Structures Engineering Research Program (SERP)   4

ii. Through the use of SERP Program task orders, air and space vehicle structures R&D will be conducted to deliver future air and space vehicle capabilities to the Warfighter. R&D activities will include, but is not limited to, conceptual design studies, experimental test planning and execution, model fabrication/modification, analytical and experimental data analyses, systems engineering assessments, technology assessments and evaluations, and computational analyses. The R&D activities will be focused around the following Aerospace Vehicles Division technical competencies/research areas: Structural Response Prediction, Structural Life Forecasting, Structural Integrity, Geometry Modeling and Design, Multidisciplinary Modeling and Analysis, Adaptive Structures, Multifunctional Structures, Hybrid Structures, Thermal Structures, and Experimental Validation. Offerors must propose to all ten of the technical competencies/research areas to be eligible for award of the Basic ID/IQ. The research areas are discussed in greater detail in the Basic ID/IQ Statement of Objectives (SOO). Individual task orders will include one or more of the research areas.

iii. R&D activities within these technical competencies may require the use of technology demonstration vehicles, ground test facilities, flight test facilities and/or laboratory experiments to develop, analyze, and assess aerospace vehicle structures technologies for transition to the warfighter. R&D activities will be performed at Aerospace Systems Directorate facilities, industry/university facilities, and/or mutually agreed upon locations. R&D activities within these technical competencies may require the use of, but not limited to, technical software packages such as ABAQUS, Auto CAD, Lab View, MATLAB, and SolidWorks.