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DoD Communities of Interest |
R&D Research and Development |
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Request for White Papers (RFWP) Thermal Protection System (TPS) Prototype Project |
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Mar 26, 2021 04:00 pm EDT |
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U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) |
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Description White papers are sought to satisfy the U.S. Army RCCTO’s requirements for a prime contractor to drive the development of materials and processes to prototype Thermal Protection Systems (TPSs) in support of the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW). The TPS prototypes are required to protect the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (CHGB) from heat induced during hypersonic flight, working as a thermal insulator, aerodynamic body, and structural component. The main goal of the TPS Prime Prototype Project is to create TPS prototypes from a Technical Data Package (TDP) for the first time. Throughout the duration of this pOTA, the TPS prototypes will be provided to other programs as Government Furnished Property (GFP) and subjected to testing to include flight test. The prime contractor will take the TPS TDP under configuration control to coordinate design updates, prioritizing the directed subcontractors’ prototyping efforts to meet test events and develop novel methods to inspect and accept the prototypes to include materials research and precision measurements. The TPS prototype prime contractor requirements include fabrication or acquisition of subcomponents from an existing supply chain, assembly of the TPS prototypes and mating of the TPS prototypes to the CHGB. |
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