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APPENDIX F8

LANDING GEAR TEST FACILITY

1.0 PURPOSE

. The purpose of the Landing Gear Test Facility (LGTF), located at 46 TG/OL- AC, 1981 Fifth Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is to enhance the safety and supportability of current and future aerospace platforms by planning, implementing, and accomplishing Test and Evaluation (T&E) of integrated landing gear systems and component subsystems, including aircraft tires, wheels, brakes, struts, bearings, bushings, actuators, fasteners, and associated mechanical devices.

2.0 GENERAL

2.1 This effort provides support to the LGTF for the conduct of landing gear and component subsystem test programs, and the maintenance of all LGTF T&E Equipment. The contractor provides hands-on test equipment engineering, test operation, data collection and verification, operation and maintenance (O&M) of all T&E Equipment and associated ancillary support equipment that comprises the LGTF.

2.1.1 The diverse test capabilities of LGTF support the certification, qualification, and evaluation of aerospace platform landing gear systems and component subsystems to verify the safety, suitability and effectiveness of the component for the intended purpose, or to investigate performance phenomena or mishaps reported by users of the systems.

2.1.2 The information collected from these activities is used primarily to support the DoD aircraft acquisition communities, including their contractors, in support of aerospace research, development, acquisition, test, and evaluation (RDAT&E) efforts to evaluate, apply, and advance the state-of-the-art in landing gear system safety and supportability. Customers may include AFMC program offices and depots, NAVAIR program offices, Army aviation programs and land vehicle programs, DoD contractors, Department of Homeland Security agencies (Coast Guard, Federal Aviation Administration), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Foreign Governments through the Foreign Military Sales program, and commercial domestic and foreign private enterprise.

2.2 LGTF project teams are composed of members from Government, Industry, and occasionally Academia. The contractor supports O&M activities and should view themselves as members of integrated LGTF project teams.

2.3 The LGTF is comprised of two connected buildings which are Government-owned and maintained real property. The following buildings and infrastructure comprise the LGTF physical plant:

2.3.1 Building 20031 (31) – Houses the Government and A&AS contractor professional and technical staff on the third floor, and O&M contractor staff on the first and second floors, along with shared file storage rooms and a shared conference room on the second floor. Various test capabilities reside on the Bldg 31 Floor area.

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2.3.1.1 120 Inch Tire Test Dynamometer (120 MOD) – provides a flexible full-scale platform for tire testing. The South Carriage (120 SC) provides world-unique dynamic test capability with control of both flywheel speed (350 mph) and accelerations (24 ft/sec2

) with three degree of freedom loading carriage (max 150,000 lbs load, ± 20º yaw and ± 20º camber) for realistic ground maneuvering or landing and take-off simulations. In addition, real time measurement of three (3) loads with associated three (3) moments, are obtained with the SC’s computer controlled test profile and data recording system. The SC testing is enhanced by automated test article movement from the test position into and out of six (6) cooling stations and two (2) environmentally controlled test chambers; one for high temperature (375°F) and one for cold temperature (-65ºF). This unit also has a test article build-up area with two tire inflation cages and overhead crane access to install test fixtures and wheel/tire assemblies within the Dynamometer test cell. The North Carriage (120 NC) has similarly computer controlled, variable loading (84K lbs) with a manually variable camber (± 15 °) and yaw (± 15 °) and is used for general tire and wheel testing as well as for nose landing gear shimmy investigations and solution verifications. In addition, the North Carriage has been used for tire FOD (Foreign Object Damage) damage testing with subsequent tread fragmentation and failing testing.

2.3.1.2 168 Inch Internal Drum Tire Tread Wear Dynamometer (168i) – provides world-unique capability for tire tread wear testing, tire-surface friction testing and tire Life Cycle Cost (LCC) studies. Its unique configuration allows for a more operationally representative tire footprint (patch) that doesn’t require a flywheel curvature based tire air pressure correction, resulting in somewhat more realistic pressure distribution and traction forces in the tire footprint. The configuration also allows for the installation of actual tire wear surfaces, further enhancing its capability to simulate operational conditions. The fixed inertia dynamometer, with East Carriage (168 EC) rated at 50,000 lb radial load, and West Carriage (168 WC) rated at 150,000 lb load, is computer controlled and can apply dynamically controlled load, yaw, and camber as well as controlled braking forces or controlled slip. The 168i Dynamometer was specifically designed and developed to perform tire LCC studies and LCC comparisons between competing tire designs and manufacturers, allowing for more accurate, value based procurement. In addition, the internal drum design also allows the installation of a wide variety of runway surfaces for tire wear profile or friction measurement testing under actual runway conditions, such as US Navy carrier deck “non skid” or US Air Force and commercial airport concrete surfaces with dry, wet and contaminated environments.

2.3.1.3 192 Inch Wheel and Brake Dynamometer (192) – provides brake test support for large military aircraft such as: tanker (KC-145, KC-X), cargo (C-27, C-130, C-17, and C-5), and bomber (B-52, B-1, and B-2). The variable inertia 192 Inch Dynamometer has two major aircraft brake test carriages; one called the North Carriage (192 NC) has a 40,000 lbs max load capability and the opposing South Carriage (192 SC) has 100,000 lb max load capability.

Maximum test speeds up to 200 mph with 1 ft/sec2 accelerations are controlled by automated computer control test system. The flywheel width can vary between 17.5 to 79 inches and allows inertial equivalents of 10,147 to 162,987 lbs to be simulated. In addition, a unique Motion Platform has been integrated into the superstructure as an Upper Carriage (192 UC) to allow non-standard landing gear dynamic testing on the vertical crown of the moving flywheel

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Page F8-3 surface. This system has been used to support the brake-landing gear strut dynamic integration testing as well as shimmy stability testing of a nose landing gear.

2.3.1.4 84 Inch Wheel and Brake Dynamometer (84) – provides brake testing support for small fighter and trainer aircraft and is used primarily for straight roll brake, wheel and tire dynamic testing with varying loads and inertia. It is powered by a single 500 horsepower motor. There are two test carriages at the North and South positions (84 NC and 84 SC). The 84 Inch Dynamometer is particularly well suited for and has been used for numerous long duration wheel roll qualification tests as well as smaller aircraft braking systems dynamic torque tests, anti-skid system tests, failure investigations, and operations checks for aircraft such as: A-10, F-16, F-15, F-35, T-38, AT-6 Texan, and UAVs. In addition, this dynamometer has been used for extreme cold temperature testing of tire/wheel/brake assemblies.

2.3.1.5 Tire Force Machine (TFM) – provides tire property measurement under a wide variety of dynamic and static conditions, allowing a full definition of the test article’s mechanical property behavior (6 component force and moment measurement). The instrumented load head (75K vertical and 30K side load) and table (20 foot long x 40 inches wide) measure tire stresses induced as a measured load is applied to the tire and the table moves longitudinally at a maximum speed of 4 inches per second. The tire can also be yawed ±90° or cambered ± 10º prior to table movement. As the tire completes at least one complete revolution, it rolls over a 39 sensor measurement plate mounted near the end of the table. These sensors measure the x, y, and z traction forces on the contact patch, data which can then be translated into a color-coded stress representation of the tire footprint pressure contour map. In addition, fixtures can be modified to conduct: rolling relaxation length, fore-aft stiffness, lateral stiffness and torsional stiffness.

2.3.1.6 3,000,000 lb Baldwin Static Load Applicator (Large Baldwin) – provides the ability for very precise tire, wheel and landing gear structural property measurements under large compressive (max 3-million lbs) – tensile (max 1-million lbs) or combined radial-lateral loading conditions. For instance, a tire test article can be positioned such that platform movement can simulate any angle from fully longitudinal testing to 90 degree lateral loading to determine the tire bead seat and sidewall roll over properties. Laser profiling measurements can be made to accurately record the tire’s profile under loading. In addition, a variety of static load testing to include: load-deflection, tire-wheel slip, tire aircraft-carrier cable bruise, landing gear strut load-deflection and ultimate static wheel combined load capability can be simulated. In addition, the Baldwin supports a variety of tests and test preparation efforts to include drop test strut instrumentation (strain gage calibration) and load stroke rapid extension testing.

2.3.1.7 200,000 lb Baldwin Static Load Applicator (Small Baldwin) – provides low range compressive-tensile loading capability (± 200,000 lbs). Platen size is 30x 30 inches and used for small component testing and evaluations. In addition, a precision hydraulic load cell can be inserted into the load platform to allow precision load control for small component testing.

2.3.1.8 1,500 lb Drop Tower (Drop Tower # 1) – provides the ability to simulate aircraft landings by dropping aircraft landing gear in a laboratory environment using variable sink rates, masses (300 to 3600 lbs) and wing lift (200 to 3600 lb) . This drop tower has the ability to test

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Page F8-4 full-scale landing gear on platen size (33 x 37 inches) with 15 foot maximum head travel. This is the smallest drop tower in the LGTF, and is intended to test landing gear for relatively small aircraft. This system has the ability of full-range of test measurement and data recording capability (loads, accelerations, deflection); to include high speed video.

2.3.1.9 10,000 lb Drop Tower (Drop Tower # 2) – provides drop test support of smaller aircraft landing gear systems with load simulation (2000- 10,300 lbs). Platen size is 33 x 47 inches with 20 foot maximum head travel. This system has the ability of full-range of test measurement and data recording capability (loads, accelerations, deflection); to include high speed video.

2.3.1.10 35,000 lb Drop Tower (Drop Tower # 3) – is considerably larger than the first two drop towers and capable of testing landing gear struts for much larger aircraft, including most military fighter aircraft. Load simulations range from 6,500 to 35,000 lbs, with platen size is 63x65 inches with 25 foot maximum head travel. Three load platforms available for max vertical force measurements of 8,000, 40,000 and 200,000 lbs. This system has the ability of full-range of test measurement and data recording capability (loads, accelerations, deflection); to include high speed video

2.3.1.11 150,000 lb Drop Tower (Drop Tower # 4) – is the facility’s largest drop tower, able to support testing with load simulations ranging from 35,000 to 150,000 lbs, the platen size is 84x72 inches with a 15 foot maximum head travel. Two load platforms are available for maximum vertical force measurement of 400,000 and 200,000 lbs. This system has the ability of full-range of test measurement and data recording capability (loads, accelerations, deflection); to include high speed video

2.3.1.12 Friction Material Shaft Dynamometer – provides an RDAT&E capability to evaluate various candidate friction materials for application to braking systems or other applications, such as friction materials for the F-35B (STOVL) lift fan clutch.

2.3.2 Building 20032 (32 South Bay) – Houses O&M contractor maintenance technicians, machine shop, maintenance work areas, and storage areas for test articles, support equipment, and inventory as required.

2.3.2.1 Fatigue Test Machine (FTM) –provides the capability to apply operational loading conditions to induce stresses to the various landing gear systems and components; this allows accelerated testing to investigate wear and fatigue life and wear patterns well before they would occur in normal field operations. This test unit consists of a steel superstructure on which the test article(s) and electric and hydraulic loading equipment are mounted and operated. The FTM has been used to define landing gear systems, bearings, and trunion fatigue characteristics, among other such tests.

2.3.2.2 L-RAY Tire Non-Destructive Analyzer – provides a high resolution film based shearographic non-destructive test system for tire inspections. This system allows detection and recording of tire anomalies to include: air entrapment, porosity and voids, separation, low ply adhesion, poor cord adhesion and bare wire detection, broken cords, and fatigue marks. The

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2.3.2.3 Machine Shop – provides direct support for on-site testing to include: fabrication of metal, wood and composite test fixtures, repair of test fixtures, sheet metal/wood/composite material fabrication, maintenance and repair of calibration hardware, fabrication of instrumentation brackets and stands, refurbishing tire test mandrels and provisions for small electrical repairs. The Machine shop has a variety of metal/wood fabrication tools to include:

a. Machine Lathes

b. Drill Presses

c. 75 ton Arbor Press

d. Grinders

e. Cutoff Saws

f. Chop Saw

g. Sheet Metal Shear-Cut off

h. Disk Sander

i. Belt Sander

j. Band saws

k. Sheet Metal Brake

l. Rockwell Hardness Tester

2.3.2.4 Maintenance Work Area – provides a 45 foot x 85 foot floor space which facilitates direct in-house support for general repair, refurbishment, and scheduled maintenance for test equipment hardware to include: test stands, fixtures, brackets, mandrels, calibration fixtures/hardware, hydraulic and electronic equipment. The maintenance work area contains small hand tools and special tools needed for general repair and maintenance of the facilities test hardware and equipment.

2.3.2.5 Welding Booth – provides support for standard hand-held metallic welds for repair or fabrication of test fixtures or repair/modification to existing test equipment. This shop contains one portable Metal Inert Gas (MIG) Welder for steel and aluminum and one portable Electric Resistance Welder for steel applications.

2.3.2.6 Storage Areas provided in various forms such as cabinets, racks, enclosed floor space areas and are located in both buildings 31 and 32.

2.4 Government Furnished Vehicles. The Government will provide various vehicles managed by 88 MSG/LGRTVM including but not limited to: one (1) pickup truck, one (1) van, and two

(2) forklifts.

2.5 Hours of Operation. The normal working hours for the LGTF are two shifts, Monday through Friday: First Shift from 0715 to 1600, and Second Shift from 1515 to 2400. On very rare occasions, the Government may require the contractor to provide a Third Shift from 2315 to 0800 in order to satisfy surge testing requirements. The contractor may schedule Weekend or Holiday overtime shifts to meet urgent customer test requirements with prior Government approval.

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2.6 Quality Assurance. The LGTF has developed a Quality Management System in compliance with ISO 9001:2008 requirements comprising written policies and procedures defining over-arching best practices for how work is accomplished within the facility. This Quality Management System is documented in: Quality Policy and Objectives, The Quality Manual (QM), Quality System Procedures (QSPs), Work Instructions (WIs), and records. The interactions of these processes are shown in the Quality Manual. The Quality Policy states the quality-related commitments and objectives. The Quality Manual, is a foundation (level 1) document, essentially describes how the provisions of ANSI/ISO/ASQ Q9001-2000 will be met.

Quality System Procedures (level 2) provide greater detail of policy, processes and procedures defining how LGTF operates and complies with ISO requirements meeting the specification (note: the current quality system comprises 21 QSPs).

The 21 QSPs address the areas listed below:

1. Management responsibility

2. Quality system

3. Contract review

4. Design control

5. Document and data control

6. Purchasing

7. Control of customer supplied product

8. Product identification and traceability

9. Process control

10. Inspection and testing

11. Control of inspection, measuring and test equipment

12. Inspection and test status

13. Control of nonconforming product

14. Corrective and preventive action

15. Handling, storage, packaging, preservation and delivery

16. Control of quality records

17. Internal quality audits

18. Training

19. Servicing

20. Statistical Techniques

21. Facility Services

Work Instructions (level 3 documents) will be used to document any additional details not covered in a QSP. Quality records are maintained to provide objective evidence of QSP implementation and product conformance to include: test procedures, calibration results, audit results, purchase orders, training records and inspection results. The effectiveness of process operation and control will be measured and evaluated by audits and management reviews.

Continual process/procedure improvement will be accomplished by several methods:

• Performance Improvement Notices (PINS)

• Safety Observation Reports (SORS)

• Actions resulting from internal and registrar audits

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• Actions from Management Reviews

3.0

CAPABILITIES

3.1 Maintenance Program. The contractor shall establish and implement appropriate programs for the effective maintenance of necessary LGTF test and support equipment. The contractor’s maintenance program shall satisfy the minimum requirements enumerated below.

3.1.1 Test Equipment Maintenance. The contractor shall establish and implement a maintenance program for LGTF test and industrial equipment with approval from the government of all procedures. The contractor shall provide preventive maintenance (PM), preventive maintenance inspection (PMI), and corrective maintenance (CM) for test equipment and machinery, and ancillary industrial equipment provided as GFE. The contractor shall provide maintenance service for all mechanical, electrical, analog and digital circuits, servo-control hydraulic and pneumatic components and subsystems associated with the LGTF T&E infrastructure. The contractor shall document all maintenance problems and actions on AFTO Form 244 in accordance with TO 00-20-1. If the scope of the required maintenance is outside of the expertise or qualifications of the contractor, the contractor shall define a scope of work for government review and coordination prior to advertising for vendor quotation for potential sub-contracted maintenance work.

3.1.2 Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE). The contractor shall implement and maintain a TMDE Program compliant with the Air Force Precision Measuring Equipment Laboratory located at Wright-Patterson AFB (WP-PMEL), the contractor shall transport the items to and from WP-PMEL as required. When new TMDE items are developed or procured, all manuals will be purchased as needed to ensure scheduled inspections required by the manufacturer are conducted and documented. All TMDE/PME items requiring scheduled maintenance or inspections shall be documented on an AFTO Form 244 in accordance with TO 00-20-1.

3.1.3 User Calibration. The contractor shall establish and implement a program for the periodic verification and on-site user calibration of all LGTF test machine carriages and associated instrumentation in accordance with LGTF OI 21-103 and Locally Developed Procedures (LDPs) for user calibration as approved by the Air Force Metrology and Calibration (AFMETCAL) activity located at Heath, OH. LGTF equipment and instrumentation shall be traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) generally within 1% of full scale. Actual accuracy will be documented. All equipment and instrumentation shall be labeled with a current calibration certificate and current calibration tag (AF Form 398 or 99) prior to use. The calibration verification checks shall be conducted at intervals specified in the contractors’ quality system procedures and in TO 33K-1-100-1, Calibration Notes Maintenance Data Collection Codes and Calibration Measurement Summaries. The contractor shall document the actual accuracy with respect to full scale, and shall attach calibration certificates to each test machine control console.

3.1.3.1 The contractor shall conduct user calibration of all LGTF test carriages and associated embedded instrumentation as required by Technical Order 33K-1-100-1 and as defined by LGTF

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OI 21-103. As the LGTF program procures or develops new test machines or associated user calibrated instrumentation, the applicable procedures outlined at LGTF OI 21-103 paragraph

6.15 will be followed to ensure that the items are approved for user calibration and are listed in TO 33K-1-100-1. All calibration and maintenance manuals will be developed or purchased for all test machines or associated instrumentation to ensure that periodic maintenance and inspections are performed as required by the manufacturer’s recommendations.

3.1.3.2 Test machine carriages shall be fully calibrated for all loads, moments, pressures, displacements, velocities, angles, and any other measured parameters per the contractor’s established schedule, annually, or more often if required by manufacturer’s guidelines or as defined in the 33K-1-100-1. All user calibration activities shall be conducted using current TMDE/PME as evidenced by calibration tags. The contractor shall document all calibration activities on AFTO Form 244 in accordance with TO 00-20-1.

3.1.4 Tool Control and Accountability. The contractor shall implement and maintain a tool control program in compliance with the intent of LGTF OI 21-101, Tool Control and Accountability. Tool control policies are reviewed by the Government annually and the contractor shall implement new or modified procedures as required to maintain compliance with procedures as changes occur.

3.1.5 Foreign Object Damage Prevention. The contractor shall establish ETTC procedures to implement and maintain a Foreign Object Damage (FOD) Prevention Program. The contractor shall observe the following additional guidelines:

a. Areas not serviced by the base janitorial service are the responsibility of the contractor to maintain and clean as required.

b. The LGTF shop floor shall be maintained in a cleaned condition. After the floor has been cleaned, the entire surface including corners and abutments shall be free of dirt, litter, dust, cobwebs, leaves, tumbleweed, and foreign debris.

c. All work areas, work benches, table tops and other flat working surfaces shall be wiped free of dirt and debris to maintain cleanliness.

d. All large test machines and fixed GFE items shall be cleaned and dusted quarterly.

3.2 Routine Operations. The contractor shall establish and implement appropriate programs for the routine operation of LGTF which shall satisfy the minimum requirements enumerated below.

3.2.1 Vehicle Operations. 3.2.1The Contractor shall operate vehicles in accordance with AFI 24-

301. The LGTF obtains it’s vehicles through 88th

ABW Fleet Management . The Government will provide all scheduled and unscheduled maintenance for each Government-owned vehicle (GOV). The Contractor shall not perform any vehicle maintenance beyond that which is identified as “Operator.” The Contractor shall exercise care in the use of GOV.

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3.2.2. Technical Order Library. The contractor shall utilize the applicable landing gear, tire, wheel, and brake technical orders while performing assigned testing tasks and maintenance in the LGTF involving DoD aircraft.

3.2.3. Operational Safety. The contractor shall comply with the requirements of LGTF OI 91- 105, Aircraft Tire Mounting and Servicing Operations at LGTF, which contains specific mandatory safety procedures concerning tire and wheel mounting and inflation at LGTF. The contractor shall implement a training program for the safe mounting of tires and wheels in the LGTF, in accordance with policies and procedures published in LGTF OI 91-105. LGTF OI 91- 105 contains specific guidance for the inspection and certification of tire inflation restraining devices and air charging hoses, and for the use of pressure relief valves on tire inflation equipment.

3.2.3.1. The contractor shall be responsible for safely operating and maintaining all equipment used in the LGTF. The contractor shall take additional immediate precautions at the Government’s request. In performing work under this contract, the contractor shall not allow dynamometers to operate at any time when not attended by a qualified operator. The contractor shall provide simultaneous operations of up to three major test machinery stations and ensure that a minimum of 2 qualified operators are present and on duty within the LGTF at any time that major test machinery (Dynamometer, Load press, Tire Force Machine, Drop Tower, or Fatigue Test Machine) is operated.

3.2.4 Quality Assurance Program. The contractor shall establish a Quality System compliant with the requirements of ISO 9001:2008, Quality systems – Model for quality assurance in design, development, production, installation and servicing. The contractor shall document these considerations in a Quality Manual specifically designed for the requirements of this TRD, and consistent with the over-arching LGTF Quality Manual. The contractor shall develop an acceptable quality policy, quality system, and quality practices for the LGTF program, and shall document these considerations in a Quality Manual specifically designed for the requirements of this TRD. There is no requirement for the contractor to apply for ISO registration through an accredited registrar. The Government will maintain the ISO 9001 certificate for LGTF.

3.2.5 Test Machine Control and Data Acquisition. The contractor shall provide technical expertise in real-time computer programming and process control application development. The contractor shall support the installed test machine-specific real-time control and data acquisition systems. The requirement shall include support of the installed LabView-based INERTIA software systems currently operating the 84 Dynamometer, 192 Dynamometer, TFM, and Portable Data Acquisition Unit, in addition to custom designed software systems currently operating the 120 MOD Dynamometer and 168i Dynamometer. The contractor shall provide the minimum capabilities listed: developing device drivers, developing and troubleshooting digital and analog networks, integration of electronic feedback control networks with servo-hydraulic mechanical systems, technical support of Hewlett Packard VXI-bus computer systems and HP- UX operating systems, and technical expertise working with UNIX System V, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Microsoft Office, LabView, INERTIA, MatLab, VX-works, and computer networks. Contractor shall maintain and update all software license agreements.

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3.2.5.1 All computer software developed or modified by the contractor under this effort shall be documented. The current versions of ANSI standard higher order programming languages shall be used unless otherwise specified or justified by the contractor for special applications.

Computer software shall be delivered on media compatible with the GFE computer systems on which it is intended to operate, and shall be due not later than 30 calendar days after the completion of each contract performance period. See CDRL A013-AE.

3.2.6 Automated Data Processing Equipment (ADPE) and Non-Classified Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNET) Support. The contractor shall comply with all 88 CG/SCX policies and procedures governing connectivity and use of the NIPRNET provided on WPAFB. The government will provide the ADPE resources needed by the contractor to accomplish this contract, and will provide access to the NIPRNET and AFMC e-mail server through the 88 CG Network Control Center. The government will provide technical refreshment of ADPE as required to maintain network connectivity and productivity.

3.3. Test Equipment Specialist Engineering. The contractor shall provide engineering expertise to interface directly with the test equipment, including test requirements review, planning the implementation of test activities, establishing specialized procedures and techniques with respect to data acquisition, machine process control, machine maintenance during testing, instrumentation and electronics installation, test operations, and any other related test execution activity.

3.3.1 The contractor shall provide electrical, electronic and controls engineering capabilities to:

select and install instrumentation, design and implement real-time process control and data acquisition solutions to testing requirements, trouble shoot and repair equipment electronic problems, trouble shoot and repair machine control system problems, design and implement hydraulic actuation systems, design and maintain power distribution and dynamometer motor control systems, and to perform other related electrical engineering tasks associated with operating and maintaining the LGTF.

3.3.2 The contractor shall provide mechanical and systems engineering capabilities to: design, specify and acquire fabricated test fixtures and test equipment upgrades, maintain design configuration control of dynamometers and test equipment, insure test fixture and test article machine-to-machine interfaces are properly designed, fabricated, mounted and installed, trouble shoot and repair test machines and mechanical equipment, provide test operations support, and to perform other related mechanical engineering tasks associated with operating and maintaining the LGTF.

3.4 Test Data Reduction and Verification. The contractor shall backup and store for archival purposes all electronically recorded test data. The data shall be maintained for the life of the contract. All archived test data shall be delivered to the Government at contract completion.

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Storage media in computers used for data acquisition shall be regularly maintained. The contractor shall insure that adequate storage capability is maintained on each data collection, such that data is not lost due to full media. Data plots created for customer review shall contain descriptive headers and clear scaling on the axis. The contractor shall back-up copies of all electronic data files within 10 days of data file creation.

3.4.1 The contractor shall graphically depict items and test articles as built or as tested with photographs and video coverage and shall develop visual aids under this effort. The contractor shall provide full photographic and video coverage of test activities and other items of interest within LGTF as required by task specifications. The contractor shall provide proficient operation and use of photographic and video equipment provided as GFE. The contractor shall organize digital photographic and video images in appropriate electronic folders for each task.