SBIR/STTR Research Award
Large Asymmetric Launch Vehicle Payload Fairing
Award amount
$1,419,750Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- NIELSEN ENGINEERING & RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2005-06-10
- Contract end date
- 2007-07-30
- UEI
- WMM8WNLXXAM5
- Solicitation number
- 2004.1
- Topic code
- AF04-038
Research abstract
The work will develop a large asymmetric payload fairing for use in launching over-sized payloads. Issues to be addressed include the reduction of aerodynamic forces to maintain stability and control, strength and weight of the fairing, control of aerodynamic buffet, and attenuation of dynamic loads during launch. The work will focus on aero-structural design optimization of the fairing to address these issues. The work will address a specific payload concept, but the design methods will be applicable to any payload fairing.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Innovative Controllable Drogue Refueling System
- Multifidelity Robust Aeroelastic Design
- Development of Multidisciplinary, Multifidelity Analysis and Integration of Aerospace Vehicles
- Compact Lightweight MAD Towing System
- An Innovative Flex Hose System for the Mk 48 Torpedo
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Controlling Stability and Load Limits of Aerodynamically Induced Forces on Very Large Asymmetric Fairing Designs
- Controlling Stability and Load Limits of Aerodynamically Induced Forces on Very Large Assymetric Fairing Designs
- Large Asymmetric Launch Vehicle Payload Fairing
Research funding history
116 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2012). Reported award amounts total $24,454,424. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation