ONHS Report: Prometheus

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Request for Information for High Hypersonic Reentry Flight Experiment Program

Solicitation ID: Prometheus_RFI-1

Agency: AFRL

Type: Sources Sought

Deadline: N/A

Eligibility: Maybe (Unspecified)

Funding: N/A

Doc Type: RFI

Clearance: CUI

Program Manager: afrl.rvkb.afrlneutronstardms@us.af.mil

Last Updated: 2026-04-28 16:03

Analyzed File: Experiment Data Sheet.docx

Eligibility Reasoning

Eligibility for FFRDCs or National Labs was not mentioned.

Note: This is an AI-generated summary...

Summary

This document is the 'AFRL/RVBN Payload Intake Form,' an optional data sheet for submissions to the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Request for Information for the High Hypersonic Reentry Flight Experiment Program. The form is a structured template designed to collect comprehensive technical, logistical, and programmatic details about a proposed experimental payload. It requests information on the experiment's description and objectives, its current and projected Technology Readiness Level (TRL), Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) requirements, and its physical and logical interface needs. Additionally, the form gathers data on the payload's design qualifications for acceleration and temperature, available acceptance testing capabilities (vibration, thermal, EMI/EMC), system hazards, financial status, and development schedule. The purpose of this form is to provide AFRL with standardized data to evaluate the feasibility, suitability, and integration requirements of potential payloads for its hypersonic test platforms.

Overall Technical Areas

Hypersonic Vehicle DesignGuidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC)GPS-Denied Navigation SystemsRadiation Hardened AvionicsThermal Protection System (TPS) MaterialsHigh-G Structural AnalysisFlight Environment InstrumentationVehicle Diagnostic AlgorithmsAerospace Telemetry & CommunicationsAutonomous Landing SystemsComputational Modeling & SimulationVibration and Shock TestingAdvanced Materials Manufacturing

Probable LBNL Areas

EESAESAETALDPSA

Focus Areas

Example Priorities:

Guidance, Navigation, and Control Technologies with the potential to be radiation hardened/survivable (operate through, circumvent and recover, etc.) – accelerometers, gyroscopes, navigation aids for operating in a GPS denied environment (stellar, radar, optical, etc.), and new SW algorithms for relevant hypersonic flight environments
Avionics Components with the potential to be radiation hardened/survivable (operate through, circumvent and recover, etc.) – flight computers, processors, actuators, etc.
Flight-Environment Sensors – heat flux, temperature, pressure, shock, vibration, acceleration, attitude, altitude, material recession, plasma, etc.
Novel Thermal Protection System (TPS) materials and manufacturing techniques, including, but not limited to hot-structure TPS
Integrated Systems – e.g. flight computer with IMU with navigation aid
Vehicle Diagnostic Sensors and Algorithms
Communication Capabilities – e.g. telemetry
Autonomous precision landing
Ejectables on orbit or reentry

Specific Technical Skills:

Guidance, Navigation, and Control Technologies with the potential to be radiation hardened/survivable (operate through, circumvent and recover, etc.) – accelerometers, gyroscopes, navigation aids for operating in a GPS denied environment (stellar, radar, optical, etc.), and new SW algorithms for relevant hypersonic flight environmentsAvionics Components with the potential to be radiation hardened/survivable (operate through, circumvent and recover, etc.) – flight computers, processors, actuators, etc.Flight-Environment Sensors – heat flux, temperature, pressure, shock, vibration, acceleration, attitude, altitude, material recession, plasma, etc.Novel Thermal Protection System (TPS) materials and manufacturing techniques, including, but not limited to hot-structure TPSIntegrated Systems – e.g. flight computer with IMU with navigation aidVehicle Diagnostic Sensors and AlgorithmsCommunication Capabilities – e.g. telemetryAutonomous precision landingEjectables on orbit or reentry

Potential PIs for this Area:

Name	Score	Organization
Shawn Tornga	0.69	LD \| LD \| ONHS
Emil Rofors	0.69	PSA \| NSD \| ANP
Guoying Chen	0.68	ETA \| ESDR \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt
Prakash Rao	0.68	ETA \| Building Tech. & Urban Sys. \| Bldg & Industrial App Dpt
Mauricio Ayllon Unzueta	0.68	PSA \| ATAP \| FS&IBT
Boxun Hu	0.68	ETA \| ESDR \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt
Reynold Cooper	0.68	PSA \| NSD \| ANP
Andre Santos	0.68	EESA \| CESD \| Integrated Ecosystem Sciences
Shiva Shunmugam Nagarajan	0.68	ESA \| ALS \| Users
Zhao Hao	0.68	EESA \| EG \| Geochemistry Dept

Potential LBNL PIs (Overall)

Note on PI Matching: These suggestions are generated through an AI-driven semantic analysis of LBNL staff profiles.

Name	Score	Organization
Kenny Higa	0.77	ETA \| ESDR \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt · Advanced Materials Manufacturing
Qin Yu	0.76	ESA \| MSD \| Material Physics · Vibration and Shock Testing
Minok Park	0.75	ETA \| ESDR \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt · Hypersonic Vehicle Design
Kunhwi Kim	0.75	EESA \| EG \| Geophysics Dept · Computational Modeling & Simulation
Claire Tomlin	0.74	BSA \| Biological Systems & Engineering \| Department of BioEngineering and BioMedical Sciences · Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC)
Scott Mccormack	0.74	ESA \| MSD \| Material Physics · Thermal Protection System (TPS) Materials
Peter Hosemann	0.74	ESA \| MSD \| Material Physics · Radiation Hardened Avionics
Dipak Ghosal	0.74	CSA \| ESNET \| Tech Adv and Engagement · Vehicle Diagnostic Algorithms
David McCallen	0.73	EESA \| EG \| Geophysics Dept · High-G Structural Analysis
Alexander Sim	0.73	CSA \| SciData \| Data Science Research · Aerospace Telemetry & Communications

Fundamental Research Exemption (FRE)

Not Mentioned