Partnership Opportunity for Autonomous Flight Safety System

NTESS is seeking a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with a member of industry that has proven experience in the design, development, manufacturing, and qualification of electronic flight avionic hardware for high-consequence commercial and military Department of Defense applications. The objective of this collaboration is to develop a product line based on NTESS’s current version of the Autonomous Flight Termination Unit (AFTU) and NTESS’s experience applying the AFTU to hypersonic flight applications. This opportunity may include development and manufacturing of associated test equipment used for (1) flight qualification and certification testing; and (2) application support in the form of pre-mission validation and verification (V&V) of Mission Data Load configuration and mission rules processing. NTESS would work with the successful respondent to develop these supporting products.

NTESS will be hosting an Industry Briefing Day to discuss this Request for Information (RFI). The Industry Day will take place on December 8th at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Industry Day will be limited to U.S. Citizens only and companies meeting the Mandatory Requirements below. Registration is required and attendance will be limited to the first 40 registrants with no more than two (2) representatives per company. To register for the Industry Day please email Meg Davidson, mdavids@sandia.gov no later than November 18th. Additional information will be provided during the registration process.