The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
Who it subcontracts to
No subawards reported under its lunar awards.
Who it works for
- Orbital Sciences LLC$2.4M
DE & LANDING STFWR & STUDY
- Dynetics, Inc.$1.2M
PRELIMINARY DESIGNS & REVIEWS
OVER YEAR 1 OF THE PROJECT, DRAPER WILL WORK WITH CU"BOULDER TO HELP SUPPORT THE EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISORIENTATION RESEARCH DEVICE (DRD). THIS WILL INVOLVE REGULAR TELECONFERENCE MEETINGS WITH COLLABORATORS AT CU"BOULDER, MANAGERS AND ENGINEERS AT NAMRU"D AND NASA HRP. IN YEAR 2 OF THE PROJECT, DRAPER WILL ASSIST IN SETTING UP AND PILOT TESTING PROTOCOLS IN THE DRD. THIS IS ESTIMATED TO TAKE 1"2 WEEKS OF TIME ON"SITE AT NAMRU"D (DAYTON, OH). WHILE THE PRIMARY EXPERIMENTS ARE BEING PERFORMED, DRAPER WILL COLLABORATE REMOTELY WITH CU"BOULDER. IN YEAR 3, DRAPER WILL COLLABORATE WITH CU"BOULDER TO PERFORM DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION THROUGH REGULAR TELECONFERENCE MEETINGS. DRAPER WILL INTEGRATE THE MODEL"BASED COUNTERMEASURE WITH EXISTING RTPM SOFTWARE FOR ACTIVE MANUAL CONTROL AND GUIDANCE PERFORMANCE THAT WILL BE TESTED AND VALIDATED THOUGH THE EXPERIMENTS AT NAMRU"D. AT LEAST ONE DRAPER REPRESENTATIVE TO WILL ATTEND AND HELP PRESENT PROJECT PROGRESS AND RESULTS AT THE NASA HRP INVESTIGATOR"S WORKSHOP EACH YEAR IN GALVESTON, TX. DRAPER WILL HELP SUPPORT AND ADVISE THE CU"BOULDER GRADUATE STUDENT. DRAPER WILL WORK WITH CU"BOULDER ON WRITING AND SUBMITTING PUBLICATIONS FOR PEER"REVIEW AND DISSEMINATING RESULTS.
Lunar awards as prime
| Award | Description | Period | Obligated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80JSC022F0174 | COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES (CLPS)TASK ORDER CP-12 CLPS PAYLOADS AND RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON | 2022-07-21 → 2026-07-31 | $43M |
| 80NSSC21K0348 | THIS TEST CAMPAIGN HAS THE POTENTIAL TO FEED DIRECTLY INTO FUTURE NASA LUNAR EXPLORATION | 2021-07-01 → 2025-03-31 | $631K |
| 80NSSC20K0104 | DRAPER HAS DEVELOPED A LEADING VISION NAVIGATION SOLUTION THE DRAPER MULTI-ENVIRONMENT NAVIGATOR (DMEN). THE DEVELOPMENT OF DMEN FUNDED BY A NUMBER OF AGENCIES INCLUDING THE U.S. ARMY DARPA AND NASA HAS SHOWN A HIGH DEGREE OF SUCCESS OPERATING IN RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTS INCLUDING GUIDED PRECISION PARACHUTE DELIVERY HIGH-SPEED NEAR-GROUND UAV FLIGHT AND MOCK ISS CAPSULES. DMEN IS CURRENTLY PERFORMING A HIGH-ALTITUDE BALLOON CAMPAIGN FUNDED BY THE FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM WITH THE STATED GOAL OF PUSHING DMEN AND ITS ASSOCIATED ALGORITHMS AND SOFTWARE FURTHER TOWARDS BECOMING A VIABLE ENTRY DESCENT AND LANDING (EDL) NAVIGATION PLATFORM. UNDER TOPIC 1 OF THE CURRENT SOLICITATION SPECIFICALLY THE SUB-TOPIC DESCENT AND LANDING TECHNOLOGIES THAT INCREASE ACCESS TO THE LUNAR SURFACE INCLUDING THOSE WITH EXTENSIBILITY TO MARS ENTRY DESCENT AND LANDING (EDL) DRAPER PROPOSES TO FOLLOW ON TO THE FIRST DMEN CAMPAIGN BY PROPOSING A SUBORBITAL ROCKET TEST CAMPAIGN BRINGING DMEN TO HIGHER ALTITUDES AND FASTER VELOCITIES THAT ARE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF LUNAR DESCENT TRAJECTORY. AS DRAPER IS A PRIME CONTRACTOR FOR THE CLPS PROGRAM THIS TEST CAMPAIGN HAS THE POTENTIAL TO FEED DIRECTLY INTO FUTURE NASA LUNAR EXPLORATION. | 2019-11-25 → 2025-04-14 | $495K |