Avs Us Inc
Who it subcontracts to
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Who it works for
FIXED FEE SUBAWARD SCOPE OF WORK 2LEAD (LUNAR-LIBS ELEMENTAL ANALYSES AND DETECTION) INSTRUMENT ELECTRONICS, MECHANISMS & MECHANICAL DESIGN AND ASSEMBLY SUBCONTRACT / PURCHASE ORDER PRIME RECIPIENT: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS (WASHU) SUBCONTRACTOR: AVS US, INC. (AVS|US) PROGRAM: NASA DALI GRANT – [2LEAD] AVS|US SHALL PERFORM THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURING, AND TESTING OF THE 2LEAD INSTRUMENT AVIONICS, THE SCAN AND FOCUSING MECHANISMS, ASSOCIATED DRIVER ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLIES AND INSTRUMENT MECHANICAL/THERMAL DESIGN, MANUFACTURING AND TESTING, UP TO DELIVERY OF AN ENGINEERING MODEL (EM) TO DEMONSTRATE TRL 6 AS PART OF THE NASA DALI GRANT AWARDED TO WASHU FOR 2LEAD. THE EM WILL BE SUITABLE FOR INTEGRATION AND TEST INTO WASHU’S END-TO-END INSTRUMENT TEST CAMPAIGN. TASKS AND DELIVERABLES: THE WORK SHALL BE EXECUTED IN CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN WASHU AND AVS|US, WITH THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: • PRELIMINARY ARCHITECTURE DEFINITION O WASHU DEFINES PRELIMINARY ARCHITECTURE (OPTICS, OPTICAL CONTROLLERS, ETC.) THROUGH A JOINT CO-ENGINEERING PHASE WITH AVS|US (WHERE RELEVANT FOR THE PACKAGES SELECTED) O WASHU DELIVERS THE CONCEPT DESIGN PACKAGE TO AVS|US (NO HARDWARE). (~2 MONTHS) • PROOF-OF-CONCEPT (POC) DEMONSTRATION O JOINT WASHU–AVS|US BUILD OF A POC TESTBED TO VALIDATE CONCEPTS AND INFORM EM DESIGN, WITH COMPONENTS PROVIDED / PURCHASED BY WASHU. (~1 MONTH) • FOCUS & SCAN MECHANISMS EM DESIGN O AVS|US PERFORMS DESIGN FOR THE SCAN AND FOCUS MECHANISM BASED ON POC RESULTS. (~4 MONTHS) • AVIONICS AND DRIVER ELECTRONICS & SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT EM DESIGN O AVS|US DESIGNS AND DEVELOPS THE INSTRUMENT AVIONICS, CUSTOM DRIVER ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLIES AND SOFTWARE REQUIRED FOR INSTRUMENT CONTROL. (~5-8 MONTHS) • INSTRUMENT MECHANICAL & THERMAL EM DESIGN O AVS|US DESIGNS AND DEVELOPS THE MECHANICAL AND THERMAL DESIGN FOR THE OVERALL INSTRUMENT, CONSIDERING THE PARTS DEVELOPED BY AVS|US AND THOSE SELECTED AND PROVIDED AS CUSTOMER FURNISHED ELEMENTS (CFE) BY WASHU (LASER, SPECTROMETER AND IMAGER ASSEMBLIES) (~6 MONTHS) • INSTRUMENT EM FABRICATION & INTEGRATION O AVS|US IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AVIONICS, FOCUS AND SCAN MECHANISMS AND ASSOCIATED DRIVER ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENT STRUCTURE, HARNESSING AND THE ASSEMBLY OF THE FULL 2LEAD INSTRUMENT, RECEIVING THE FOLLOWING CFE FROM WASHU: LASER, SPECTROMETER AND IMAGER ASSEMBLIES. (~4-8 MONTHS) • INSTRUMENT EM ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING & VERIFICATION O AVS|US WILL PERFORM ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS TO THE INTEGRATED INSTRUMENT EM TO DEMONSTRATE TRL 6. ONLY VIBRATION AND THERMAL VACUUM CYCLING TESTS WILL BE PERFORMED; NO EMI/EMC TESTING, NO RADIATION ENVIRONMENT AND NO MECHANICAL SHOCK TEST ARE REQUIRED. (~1-3 MONTHS) O AVS|US WILL DELIVER THE TESTED EM TO WASHU FOR SUBSEQUENT INSTRUMENT-LEVEL PERFORMANCE TESTING UNDER THERMAL VACUUM ENVIRONMENT. • INSTRUMENT EM PERFORMANCE TESTING & VERIFICATION AT WASHU O AVS|US WILL SUPPORT WASHU IN A JOINT END-TO-END PERFORMANCE TESTING CAMPAIGN OF THE INSTRUMENT EM AT WASHU PREMISES. (~1-3 MONTHS REMOTE / 1-2 WEEKS ON-SITE) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: THE ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS [18 TO 22 MONTHS] FROM CONTRACT AWARD, WITH SPECIFIC TASK DURATIONS AS OUTLINED ABOVE BUT STILL DEPENDENT ON PROGRAM MILESTONES WITH END CUSTOMER (NASA). RESPONSIBILITIES: • WASHU (PRIME): OVERALL PROJECT MANAGEMENT, INSTRUMENT SYSTEM DESIGN AUTHORITY, INTEGRATION, PROVISION OF REQUIREMENTS, PARTICIPATION IN CO-ENGINEERING AND TEST ACTIVITIES AS DESIRED FOR AVIONICS AND MECHANISMS. • AVS|US (SUBCONTRACTOR): PARTICIPATION IN CO-ENGINEERING AND INSTRUMENT PROOF OF CONCEPT BUILD AND TEST PHASE (NO MATERIAL PURCHASES). DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, AND TEST OF THE AVIONICS, SCAN/FOCUS MECHANISM AND DRIVER ELECTRONICS, DOCUMENTATION OF DESIGN/TEST RESULTS, DELIVERY OF EM (INCLUDES REQUIRED COMPONENT / MATERIAL PURCHASES AND ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING). ASSUMPTIONS: • THE 2LEAD INSTRUMENT ARCHITECTURE IS DESCRIBED PRELIMINARY BY THE FOLLOWING DIAGRAM: • THE FOLLOWING ACTIV