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Smart Aircraft Conceptual Design in Multidisplinary Design Optimization

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8650-14-M-2508
Agency Tracking Number: F141-083-0008
Amount: $149,997.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF141-083
Solicitation Number: 2014.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2014
Award Year: 2014
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2014-04-30
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2015-02-02
Small Business Information
120 Newsome Drive Suite A
Yorktown, VA 23692-
United States
DUNS: 095583501
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Paul Gelhausen
 Chief Technical Officer
 (757) 886-2611
 pgelhausen@avidaerospace.com
Business Contact
 Randy Simpson
Title: Chief Operating Officer
Phone: (540) 961-0067
Email: adminteam@avidaerospace.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

AVID will develop software to perform interactive conceptual design integration to enable improved estimates of performance, including weight and balance associated with early definition of subsystems layout and integration. The software will leverage AVID"s expertise in geometric modeling for conceptual design, along with the integration with multidisciplinary analyses. Three-dimensional visualization of the aircraft for both internal and external configurations will be accomplished through platform independent software. The tool will operate in both interactive and batch modes for integration with design environments. Optimization of component placement will be developed. An overarching objective is to provide software with an intuitive graphics user interface to enable quick development of multiple design choices by a small team or single designer. At the conclusion of the Phase I project, AVID will be able to demonstrate an interactive system that generates models of systems and subsystems, pulls models from a library of components, automatically generates the inboard profile, manages a margined weight statement, and provides both graphical results that display the current state of the design and text output that can be sent to other analysis tools through an integration environment.

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