Instrument Interface Design and Analyses Work for NASA’s Boeing 777 Aircraft

The NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center is seeking a contractor to perform instrument interface design and analyses work for NASA's Boeing 777 aircraft. The work includes designing and analyzing mechanical structural interfaces for microwave instruments, such as the Microwave Barometric Radar and Sounder (MBARS), the Configurable Scanning Submillimeter-wave Instrument/Radiometer (CoSSIR), and the Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer (CoSMIR). The contractor will be responsible for delivering several key items, including mechanical analysis of the MBARS GOLA antenna, design of the MBARS GOLA antenna hermetic bulkhead enclosure, and mechanical analysis of the COSMIR/COSSIR interface ring. The work will be performed over a period of 10 weeks. • The contractor will be required to communicate with NASA engineering teams as needed. • The contractor will be required to perform finite element analysis (FEA) model validation. • The contractor will be required to design and analyze mechanical structural interfaces for microwave instruments. • The contractor will be required to deliver several key items, including mechanical analysis and design documents. • The contractor will be required to participate in reviews with the NASA Boeing 777 engineering team.