NASA invites companies to apply for access to Autonomous Flight Termination Unit Software

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Wallops Flight Facility has released a version of the NASA Autonomous Flight Termination Unit software package to industry, NASA announced.

All interested parties, including private companies and government entities, must participate in the application process to obtain the software. To apply, organizations must apply for a copyright license as well as submit a formal request for the NAFTU software in order to obtain a software usage agreement. 

NASA invites all eligible companies to obtain this version of NAFTU.

NASA will process applications in the order they are received. Due to the sensitive nature of this software, a vetting process will take place once both the copyright license application and the accompanying software request form is received. 

Once the vetting process is complete, vetted companies will receive a software usage agreement and a copyright license. After the software usage agreement and the copyright license are signed by the vetted companies, the software will be distributed to each vetted company.  

To obtain the copyright license application and the software request form for the software usage agreement, email GSFC-NAFTU@mail.nasa.gov.  Indicate in the email that this is a request for both the copyright license application and the software request form. 

For details, visit the announcement HERE.