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NASA partners with Qualtech Systems to integrate fault management and model-based systems engineering

The Phase II SBIR project successfully used early design data from the upcoming HelioSwarm mission to generate automated system safety analyses.

The short version

  • NASA awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract to Qualtech Systems Inc. to incorporate fault management directly into the early system design process.
  • The new methodology was demonstrated using design information from HelioSwarm, a future multi-satellite heliophysics mission designed to study solar wind turbulence.
  • The integrated software approach is designed to improve system autonomy and resiliency, which are critical for deep-space exploration and missions operating without human intervention.

Key facts

  • NASA awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract to Qualtech Systems Inc. to develop fault management capabilities and enhancements for its commercial TEAMS toolset.[NASA News]
  • The project integrated system health and fault management directly into model-based systems engineering using the latest Systems Modeling Language, SysML v2.[NASA News]
  • The joint team demonstrated the approach by using early design data from the HelioSwarm mission to automatically generate failure modes and effects analyses as well as fault trees.[NASA News]
  • The HelioSwarm mission is designed to utilize one hub and eight co-orbiting small satellites to observe magnetic-field fluctuations and proton flows in cislunar space.[NASA News]
  • Qualtech Systems Inc.'s TEAMS toolset was previously baselined for Vehicle Systems Management functions on NASA's Gateway project.[NASA News]

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