DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE NAVY / ONR / DEPT OF THE NAVY
SPHERES Satellite an Supporting Hardware
N00173-11-R-MI02ContractPresolicitationSAM.gov
Quick Facts
NAICS
541712
Set-Aside
Full & Open
Place of Performance
CAMBRIDGE, MA
Description
The Naval Research Laboratory intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competitive basis with Aurora Flight Sciences Corp., Manassas VA., for a SPHERES spacecraft simulator vehicle and a SPHERES Goggles V. 2 expansion unit and supporting Hardware. The SPHERES spacecraft is currently operating onboard the International Space Station. SPHERES is a proprietary design of Aurora Flight Sciences, Inc. in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Space Systems Laboratory. The SPHERES laboratory simulator must be a form fit and function simulator of the SPHERES spacecraft.