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STATEMENT OF WORK

Transportable Telemetry Systems (TTS) Antenna Requirements

General Description: The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has a requirement for Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) TTS Antennas manufactured by Zodiac Data Systems (ZDS), specifically two sea-based antennas with interface platforms, and two land-based antennas with International Organization for Standardization (ISO) semi-permanent containers. Vendor technical assistance to complete on-site antenna installation is also required (2 people, 1 week @ Vigor Industrial Shipyard in Portland, OR for the sea-based antennas; 2 people, 2 weeks @ White Sand Missile Range, NM for the land-based antennas).

Item Requirement

1.0 Standards

The requirements of the following (latest revisions) shall be satisfied as a minimum for the delivered antenna systems:

1.1 Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies (IPC-A-610)

1.2 Joint Industrial Standard Requirements for Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies (IPC J-STD-001)

1.3 Acceptability of Printed Boards (IPC-A-600)

1.4 Qualification and Performance Specification for Rigid Printed

Boards (IPC 6012

1.5 Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Standard for Printed

Board Manufacturers Qualification Profile (IPC-1710)

1.6 Assembly Qualification Profile (IPC-1720)

1.7 Quality Systems Model Quality Assurance in Development, Production, Installation, and Servicing (ISO 9001)

1.8 Rework, Modification and Repair of Electronic Assemblies

(IPC 7711/7721)

1.9 Quality Management Systems: Aviation, Space & Defense

Organizations (AS9100)

1.10 Electrostatic Discharge Control Program (MIL-STD-1686)

1.11 Protection of Electrical and Electronic Parts, Assemblies, and

Equipment (ANSI/ESD S20.20)

1.12 Telemetry Standards (RCC Document 106-15)

1.13 Test Methods for Telemetry Systems and Subsystems (RCC

Document 118-06)

1.14 DoD Standard Practice for System Safety (MIL-STD-882)

1.15 DoD Design Criteria Standard, Human Engineering (MIL-

STD-1472)

1.16 Department of Defense Electromagnetic Compatibility

Program (DOD 3222.3)

1.17 Interface Standard Transportability Criteria (MIL-STD-

1366)

1.18 Designing for Internal Aerial Delivery in Fixed Wing Aircraft

(MIL-HDBK-1791)

1.19 National Electrical Code, 2002

1.20 DoD Test Method Standard, Mechanical Vibrations of

Shipboard Equipment (MIL-STD-167-1)

1.21 DoD Interface Standard, Requirements for the Control of

Electromagnetic Interference Characteristics of Subsystems and Equipment (MIL-STD-461)

1.22 Shock Tests, High-Impact Shipboard Machinery, Equipment, and Systems Requirements (MIL-STD-901)

1.23 Standard for Lifting and Tie down Provisions (MIL-STD-209)

1.24 Designing for Internal Aerial Delivery in Fixed Wing Aircraft

(MIL-STD-1791B)

1.25 Cybersecurity (DODI 8500.01)

1.26 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 49

1.27 Policy for Item Unique Identification (IUID) Marking

(Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARS) Subpart

211.274 and DODI 8320.04)

2.0 Documentation

Deliverables

All documentation generated for this procurement shall be delivered to the Government, both in hard and soft copy (CD), and shall include:

2.1 Drawings down to the component level

2.2 Interface Control Documents

2.3 Technical manuals

2.4 Configuration Control Documentation

2.5 Reliability predictions

2.6 Finalized production routers and test results

2.7 Supplier lists

2.8 Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and repair procedures

2.9 Training Manuals

3.0 Factory Acceptance

Test (FAT) and Site Acceptance Test (SAT)

3.1 Each antenna must pass a FAT with Government witness.

3.2 The vendor shall make delivery and conduct a SAT on the

ground-based systems which shall occur at the following address:

White Sands Missile Range Range Operations - Telemetry Bldg. 1530 Room 118 White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002

3.3 The vendor shall make delivery and conduct SAT on the sea-based systems which shall occur on the Pacific Collector and Pacific Tracker ships at the following address:

MV Pacific Collector/Tracker C/O: Vigor Industrial Shipyard 5555 North Channel Ave.

Portland, OR 97217

3.4 For both the FAT and SAT, the vendor shall complete Table 4 as identified in Section 9.0 below. All FAT and SAT test results shall be provided in an Acceptance Data Package presented for final Government acceptance of each antenna.

4.0 Maintenance

The vendor shall provide their standard technical, maintenance, and repair support for the delivered TTS antennas.

5.0 Warranty The vendor shall provide their standard warranty for the delivered TTS antennas.

6.0 Packaging and

Shipping

All documentation and hardware shall be accompanied by delivery tickets or sales slips that contain the following information: name of prime contractor, contract number, parts and serial numbers, quantity, date of purchase and date of shipment.

8 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

8.1 RF and Electronic Characteristics

8.1.1 RF Characteristics

8.1.1.1 Frequencies and gain-to-noise-temperature (G/Ts)

a) The antenna systems shall be capable of supporting the following frequency ranges

1) L-Band: 1435-1540, 1710-1850 MHz

2) S-Band: 2200-2400 MHz

3) C-Band: 4400-5150 MHz

b) The antenna systems shall be capable of supporting the minimum G/T* values below as measured at the base of the antenna pedestal

1) L-Band (1500MHz)

i. 5.5m (18ft): 11.0 dB/K (TTS land assets)

ii. 7.3m (24ft): 13.0 dB/K (sea based)

2) S-Band (2300MHz)

i. 5.5m (18ft): 15.5 dB/K (TTS land assets)

ii. 7.3m (24ft): 18.0 dB/K (sea based)

3) C-Band (4800MHz)

i. 5.5m (18ft): 20.0 dB/K (TTS land assets)

ii. 7.3m (24ft): 23.0 dB/K (sea based)

* G/T values above are applicable for standard LTE/4G rejection filters.

8.1.1.2 Antenna Patterns

a) For L-Band

1) 5.5m (18ft): The first side lobe peak shall be at least 4 degrees from the main beam peak

2) 7.3m (24ft): The first side lobe peak shall be at least 3.3 degrees from the main beam peak

b) For S-Band

1) 5.5m (18ft): The first side lobe peak shall be at least 2.6 degrees from the main beam peak

2) 7.3m (24ft): The first side lobe peak shall be at least 1.9 degrees from the main beam peak

c) For C-Band

1) 5.5m (18ft): The first side lobe peak shall be at least 1.2 degrees from the main beam peak

2) 7.3m (24ft): The first side lobe peak shall be at least 0.9 degrees from the main beam peak

8.1.1.3 Interference Rejection

Pre-Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) filtering shall be included with an insertion loss of up to 0.4 dB (for standard rejection filters).

8.1.1.4 Feed

a) Single feed design to handle for L/S/C-Band

b) Modular and adaptable feed design (e.g., evolving RF filtering requirements)

c) Calibration injection port

d) 5.5 meter systems shall have acquisition aid, which shall be interchangeable with the primary feed for emergency sparing purposes

e) The scan rate shall be configurable from 100 to 1000 Hz

8.1.2 Electronic Characteristics

8.1.2.1 Antenna Control Unit (ACU) interfaces

a) The front panel of the ACU shall include the following features/interfaces

1) Minimum of 14 inch touch screen display with a GUI

2) Two manual rate control knobs (hand wheels)

3) Emergency stop

4) On/off switch

5) Removable solid state hard drive, 2 USB ports, 1 CD-RW drive

b) The back panel of the ACU shall include the following features/interfaces

1) Two HDMI video outputs

2) Two Keyboard/ Mouse/ USB ports

3) Six receiver automatic gain control (AGC) and amplitude modulation (AM) inputs

4) Ethernet port

5) Fiber optic pedestal interface

8.1.2.2 Graphical User Interface (GUI)

The antenna systems shall be capable of logging real time antenna metrics at a 10 Hz rate. The recording control shall be located on main GUI screen (not sub menu). The antenna systems ACU shall have embedded Windows 10 or be Linux based.

The front panel GUI of the ACU shall include the following features

a) User configurable arrangement of display

b) Display of user selectable test points versus time

c) Three levels of access control

d) Log and display warnings, alarms, faults, and interlocks

8.1.2.3 The ACU shall operate in the following user selectable tracking modes

a) EXTERNALLY DESIGNATED – Antenna pointing directed using coordinates received from an external source

b) PROGRAMMED TRACK – Initial and subsequent antenna pointing using azimuth and elevation angles derived from a nominal trajectory

c) STATE VECTOR TRACK – Similar to Programmed Track, except antenna pointing uses azimuth and elevation angles derived from the propagation of an internally or externally generated vehicle state vector when no downlink signal is detected

d) MANUAL – Operator manual control of the antennas

e) AUTO-TRACK – The initial antenna pointing may be by manual or automatic means.

When RF signal is detected the TTS Antenna Systems shall start auto-tracking the received signal. If the RF signal is lost, an alternate user-defined method shall initiate automatically.

f) SEARCH – Operator initiated scan and search. The searches can be manual, automatic or performed from computer control. The scanning capabilities and methods shall be identified, (i.e. with an electronic scan pattern).

8.1.2.4 Range Interface Unit (RIU)

The ACU shall receive and interpret the format of pointing angles provided by the TTS RIU or other pointing sources.

8.1.2.5 Time

The ACU shall synchronize its internal time to a customer furnished Network Time Server

(NTS).

8.1.2.6 Ephemeris Propagation

The ACU shall include propagators for the following ephemeris input formats

a) Two line element

b) Earth Centered Inertial

c) Geocentric Body Center Rotating

8.1.2.7 Testing

The ACU shall provide the following automated test capabilities

a) Servo Testing: Step response, Kv, Ka

b) Auto-track Testing (with a customer furnished boresight): Boresight lock-on

c) Communications test between pedestal and ACU

d) Axis Dynamics

8.2 Pedestal and Mechanical Attributes

8.2.1 Pedestal

a) The components internal to the pedestal shall be accessible through access covers.

b) The pedestal shall be self-draining to prevent accumulation of condensed moisture.

c) The antenna/pedestal/trailer shall be corrosion protected.

d) The pedestal shall include an azimuth three-channel rotary joint as described below

1) One port shall be used for injection of an RF signal into the feed for testing and calibration purposes.

2) The remaining two ports shall be utilized for received RF (Left/Right Hand Polarization).

e) The antenna systems shall have redundant single-mode fiber interface communications links. The RF interface is to remain copper.

f) A dehydrator to supply dry air to the feed.

8.2.2 External Interface Requirements

The TTS Antenna Systems shall provide three RF cables and one fiber optic bundle to the existing TTS ground station equipment as defined below

a) One for calibration/injection port

b) One for Left Hand Polarized RF

c) One for Right Hand Polarized RF

d) One fiber optic bundle for command/control to/from the ACU

8.2.3 Antenna Travel Limits

a) The antenna systems shall be Elevation over Azimuth and be capable of meeting the defined travel limits described below.

1) Continuous Azimuth (+/- 360 degrees)

2) Elevation -5 to 185 degrees

3) The 7.3m sea stabilized antenna systems shall be capable compensating for ship rolls. Refer to Table 3.

8.2.4 Antenna Axis Dynamics

a) The antenna systems shall be capable of the following minimum axis dynamics

1) Velocity

i. 5.5m (18ft): 20 deg/sec

ii. 7.3m (24ft): 20 deg/sec

2) Acceleration

i. 5.5m (18ft): 20 deg/sec^2

ii. 7.3m (24ft): 20 deg/sec^2

8.2.5 Antenna Auto-Track Dynamics

a) The antenna systems shall be capable of the following minimum dynamics, while auto-tracking an RF source

1) Velocities

i. 5.5m (18ft): 20 deg/sec

ii. 7.3m (24ft): 20 deg/sec

2) Acceleration

i. 5.5m (18ft)

a. L – Band: 7.0 deg/sec2

b. S – Band: 4.0 deg/sec2

c. C – Band: 2.0 deg/sec2

ii. 7.3m (24ft)

a. L – Band: 5.5 deg/sec2

b. S – Band: 3.5 deg/sec2

c. C – Band: 1.5 deg/sec2

8.2.6 Inertial Navigational System

a) Each seaborne antenna system shall be accompanied with an Inertial Navigational

System (INS)

1) The INS shall be capable of providing positional information to the antenna systems and to secondary antenna systems separated by a distance of no more than 50 ft.

2) The INS shall be real-time hot swappable

3) The INS shall be capable of maintaining 7.3m antenna systems locked on to a target’s transmitter at horizon (0 deg elevation) while in auto-track mode aboard a sea vessel. Refer to Table 3.

8.3 Safety

In order to preclude or limit hazards to the physical environment and to personnel and equipment, the TTS Antenna Systems design shall meet Federal regulations as published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. All vendor provided exterior equipment shall have hasps for locking purposes to preclude access to unauthorized personnel.

The following ancillary equipment shall be provided as part of the Antenna Systems

a) A grounding cable and grounding rod

b) Lightning protection

c) A warning horn and strobe light to indicate servo power has been applied

d) Emergency stop/kill switch at base of pedestal

e) The antenna systems shall have safety interlocks

8.4 Environmental Requirements

The TTS Antenna Systems shall be capable of deployment and operation over a wide range of locations and environmental conditions including, but not limited to, artic regions (such as Alaska), tropical regions (such as Midway or Wake Island), and in the Broad Ocean Area (Pacific Ocean) aboard ship borne assets as detailed below.

The Quality of construction of the transportation shelters and Antenna Systems shall be best commercial practice with emphasis on corrosion control of components for use in a marine environment.

8.4.1 Storage and Transportation

During storage and transportation, the TTS Antenna Systems equipment shall function with no degradation in component or system performance after exposure to combinations of the following conditions identified in Table 1.

Table 1- Storage and Transportation Environmental Requirements

Temperature -40 °C to +60 °C (-40 to 140 °F)

Temperature Shock -30 to +50 °C at a rate of 6 to 8 °C per minute

Humidity 5 to 100% relative humidity with condensation

Altitude 0 to 12 kilometers (45,000 feet)

Fungus Fungus resistant to fungus indigenous to the United States and its territories

Sand and Dust Wind-blown sand and dust particles (fine sand particles up to 150 microns in size

Salt Fog Salt sea atmosphere

Wind 120 mph (survive when stowed)

8.4.2 Exterior Operating Environment

During operation, the TTS Antenna Systems equipment shall function within specification and with no degradation in component or system performance after or during exposure to reasonable combination of the following conditions identified in Table 2.

Table 2 - Exterior Operating Environmental Requirements

Temperature -30 °C to +55 °C (-22 to +131 °F)

Humidity 0 to 100% relative humidity, including condensation

Altitude 0 to 3 kilometers

Fungus Fungus resistant to fungus indigenous to the United States and its territories

Sand and Dust Wind-blown sand and dust particles (fine sand particles up to 150 microns in size)

Salt Fog Salt sea atmosphere, salt spray and severe coastal marine environments

Wind Load Operational 45 mph with gust to 60 mph

Wind Load Non-operational/Stowed

>120mph

Solar Radiation 360 BTU per square foot-hour

8.4.3 Shipboard Unique Requirements

a) Target auto-tracking elevation range: 0° to 65°

b) Auto-tracking shall be maintained while operating within the following ship dynamics in Table 3.

Table 3 - Ship Dynamics

Amplitude Period

Roll ±12° 10 seconds

Pitch ±4° 4 seconds

Yaw ±0.5° 1.2 seconds

c) Sea based systems shall fit and operate within existing Radome structures -approximately a truncated, 42 ft. diameter sphere, sitting on a 3 feet ring wall.

d) Each Sea based antenna and interface platform shall not exceed 23,000 pounds.

8.5 Logistics and Transportability

8.5.1 Sea-Based Systems

a) When collapsed, each antenna shall have crane-lifting points and be transportable via flatbed trailer. The overall length shall not exceed 40 feet.

b) The antennas shall be transportable on roads that a standard tractor/trailer can traverse without restrictions.

8.5.2 Land Based Systems

a) When collapsed, each antenna shall fit inside a stackable, standard ISO container and the overall length shall not exceed 40 feet and be transportable on a trailer, barge, ship, or C-17 aircraft. The ISO container shall include a skid plate. The contractor shall provide a means to load/unload the antenna system into the ISO container for transport.

The total weight of the shelter, including payload, shall not exceed 30,000 lbs.

b) The antenna pedestal shall be equipped with locks to physically secure tool and equipment storage enclosures. All locks shall be like keyed.

c) Three people shall be able to assemble or disassemble the Antenna Systems without the use of special tools and equipment within twelve hours. Two people shall be able to reconfigure feeds without the use of special tools and equipment within two hours.

d) The antennas shall be transportable on roads that a standard tractor/trailer can traverse without restrictions

8.6 Reliability, Availability and Maintainability

The Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) of the Antenna Systems shall be no less than 4,000 hours for the 7.3M sea-based antennas and 6,000 hours for the 5.5M transportable antennas.

The Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) of the Antenna Systems shall be no greater than 10 hours.

9 TEST & VERIFICATION

This requirements traceability matrix in Table 4 shall be utilized during the verification process. One or more of the following methods shall be used to identify the manner in which the required verification is met.

1) Analysis (A): An element of verification that utilizes established technical or mathematical model or simulations; algorithms, charts, graphs, circuit diagrams or other scientific principles or procedures to provide evidence that stated requirements were met.

2) Inspection (I): An element of verification and inspection consisting of investigation, without the use of special laboratory appliances or procedures, of items to determine conformance to those specified requirements which can be determined by such investigations.

Examination is generally nondestructive and typically includes the use of sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste; simple physical manipulation; mechanical and electrical gauging and measurement; and other forms of investigation.

3) Demonstration (D): An element of verification that generally denotes the actual operation, adjustment, or re-configuration of items to provide evidence that the designed functions were accomplished under specific scenarios. The items maybe instrumented and quantitative limits of performance monitored.

4) Test (T): An element of verification and inspection that generally denotes the determination, by technical means of the properties or elements of items, including functional operation and involves the application of established scientific principles and procedures.

Table 4 - Verification Matrix

A = Analysis, I = Inspection, D = Demonstration, T = Test FAT = Factory Acceptance Test, SAT = Site Acceptance Test

Reference Test Level Comment

FAT SAT

8.1.1.1 Frequencies and G/Ts

8.1.1.2 Antenna Patterns

8.1.1.3 Interference Rejection

8.1.1.4 Feed

8.1.2.1 ACU Interfaces

8.1.2.2 GUI

8.1.2.3 GUI Tracking Modes

8.1.2.4 Range Interface Unit

8.1.2.5 Time

8.1.2.6 Ephemeris Propagation

8.1.2.7 Testing

A = Analysis, I = Inspection, D = Demonstration, T = Test FAT = Factory Acceptance Test, SAT = Site Acceptance Test

Reference Test Level Comment

FAT SAT

8.2.1 Pedestal

8.2.2 External Interface

Requirements

8.2.3 Antenna Travel Limits

8.2.4 Antenna Axis Dynamics

8.2.5 Antenna Auto-Track

Dynamics

8.2.6 Inertial Navigation System

8.3 Safety and Ancillary Equipment

8.4.1 Storage & Transportation

8.4.2 Exterior Operating

Environment

8.4.3 Shipboard Unique

Requirements

8.5.1 Logistics & Transportability -

Sea-Based Systems

8.5.2 Logistics & Transportability -

Land-Based Systems

8.6 Reliability, Availability, &

Maintainability

8.6 Reliability, Availability and Maintainability

9 Test & Verification