Conducting analyses by manual and computer methods to evaluate flutter characteristics for given aircraft and store configurations.
The Contractor shall support the store certification process by providing engineering and technical support in the area of store separations.
Specific Technical Skills:
Structural Loads AnalysisVibration AnalysisAero-elastic EffectsStability & Control EngineeringFlutter AnalysisStore Separation EngineeringFinite Element Models (FEM)6-Degree-of-Freedom SimulationWind Tunnel TestingFlight Test Support
Example Priorities:
The Contractor shall provide support in the area of munitions ballistics analysis, guided weapon trajectory analysis and aircraft-embedded Operational Flight Program (OFP) weapon delivery software models and modules.
Using the Common Advanced Safe Escape System (CASES) and/or Joint Safe Escape Analysis Solution (JSEAS) Analyst Tool (JAT) software to establish safe delivery parameters, and to determine Minimum Release Altitudes (MRAs) and minimum safe fuse arm times.
Maintaining and sustaining CWDS to include all required software development lifecycle steps and managing multiple CWDS releases for aircraft specific Mission Planning Environments (MPEs).
Modeling guided weapon flight characteristics to provide Launch Acceptability Regions (LAR) for desired weapon impact angles and velocity conditions for inclusion in the Combat Weapon Delivery Software (CWDS) program.
The Contractor shall provide support in the area of aircraft-store Electromagnetic Compatibility/Electromagnetic Interface (EMC/EMI) capability.
Conducting analysis of aircraft-store configurations using appropriate computational methods (linear, nonlinear, and computational electromagnetic) to evaluate the EMC/EMI characteristics.
Preparing and supporting EMC/EMI testing including preparing methods of test, executing the test or assisting in testing, including the use of network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, precision instrumentation, antennas and low-loss hardware.
Reviewing sources of existing technical data to substantiate compatibility recommendations. Examples of data sources include but are not limited to: MIL-STD-464 (A, B, C), MIL-STD-461 (A-F), DoW Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO) reports...
Specific Technical Skills:
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)Electromagnetic Interface (EMI)Computational ElectromagneticsMIL-STD-464 / MIL-STD-461Hazards of EMR to Ordnance (HERO)RF TestingSpectrum AnalyzersNetwork AnalyzersAntenna AnalysisEMC/EMI Test Planning
Example Priorities:
The Contractor shall assist in maturing the Data Governance Program that will guide all AFSEO data initiatives to manage AFSEO data as an asset and meet goals of a data driven organization for emerging technologies including advanced analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
The Contractor shall perform Information Technology (IT), Automated Data Processing Equipment (ADPE), Computer Information System (CIS), and network administration support for AFSEO Automated Information Systems (AIS).
The Contractor shall plan and conduct mass and physical properties measurement of stores and aircraft at Eglin AFB, Edwards AFB, and remote locations.
The contractor shall provide system patching and operating system maintenance with associated annual security reviews, tests, and audits.
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