1.0 OBJECTIVE THE ADVANCEMENT OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGHLY RELIABLE REUSABLE HYPERSONI…

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1.0 OBJECTIVE THE ADVANCEMENT OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGHLY RELIABLE REUSABLE HYPERSONIC VEHICLE SYSTEMS REQUIRES ADVANCED CONCEPTS FOR THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF AN ADVANCED TPS CONCEPT IS THE REDUCTION OF OVERALL VEHICLE SYSTEM WEIGHT BY EXPLORING CONCEPTS THAT COMBINE THE FUNCTIONS OF STRUCTURAL SUPPORT WITH THERMAL PROTECTION INTO A SINGLE INTEGRATED HOT STRUCTURE. THE JOINING AND BONDING TOGETHER OF SUCH STRUCTURES ALLOWS LARGE SCALE COMPONENTS TO BE REALIZED. HOWEVER, THE JOINING OF COMPOSITES FOR USE A VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES IS NOT WELL CHARACTERIZED. THIS STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) IDENTIFIES THE MAJOR TASKS TO BE PERFORMED UNDER NASA CONTRACT THAT ARE REQUIRED TO FABRICATE SILICON CARBIDE POLYMER INFILTRATED PERFORM (PIP) CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE (CMC) COUPONS FOR USE IN INVESTIGATING HIGH TEMPERATURE ADHESIVES NECESSARY FOR THE FABRICATION OF LARGE SCALE STRUCTURALLY INTEGRATED THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS. 2.0 SCOPE THE SCOPE OF THIS EFFORT WILL BE FOR COI CERAMICS, INC. (SAN DIEGO, CA) TO FABRICATE 96 S200H PIP/SIC/CMC COUPONS SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT ARE BEING MANUFACTURED FOR NASA GRC UNDER NASA CONTRACT #NNC08CA50C. 3.0 VENDOR REQUIREMENTS THE HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPOSITES MANUFACTURER, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE VENDOR, SHALL HAVE A DEMONSTRATED KNOWLEDGE IN THE ART OF MANUFACTURING POLYMER-DERIVED SILICON CARBIDE BASED CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES INCLUDING ASSOCIATED COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT, RELATES PROCESSES, PRACTICES, MAINTENANCE, SET-UP AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE DISPOSITION OF MANUFACTURING WASTE PRODUCTS. VENDOR CAPABILITIES MUST INCLUDE COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES COMPRISING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WET HAND LAY-UP, PREPREG HAND LAY-UP, RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING AND RELATED MATRIX INFUSION TECHNOLOGIES. THE VENDOR SHALL ALSO POSSESS, OR HAVE ACCESS TO, THE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO MANUFACTURE THE POLYMER-DERIVED COMPOSITE MATERIAL REQUIRED FOR EXECUTION OF THE WORK EFFORT. VENDOR SHALL ALSO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF HIGH TEMPERATURE RESIN CHEMISTRIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EPOXIES, CYANATE ESTERS AND VINYL ESTERS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERIC COMPOSITES. 4.0 VENDOR DELIVERABLES THE VENDOR SHALL FABRICATE AND DELIVER TO NASA NINETY-FOUR (94) S200H COUPONS OF VARIOUS SIZES AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1. SINCE THIS WILL BE A BEST EFFORTS BASIS CONTRACT, THE SPECIFIC FABRICATION DETAILS OF THE COUPONS MAY BE ALTERED BASED ON THE AGREED UPON NEEDS OF BOTH THE VENDOR AND NASA. TABLE 1 - REQUESTED S200H COUPON QUANTITY AND SIZE. QUANTITY SIZE 4 3-INCH X 3-INCH 6 2-INCH X 2-INCH 84 1-INCH X 1-INCH