Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $7,253,272 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.Charles Stark Draper Laboratory The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., formerly the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, was founded by Charles Stark Draper in the late 1930s to teach students how to design the scientific instruments necessary to accurately measure and study motion. Inc., Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $7,253,272 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This effort will provide a prototype inertial instrument, namely the silicon oscillating os·cil·late intr.v. os·cil·lat·ed, os·cil·lat·ing, os·cil·lates 1. To swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm. 2. accelerometer accelerometer Instrument that measures acceleration. Because it is difficult to measure acceleration directly, the device measures the force exerted by restraints placed on a reference mass to hold its position fixed in an accelerating body. , a revolutionary integration of silicon micro-fabrication, packaging and high-performance electronics technologies that will enable strategic-grade performance from miniature, low-cost, high-reliability, solid-state inertial instrument. The objective of this acquisition is for advanced guidance, navigation and control system designs and technologies that could lead to an integrated system for flight demonstration. At this time, $1,259,755 of the funds has been obligated ob·li·gate tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates 1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige. . Further funds will be obligated as individual delivery orders are issued. This work will be complete by September 2008. Solicitation began July 2002, and negotiations were completed July 2003. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base Kirtland Air Force Base is located in the southeast quadrant of Albuquerque, New Mexico, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport. The base is the third largest installation in Air Force Materiel Command, covering 51,558 acres (209 km²) and employing over 23,000 people, , N.M., is the contracting activity (F29601-03-C-0056). |
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