NASA may move up Mars sample return mission
Daily business intelligence for the global aerospace and defense industry since 1963 Friday, July 6, 2007 vol. 223, no. 4 Inside ■ Senate appropriators decry administration support for NOAA......... 2 ■ Aurora develops high-flying, longendurance UAV for Army ......... 3 ■ Dawn launch slips to July 8 ... 3 ■ Orbital Express mission drawing to a close ................. 4 ■ Small code designation makes big difference in net-centric contracts................................ 5 ■ Charts: DOD Inspector General on USAF’s NETCENTS -- Information Assurance and Contract Bundling (2 Pages).............. 6-7 ■ Chart: Program Acquisition Costs By Weapon System -Munitions Programs – Air Force – Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) .. 8 In Brief WEARABLE PRIZE: The Pentagon’s research and engineering director unveiled a competition July 5 to develop a wearable electric power system for warfighters. The competition will take place in the fall of 2008 and will award $1 million for first place, $500,000 for second place and $250,000 for third place. The prize objective is a wearable, prototype system that can power a standard warfighter’s equipment that produces 20 watts average power for 96 hours but weighs less than 4 kilograms (8.8 pounds). Current batteries being carried weigh 40 pounds. For electronic delivery, please call 609-426-7070 NASA may move up Mars sample return mission NASA is looking for a way to accelerate its long-planned Mars sample return mission, possibly by fitting upcoming landers like the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory with sample caches that could be retrieved and delivered back to Earth later. A new Mars astrobiology strategy recommended by the National Research Council’s Space Studies Board sets “analysis of a diverse suite of appropriate samples” as the highest priority Mars-science objective. In keeping with that recommendation, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate has ordered studies that could lead to the launch of a sample-return mission to the Red Planet as early as the 2018 planetary launch window. Alan Stern, associate administrator for science, says the studies are very preliminary and intended primarily to support a “major budget decision down the road.” But by accelerating work on a samplereturn mission now, the U.S. Mars-exploration program can stake a better claim to the funds that would be needed to fly it later. “The Mars program represents 46 percent of the planetary division’s budget, and it’s my assessment that the Mars program needs to really turn heads if it’s going to continue to have that level of budget support,” Stern says. “So I challenged the program to come up with something that’s worth the investment over the next decade. Let’s either go find life or let’s bring rocks home.” NASA has planned a Mars-samplereturn mission for years, but as the agency’s focus has shifted to human Mars Mission, Page 2 F-22 export to Japan would highlight competition with JSF, CRS says Exporting F-22 Raptors to Japan would likely underscore the growing competition between the aircraft and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for funds and other resources, according to a recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report. “A final industrial base issue pertains to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF),” says the June 29 report. “Although originally intended to be complementary aircraft, F-22 and JSF capabilities, development, and production have converged. Implicitly if not explicitly, these aircraft are competing for scarce procurement funds. Extension of F-22 production would likely bring these aircraft into even sharper competition.” Japan has expressed interest in purchasing the F-22A Raptor aircraft from the U.S., the report says. “Although the export of the plane is now prohibited by U.S. law, www.aviationweek.com/awin Congress has recently and may again consider repealing this ban.” Arguments for the sale include the potential benefits to U.S. industry, contribution to the defense of Japan and the region, and promotion of U.S. interoperability with the Japanese military, CRS says. Arguments against the transfer include concerns about technology proliferation and the potential for undermining regional stability. The Department of Defense is officially neutral on whether the F-22 should be exported, but senior leaders have suggested that they favor foreign sales of the fighter, the report says. “Japan faces a challenging regional context: both direct and potential security threats, as well as suspicion from other F-22, Page 2 Page 2 Mars Mission, Page 1 exploration of the moon, the notional launch date of such a mission has slipped into the 2022-2024 timeframe. Now, says Stern, it might be possible to advance that launch to 2020 or even 2018. One approach may be to outfit the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory – an advanced rover building on the success of the Mars Exploration Rovers still in operation – with a sample cache that could be filled as the rover moves across the surface and later retrieved by a sample-return mission. The European Space Agency is interested in cooperating with NASA on a Mars-sample-return mission as part of its Aurora program, and the U.S. agency has raised the possibility of installing a cache on ESA’s ExoMars rover as well. Friday, July 6, 2007 “The reason that Mars sample return has failed to happen over the past 30 years is that it always runs into budgetary problems because of requirements creep, and it gets out of control and it ends up unaffordable and it gets set back a decade,” Stern says. “I like to tell people you can have 70 percent of something or 100 percent of nothing. Which do you want?” The purpose of the sample return would be to find chemical evidence of life or its absence on Mars, says Bruce Jakosky, chair of the panel of scientists that produced the astrobiology strategy. Scientists would have much more flexibility to find that evidence in their labs on Earth than by trying to guess what robotic equipment to send to Mars for in situ analysis, he says. - Frank Morring, Jr. ([email protected]) F-22, Page 1 states that changes to Tokyo’s defense policy indicate a return to its militarist past,” the report says. “North Korea poses a particularly acute and proximate threat to Japan, heightened by Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear device tests in 2006.” There are pluses for the U.S., the report says. Exporting F22s to Japan is one way to keep the F-22 production line running after U.S. Air Force procurement ends, which would help prime contractor Lockheed Martin reduce per-aircraft costs. DOD and U.S. taxpayers would only benefit from reduced per-aircraft costs, however, if the Air Force were to purchase more F-22s after those produced for Japan, and in addition to the 183 air- craft currently planned. “It is unclear whether the United States and Japan could come to terms on the capabilities to be offered in the export variant of the F-22,” the report says. “Japan would likely want an aircraft the same as, or similar to, that flown by the U.S. Air Force. Japan would likely prefer to license or co-manufacture the aircraft, which gives them more opportunity to acquire engineering and design knowledge, and technology transfer. Presumably, DOD would desire to export a less capable aircraft.’” - Michael Fabey ([email protected]) Senate appropriators decry administration support for NOAA It provides $172.3 million for the National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS), which operates NOAA’s satellites and collects and archives the data they produce. In the $331 million allocated to the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), committee lawmakers added $30 million above the administration’s request for restoring climate sensors that were cut in last year’s Pentagon recertification of the troubled civil/military weather satellite program (DAILY, July 2). The committee remains “extremely concerned with regard to NOAA’s satellite programs,” the report said. “The committee believes that continuous oversight by Congress is necessary given NOAA’s track record, and has provided a general provision to the bill that is similar to the Defense Department’s NunnMcCurdy certification procedures.” The next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) system, which is expected to release a draft request for proposals this month (DAILY, July 5), receives $264 million under the bill. The money added to NPOESS’ climate sensors was taken from the GOES-R request, which had allocated more than a quarter of its budget for “Government Program Office Operations,” lawmakers said. “The committee feels that these reserves provide a false sense of security for the program managers,” they said in explaining the reduction. - Jefferson Morris ([email protected]) In its report accompanying the fiscal 2008 Senate Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) appropriations bill, the Senate Appropriations Committee renewed its criticism of the Bush administration’s budget requests for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “Given the growing fiscal demands on the Department of Commerce’s budget, namely the 2010 census, and ever increasing satellite costs at NOAA, the committee is doubtful this administration will ever show the leadership and bold thinking required to address the true needs of our planet’s oceans and atmosphere,” the committee said. Though the administration at the beginning of 2007 unveiled its “most robust NOAA budget ever,” analysis revealed that many of the increases came at the expense of other NOAA programs, and overall the FY ‘08 budget request was $268.7 million below the FY ‘07 enacted level, the committee said. The NOAA spending bill approved by Senate appropriators last week provides $4.2 billion for NOAA, $137 million above the FY ‘07 enacted level and $405 million above President Bush’s budget request. It includes $636 million for the National Ocean Service, $927 million for the National Weather Service, $1 billion for satellite programs and $439 million for research. COPYRIGHT © 2007 THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC. Friday, July 6, 2007 Aurora develops high-flying, long-endurance UAV for Army Aurora Flight Sciences’ deal with the U.S. Army to develop ultra-long endurance unmanned air systems (UAS) could reach $27.7 million, the company said July 5. A recent Army Space and Missile Defense Command contract modification for continued development of the company’s Orion HALL (High Altitude, Long Loiter) comes as Army and Navy leaders battle with Air Force leaders inside the Pentagon over a renewed Air Force proposal to take over high-altitude UAS development and acquisition (DAILY, June 18). For now at least, the primary mission for Aurora’s Orion HALL is to serve as a test bed for an advanced hydrogen propulsion system, according to Aurora. The Manassas, Va.headquartered company already is testing a Boeing hydrogen engine in its ultra-high altitude test facility there. The Boeing engine is supposed to allow the Orion HALL to carry payloads up to 400 pounds to altitudes of up to 65,000 feet for more than 100 hours, Aurora said. The two companies have been partnering on the work since 2004. A conventionally powered version of Orion HALL also is under study, the company said. That version could have an endurance approaching two weeks at altitudes of around 20,000 feet. Key congressional defense leaders on Capitol Hill have been complaining for years that the Defense Department’s unmanned aircraft efforts are splintered, seemingly redundant and growing. The military services have “repeatedly Dawn launch slips to July 8 NASA will attempt to launch the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Dawn solar-electric powered asteroid orbiter on a Delta II heavy booster from Cape Canaveral no earlier than July 8 after a one-day delay due to inability to complete propellant loading on Launch Complex 17B because of lightning in the area. The launch window on Sunday, July 8, extends from 4:04 to 4:33 p.m. EDT, although afternoon thundershowers could pose a threat. NASA has until about July 11 to launch Dawn, and then 3-4 more days later in July, before it must postpone the launch until September to enable Delta II workers to switch Page 3 resisted collaborating,” sparking the ongoing public spat over who controls military unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development and acquisition, congressional auditors testified in the spring (DAILY, April 23). Executive agent This year, Air Force Gen. Michael Moseley, chief of staff, proposed his service become the executive agent for UAVs operating a few thousand feet or more above ground. Army aviation officials in particular said the Air Force should essentially mind its own business (DAILY, March 26). In particular, the services have been fighting over the similar Predator and Warrior drones, both of which are made by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. Democratic defense committee leaders were moving to mandate a decision, but generals and admirals succeeded in getting them to give DOD’s Joint Requirements Oversight Council a chance first. Meanwhile, while development of Orion HALL began last year, Aurora maintained it builds upon more than a decade of earlier design experience accumulated in developing the Perseus and Theseus high-altitude aircraft for NASA. The company is promoting Orion HALL - which features a bulbous fuselage with wings on top and a propeller in front - for missions ranging from ground-tracking of military targets to climate change research. The unmanned aircraft could monitor hurricanes and other severe storms, with the goal of improving track forecasting accuracy, Aurora said. A year ago, Aurora said Orion HALL was slated for first flight next year. But the company now says the two Orion HALL systems are being built with first flight in 2009. - Michael Bruno ([email protected]) to processing of another Delta II launcher on Pad 17A for the Phoenix Mars lander. Phoenix is set for liftoff Aug. 3 in a launch window that extends only until late August (DAILY, July 2). MILSATCOM CENTER: Lockheed Martin is opening a new $3 million milsatcom center of excellence in Rockville, Md. The facility, which will be dedicated in a ceremony July 10, “will enhance development efforts for Department of Defense customers,” the company says. The 20,000 square foot facility will house a secure, state-of-the-art software development, integration and testing environment and will bring together Lockheed Martin employees currently in Gaithersburg and Clarksburg, Md. GREEN AVIATION FORUM • September 12, 2007 • Brussels, Belgium Green Aviation — No longer just social responsibility but strategic imperative. 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A joint effort between DARPA, the U.S. Air Force and NASA, Orbital Express was launched in March on a three-month mission to demonstrate on-orbit satellite servicing techniques. The two Orbital Express spacecraft - Boeing’s Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations (ASTRO) and Ball Aerospace’s NextSat - completed several mating/demating maneuvers, despite a May flight computer failure that kept the spacecraft separated for nearly eight days at distances much greater than planned (DAILY, May 22). No extended mission There had been discussion about NASA possibly using the satellites after their primary mission was over to explore techniques useful to a possible future Mars sample return mission – for which the sample return canister would have to dock with a mother ship in Mars orbit for the journey back to Earth. “DARPA had discussed the possibility of NASA or Air Force perhaps conducting additional experiments following the end of the DARPA demonstration mission,” DARPA spokeswoman Jan Walker said. “Once it was determined that NASA and the Air Force had no additional experiments that they wished to conduct, DARPA decided to decommission the satellites.” The mission met all its objectives, according to Walker, including satellite rendezvous and capture, refueling and component exchange through the use of standardized interfaces. “The Orbital Express demonstration proved that on-orbit servicing is possible, and showed the maturity of the technology,” Walker said. “We are confident that future satellite designers and operators will be able to benefit from this knowledge as they develop new space systems.” Following the decommissioning, NextSat is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and burn up in 3-5 years, and the heavier ASTRO in 12-15 years. - Jefferson Morris ([email protected]) AIM spacecraft returns first views of noctilucent clouds NASA’s Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) spacecraft has returned its first images of noctilucent clouds - wispy accumulations of what is believed to be ice crystals that form in summer at altitudes of about 50 miles over the polar regions. First spotted from the ground this year on June 6, in recent years the clouds have been forming more often and at lower latitudes than previously, leading some researchers to theorize there is a link in the high-altitude changes they represent and changes at lower altitudes linked to global warming. “These observations suggest a connection with global change in the lower atmosphere and could represent an early warning that our Earth environment is being changed,” says AIM Principal Investigator James Russell III of Hampton University, which manages the project along with NASA’ s Goddard Space Flight Center. AIM was launched April 25 on an Orbital Sciences Corp. Pegasus XL. COPYRIGHT © 2007 THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC. Friday, July 6, 2007 Page 5 Small code designation makes big difference in net-centric contracts The code doesn’t cover network modernization, equipment upgrade and replacement, providing network defense and management tools, increasing transmission system capacity, installing fiber, or performing work at sites or installations, according to the IG. The classification includes only operating and maintaining facilities that provide communications and furnishing communications by using their own facilities. Old notice In making the determination, the contracting officer and Electronic Systems Command Small Business Office used a Small Business Administration (SBA) Notice, the IG reported. “We do not believe the contracting officer should have relied on a Small Business Administration Notice that expired 14 years before the NETCENTS contract was awarded,” the IG said. The 2002 definition of wired telecommunications carriers is different from the 1990 definition. It is important for contracting officers to use current publications in determining which NAICS code to select.” Pentagon buying regulations, the IG pointed out, do “not allow contracting officers to choose the largest size standard and code for the purpose of maximizing small business participation.” The IG also questioned whether the following contracts should count as small business awards: • Multimax, about 300 employees and $58 million in 2004 revenue; • NCI, about 1,400 employees and $171 million in 2004 revenue; • Telos Corp., about 434 employees and $117 million in 2004 revenue; and • Centech Group, about 300 employees and $40 million in 2005 annual revenue. - Michael Fabey ([email protected]) U.S. Air Force program officials for the service’s Network-Centric Solutions (NETCENTS) contract had the best intentions for picking the product code they did to describe the work the agreement would cover. But according to a June 29 DOD Inspector General’s report (DAILY, July 5), the NETCENTS officials picked the wrong code, shutting out potential contractors and leading to the management nightmares the IG says are haunting the program. One significant affected program, the IG says, is the Combat Information Transport System (CITS), which is the primary Air Force program to install complete, secure fiber optic infrastructure supporting critical fixed-based missions. “CITS modernizes network defenses, network management, and fixed network information transport,” the IG report says. NAICS code NETCENTS program officials said the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code chosen - Wired Telecommunications Carrier - was selected based on the greatest percentage of work projected for NETCENTS and because it was more liberal than other codes in allowing more small businesses to compete, the IG reported. “However, a different NETCENTS program official provided an original ceiling estimate with telephony requirements accounting for approximately 15.5 percent of the ceiling and the greatest percentage of work going to the Combat Information Transport System (CITS) at 63.1 percent,” the report says. “Based on the description of CITS, we believe the NAICS code Wired Telecommunications Carrier is not appropriate.” Simulator system to study pilot response to lasers The U.S. Air Force, FAA and Northrop Grumman have developed a one-of-a-kind laser positioning system in a Boeing 737 flight simulator to study flight performance while aircrews are exposed to lasers. Military and federal civil aviation authorities have become concerned about the possibility that terrorists could use lasers to temporarily blind pilots during critical takeoff or landing moments, causing crashes or other incidents. Such lasers are easily obtained, and there have been several incidents in which commercial pilots have said they were “hit” by lasers. Northrop Grumman’s Information Technology (IT) sector team, which included partners Taboada Research Instruments and Cherokee CRC, assisted the Air Force and FAA in creating the system, which will help define how pilots respond to lasers when pointed at aircraft during flight. The researchers integrated eye-safe lasers in the 737 flight simulator to monitor pilots’ reactions so that new flight safety measures can be developed to counter the threat. “The team’s technological contribution to the flight simulator will lead to improvements in cockpit procedures so commercial and military pilots can concentrate on safely flying their aircraft should a laser be pointed at them,” said Jim Barry, vice president of Technology Integration & Application for Northrop Grumman IT’s Defense group. “We look forward to continued development of technological enhancements with the Air Force and the FAA to create new defensive mechanisms against laser threats.” Work on the contract was conducted at Brooks City Base, San Antonio, Texas, and at the FAA’s Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City, Okla. COPYRIGHT © 2007 THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC. Page 6 Friday, July 6, 2007 DOD Inspector General on USAF’s NETCENTS Information Assurance In a recent report (DAILY, July 5), the DOD Inspector General concluded that the U.S. Air Force’s NETCENTS contracts were not “complete or consistent” with respect to information assurance (IA) and contracting requirements. This table describes five IA requirements that were omitted from the NETCENTS contracts, and the effect of each omission. Missing Policy/Clause “Continuation of Essential DoD Contractor Services During Crises” DFARS1 207.105(b)(19)(c), DoD Instruction 3020.37 “Disclosure of Ownership or Control by a Foreign Government” DFARS 252.209-7002 “Protection Against Compromising Emanations”2 DFARS 252.239-7000, DFARS 239.7103 “Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel” FAR3 52.204-9, FAR 4.1301 “Contractor Information Assurance Certifications” DoD Directive 8570.1, DoD Manual 8570.01-M Description of Requirement This clause must be included to identify which services have been declared so essential that they must continue during a crisis situation outside the United States. This clause provides contractor disclosure of any interest a foreign government has in the contractor when that interest constitutes control by a foreign government. In addition, no contract under a national security program may be awarded to an entity controlled by a foreign government if that entity requires access to proscribed information to perform the contract. This clause must be used in solicitations and contracts involving information technology that requires protection against compromising emanations. This clause must be placed in solicitations and contracts when contract performance requires contractors to have physical access to a federally controlled facility or access to a Federal information system. Existing contracts must be modified to specify certification requirements. Effect of Omitting Policy/Clause DoD may not be capable of supporting these systems necessary to contain and manage threats. Contractors owned by a foreign government could have access to sensitive information, cause substantial harm to U.S. interests and national security, and reveal defense capabilities and weaknesses. DoD systems may not be protected against compromising emanations. The physical security of federally controlled facilities and Federal information may not be maintained. Certification requirements may not be communicated at the contract level so that contractors can train and provide proper personnel. Source: DOD IG COPYRIGHT © 2007 THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC. Friday, July 6, 2007 Page 7 DOD Inspector General on USAF’s NETCENTS Contract Bundling The DOD IG concluded that NETCENTS program officials bundled the contract without justification. According to government regulations, contract bundling is a consolidation of two or more requirements for supplies or services, previously provided or performed under separate smaller contracts, into a solicitation for a single contract that is likely to be unsuitable for award to a small business. This table breaks down the bundling definition from FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation) Subpart 2.1 and compares it to the NETCENTS contract. Breakdown of FAR Definition of Bundling Contract is a consolidation of two or more requirements for supplies and services Contract was previously provided or performed under separate smaller contracts Consolidation of requirements into a solicitation for a single contract Not suitable for small business award due to the diversity, size, or specialized nature of the elements of the performance specified Not suitable for small business award because of the aggregate dollar value of the anticipated award Not suitable for small business award because the contract performance sites are geographically dispersed NETCENTS Description According to the scope of NETCENTS, requirements for hardware, information technology services, software, and telecommunications have been consolidated. Program officials from the Office of the Air Force Chief Information Officer stated one obstacle to standardization for NETCENTS is often that the Air Force bases use small local contractors for information technology services. Therefore, each base may have had separate smaller contracts. NETCENTS is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract which is considered a single contract for this definition. The NETCENTS contract is to provide the Air Force, DoD Components, and other Federal agencies a primary source of networking equipment and system engineering, installation, integration, operations, and maintenance. NETCENTS has a $9 billion ceiling with a 3-year term with two 1-year option periods. NETCENTS is a worldwide contract. Source: DOD IG COPYRIGHT © 2007 THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC. Page 8 Friday, July 6, 2007 Program Acquisition Costs By Weapon System Munitions Programs – Air Force Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) Description: The Sensor Fuzed Weapon (CBU-97/B) is a cluster munition designed for direct attack against armored targets. The SFW is manufactured by Textron Defense Systems, Wilmington, MA. Mission: The objective of the SFW is to develop and produce a conventional munition capable of multiple kills per pass against operating armored vehicles, air defense units, and other support vehicles. FY 2008 Program: The FY 2007 program terminates production of the SFW. Program Acquisition Costs ($ Millions) FY 2006 (Qty) Amt FY 2007 (Qty) Amt Procurement (332) 118.8 (305) 118.4 (-) - TOTAL (332) 118.8 (305) 118.4 (-) - Source: Department of Defense COPYRIGHT © 2007 THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC. FY 2008 (Qty) Amt Download the latest agenda and register today! 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