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THIS IS A SBIR III CONTRACT IN SUPPORT OF THE DOD, STEMMING FROM PREVIOUS SBIR PHASE I & II TOPICS INCLUDING AF06-016, MDA09-021, N05-039, N07-010, A06-035 AND OSD07-CR4. PSC CODE AC62 ENDED PER PSC MANUAL EFFECTIVE OCT 2020. REPLACING WITH PSC AC32.

THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION HAS SELECTED JUNO NEW FRONTIERS MISSION UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) DR. SCOTT BOLTON TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE JUNO MISSION WILL ENTER PHASE B IN EARLY FISCAL YEAR 2006. THE JUNO MISSION WILL BE MANAGED BY THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, NEW FRONTIERS PROGRAM OFFICE. KEY JUNO TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDE DR. BOLTON'S HOME INSTITUTION, THE SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SWRI), THE JUNO IMPLEMENTATION TEAM LEADER JET PROPULSION LABORATORY (JPL) AND THE SPACECRAFT BUS PROVIDER THE LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE SYSTEMS DIVISION (LM/SS). THE PI'S TEAM AT SWRI NEEDS TO BEGIN WORK ON A SUBSET OF PHASE B ACTIVITIES AS EARLY IN FY06 AS POSSIBLE. THIS SOW PROVIDES A LIST OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO BEGIN WORK IN FY06 AND THEIR ASSOCIATED DELIVERABLES. THE JUNO MISSION IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SWRI), JPL, LOCKHEED MARTIN (LM), AND A COMPLEMENTARY TEAM OF UNIVERSITIES AND FIELD CENTERS. THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, DR. SCOTT BOLTON, IS AT SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SWRI) AND IS RESPONSIBLE TO NASA FOR ALL ASPECTS OF THE MISSION INCLUDING ACHIEVING ALL SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES AND MISSION GOALS. JPL PROVIDES THE PROJECT MANAGER WHO OVERSEES THE DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT AND WILL REPORT TO THE PI. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) DR. SCOTT BOLTON IS RESPONSIBLE TO NASA FOR MEETING THE SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE JUNO MISSION WITHIN COST AND SCHEDULE. AS PI, DR. BOLTON HAS DIRECT ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE NASA NEW FRONTIERS PROGRAM OFFICE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF JUNO. ALL JUNO SCIENCE CO-IS, THE DEPUTY PI AND PROJECT SCIENTIST, THE SCIENCE INVESTIGATION OFFICE MANAGER, THE E/PO EFFORT, THE JUNO ADVISORY BOARD AND THE PM REPORT DIRECTLY TO DR. BOLTON. THE PI DELEGATES THE DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT TO THE PROJECT MANAGER (PM), RICK GRAMMIER. THE PROJECT SYSTEM ENGINEER, PAYLOAD MANAGER, FLIGHT SYSTEM MANAGER, MISSION MANAGER, SCIENCE OPS CENTER, BUSINESS MANAGER, LM CONTRACT CTM, AND MISSION ASSURANCE MANAGER ALL REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE PM.

LIFE CYCLE DECISION SUPPORT ANALYSIS TOOLS

DRAGONFLY PHASE A JOHNS HOPKINS APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (JHU/APL) WILL PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR THE DRAGONFLY MISSION. DRAGONFLY IS A PROPOSED NEW FRONTIERS MISSION TO SEND A RELOCATABLE LANDER TO SATURN'S MOON TITAN. APL WILL FUND ITS TECHNICAL PARTNERS AND NON-GOVERNMENT SCIENCE TEAM COINVESTIGATORS THROUGH SUBCONTRACTS. ALL EFFORT BY NASA CENTER PARTNERS (GSFC, AMES, LANGLEY, AND JPL) WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS ON THE WORK IS THE INITIATION OF THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF THE DRAGONFLY SPACECRAFT, INITIATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GROUND SYSTEM, CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS (DRAGMET, DRAGNS, DRAGONCAM, AND DRAMS/DRACO), INITIATION OF DEVELOPMENT OF DETAILED MISSION DESIGN PLAN AND INITIATION OF WORK TOWARDS ACHIEVING NEPA COMPLIANCE AND LAUNCH APPROVAL.

FRONTIER SYSTEMS

IGF::OT::IGF SATISFIES THE MINIMUM GUARANTEE.

USAF SPACE AND MISSILE CENTER (SMC) ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE (EN) SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND LIFE CYCLE DECISION SUPPORT AWARD

IGF::CL::IGF BMET, ADMIN, AND NMP SUPPORT SERVICES

BASE EFFORT SUPPORT SERVICES

IGF::OT::IGF 1.1 BACKGROUND THE NEXT ION PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT BY THE NASA IN-SPACE PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT, WITHIN THE SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD), FOR USE IN A WIDE ARRAY OF ROBOTIC SCIENCE MISSIONS. A NEXT ION PROPULSION SYSTEM TYPICALLY CONSISTS OF GRIDDED ION THRUSTERS, POWER PROCESSING UNITS (PPUS), THRUSTER GIMBALS, A XENON PROPELLANT FEED SYSTEM, AND A CONTROL INTERFACE FUNCTIONALITY CAPTURED EITHER IN A DEDICATED UNIT OR DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE ION PROPULSION SYSTEM AND THE SPACECRAFT. NEXT IS APPLICABLE TO A BROAD ARRAY OF PLANETARY SCIENCE MISSIONS, INCLUDING DISCOVERY, NEW FRONTIERS AND FLAGSHIP MISSIONS AND ALSO HAS APPLICATION TO MULTIPLE CONCEPTUAL ASTROPHYSICS SCIENCE MISSIONS. 1.2 BASIS FOR PROCUREMENT THE NASA SMD PLANETARY SCIENCE DIVISION IS OFFERING NEXT FLIGHT HARDWARE, SPECIFICALLY TWO THRUSTERS AND TWO PPUS, AS GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED EQUIPMENT (GFE) FOR THE NEXT DISCOVERY MISSION ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO). THE DISCOVERY AO IS TARGETED FOR RELEASE IN OCTOBER 2014. REFER TO NASA SOLICITATION NUMBER NNH14ZDA009J FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE DISCOVERY AO AND TARGET SCHEDULES. NASA DESIRES FOR THE NEXT SYSTEM TO BE AVAILABLE TO FUTURE USERS AS A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT. NASA ENCOURAGES AND WILL CONSIDER MODIFICATIONS OR ALTERNATIVES TO THE EXISTING DESIGN, PARTICULARLY THE PPU DESIGN, TO FACILITATE MORE CONSISTENT USE IN NON-NASA APPLICATIONS. THEREFORE, THE FRAMEWORK FOR THIS PROCUREMENT AND THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT OF WORK IS FOR COST-SHARED DEVELOPMENT WHICH RESULTS IN PRODUCT USE FOR BOTH NASA AND NON-NASA MISSIONS. THE NASA PROJECT TO PROVIDE THIS GFE HARDWARE IS REFERRED TO AS THE NEXT-C PROJECT THROUGHOUT THIS DOCUMENT.