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NOAA AGOR VARIANT (NAV)

Scientific Mission Systems Specification

Attachment J-6 5

Version 1.0

31 August 2017

Solicitation No. N00024-18-R-2201

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NOAA AGOR Variant (NAV) Scientific Mission Systems Specification Version 1.0

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Table of Contents

1.0 INTRODUCTION

2.0 ACRONYMS

3.0 SCIENTIFIC MISSION SYSTEMS ...........................................................................................2 5

3.1 Scientific Electronic Systems

3.1a SES Remote Display Console

3.1b Singlebeam Echosounder System

3.1c Acoustic Sensor Synchronization Unit

3.1d Acoustic Sensor Calibration System ...............................................................................3 10

3.1e Multibeam Echosounder System

3.1f Multibeam Survey System – Deep Water

3.1g Multibeam Survey System – Mid Water

3.1h Sub Bottom Profiler

3.1i Acoustic Navigation and Tracking System ......................................................................4 15

3.1j Singlebeam Survey System

3.1k Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)

3.1l Surface Sound Velocimeter System (SSVS)

3.1m Acoustic Monitoring System (AMS)

3.1n Attitude, Heading, & Reference System/ Inertial Reference System..................................5 20

3.1o DGPS Augmentation System

3.2 Scientific Instrumentation

3.2a Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT)

3.2b Water Column Profiler

3.2c Self-Contained Portable CTD ........................................................................................7 25

3.2d Uncontaminated Scientific Seawater System Instrumentation

3.2e Sea Surface Temperature Sensing System

3.2f Salinometer System

3.3 Scientific Meteorological Systems

List of Tables Table 3–1: Scientific Meteorological Systems

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The Scientific Mission Systems Specification defines the requirements and characteristics of the

Scientific Electronic Systems (SES), scientific instrumentation, and scientific meteorological systems provided by the Contractor for the NOAA AGOR VARIANT (NAV). The locations of the Mast, Pilot House, Electronics Technician (ET) Shop/Computer Lab, Main Lab, Transceiver 5

Room(s), Transducer Space(s), and other spaces related to the conduct of scientific missions identified herein shall be determined by the Contractor in accordance with the requirements of this

Contract.

2.0 ACRONYMS

The following list of acronyms is used throughout the document. To ensure a common 10 understanding, definitions of words used throughout this system specification shall be those contained in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.

ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

AHRS Attitude Heading Reference System

AMS Acoustic Monitoring System

ANTS Acoustic Navigation and Tracking System

Contractor The Contractor is the firm that holds the Contract with the Government for design, construction, and delivery of the ship. By extension, the term

“Contractor” as used in this System Specification also may refer to the subcontractors and to the shipbuilder, as specified by the applicable subcontract agreements between the contracting organization and its subcontractors.

CRES Corrosion Resistant Steel

CTD Conductivity, Temperature and Depth

DGPS Differential Global Positioning System

ECR Environmentally Controlled Room

ET Electronics Technician

GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System

GPT General Purpose Transceiver

IMU Inertial Measurement Unit

MBSS-DW Multibeam Survey System – Deep Water

MBSS-MW Multibeam Survey System – Mid Water

MESS

NAV

Multibeam Echosounder System

NOAA AGOR Variant

Provide The term ‘provide’ means design, purchase, install/integrate into the ship, tested and verified to be operational for its intended use

SBES Singlebeam Echosounder System

SBP Sub Bottom Profiler

SBSS Single Beam Survey System

SCS Scientific Computer System

SES Scientific Electronic Systems

SSVS Surface Sound Velocity System

XBT Expendable Bathythermograph

3.0 SCIENTIFIC MISSION SYSTEMS

The SES, scientific instrumentation, and scientific meteorological systems shall be integrated into the ship design and designed in accordance with requirements of this document and the System

Specification, Attachment J-1.

3.1 SCIENTIFIC ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS 5

SES shall receive all required sensor data inputs, including input from the Attitude Heading

Reference System (AHRS), differential Global Positioning System (DGPS), and gyrocompass systems. SES shall provide data outputs to the scientific computer system (SCS).

All rack mounted equipment (monitors, processing units, mice, keyboards, etc.) shall be 10 specifically designed for installation in a standard 19 inch (483 mm) electronics rack.

Cable from all scientific sonar transducers shall be terminated with 12 inches (305 mm) of slack at the inboard end to allow subsequent re-terminations.

3.1a SES Remote Display Console

An SES remote display console for monitoring SES equipment shall be provided in the Pilot 15

House. The console shall contain four co-located 19 inch (483 mm) color displays intended for remote viewing of the following system feeds:

1. Singlebeam Echosounder System (SBES)

2. Multibeam Echosounder System (MESS) 20

3. Multibeam Survey System – deep water (MBSS-DW)

4. Multibeam Survey System – mid water (MBSS-MW)

5. Sub Bottom Profiler (SBP)

6. Acoustic Navigation and Tracking System (ANTS)

7. Singlebeam Survey System (SBSS) 25

Video feed to the displays shall be user-selectable at the console and allow for simultaneous viewing of up to four independent system outputs. The displays shall be provided with dimming controls for night use. The SES remote display console shall be oriented facing inboard and have at least 4 feet (1.2 m) of clearance in front and sufficient clearance for personnel access in the rear.

3.1b Singlebeam Echosounder System 30

A SBES, Simrad Model EK80, or equal, with data logging and hydroacoustic post-processing shall be provided. The system shall be capable of operating at six frequencies simultaneously. The system shall consist of six general purpose transceivers (GPTs), six transducers, rack mounted

GPT remote control, rack mounted processing unit, mouse, keyboard, two rack mounted LCD

Color displays, and all required interconnecting hardware and cabling. 35

The GPTs and transducers shall operate at 18 kHz (split beam), 38 kHz (split beam), 70 kHz (split beam), 120 kHz (split beam), 200 kHz (split beam), and 333 kHz (split beam). All transducers shall be mounted in the bottom of the Transducer Space, in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations. 40

The GPTs shall be located in the Transceiver Room. The processing unit, displays, mouse, keyboard, and GPT remote control unit shall be rack mounted in the Main Lab. Video output for remote viewing of system operations on the SES remote display console shall be provided. The system shall have at least 4 terabyte free disk space and have tape backup hardware and software for the system software and data. The disk system shall be configured in RAID 5. 5

3.1c Acoustic Sensor Synchronization Unit

The SES shall be provided with a triggering system that shall control the ping rate of all installed

SES echo sounders and sonars that could potentially interfere with the scientific sonar system. The triggering system unit, operating system computer, display, mouse, and keyboard shall be rack mounted in the Main Lab. 10

3.1d Acoustic Sensor Calibration System

Two watertight junction boxes shall be installed in the weather on exterior bulkheads, one box on port side and one box starboard side, such that the longitudinal location of the junction boxes is centered over the sonars in the Transducer Space. The watertight junction boxes shall be installed on the same deck. 15

Two shielded cables shall be installed in parallel from the ET Shop/Computer Lab to each watertight junction box and terminated with connectors at each end. The shielded cables shall be constructed of 6 pairs of #16 AWG bare copper, with all pairs enclosed in a polyester/aluminum shield. Three independent cables of the same type, 100 feet (30.5 m) in length each, with mating 20 watertight connectors at each end shall be provided.

3.1e Multibeam Echosounder System

A MESS, Simrad ME70, or equal, shall be provided. The transceiver unit and power supplies shall be located in the Transceiver Room. The processing unit, displays, mouse, keyboard, and remote control power switch unit shall be rack mounted in the Main Lab. Video output for remote 25 viewing of system operations on the SES remote display console shall be provided. The transducer shall be installed in the Transducer Space.

3.1f Multibeam Survey System – Deep Water

A MBSS-DW, Kongsberg EM 122, 12 kHz, 1° x 2°, or equal, shall be provided. The transceiver unit, preamplifier unit, junction boxes, and power supplies shall be located in the Transceiver 30

Room. The processing unit, displays, mouse, keyboard, and remote control power switch unit shall be rack mounted in the Main Lab. Video output for remote viewing of system operations on the

SES remote display console shall be provided. The transducers shall be installed in the Transducer

Space.

3.1g Multibeam Survey System – Mid Water 35

A MBSS-MW, Kongsberg EM 712, 40 - 100 kHz, 0.5° x 1°, or equal, shall be provided. The transceiver unit and power supplies shall be located in the Transceiver Room. The processing unit, displays, mouse, keyboard, and remote control power switch unit shall be rack mounted in the

Main Lab. Video output for remote viewing of system operations on the SES remote display console shall be provided. The transducers shall be installed in the Transducer Space. 40

3.1h Sub Bottom Profiler

A SBP system, Kongsberg SBP 120, 2.2 - 7 kHz 6° x 6°, or equal, shall be provided. The transceiver unit, junction box, and power supplies shall be located in the Transceiver Room. The processing unit, displays, mouse, keyboard, and control unit shall be rack mounted in the Main

Lab. Video output for remote viewing of system operations on the SES remote display console 5 shall be provided. The transducers shall be installed in the Transducer Space.

3.1i Acoustic Navigation and Tracking System

An ANTS, Kongsberg HiPAP 502, 21 - 31 kHz, or equal, with Hull Unit Model 3770 (gantry, shaft sleeve, transducer dock), or equal, gate valve, hoist control unit, mounting hardware, instrument rack, and operator station shall be provided. The gate valve and mounting flange shall 10 be installed in the Transducer Space. The transceiver unit, hoist control unit, and remote control unit shall be located in the gantry trunk. ANTS shall include indication for status of deployment and an alarm in the Pilot House if stalled in retrieval position. The processing unit, displays, mouse, and keyboard shall be rack mounted in the Main Lab. Video output for remote viewing of system operations on the SES remote display console shall be provided. 15

3.1j Singlebeam Survey System

A SBSS, Kongsberg EA 600 12 kHz, 38 kHz, 70 kHz, 120 kHz, and 200 kHz, or equal, shall be provided. The system shall consist of five GPTs, five transducers, an echogram color printer, processing unit with large color display, remote color display and control unit, and all required interconnecting hardware and cabling. 20

The large color display and processing unit shall be provided in the Main Lab. Video output for remote viewing of system operations on the SES remote display console shall be provided. The

GPTs and power supplies shall be located in the Transceiver Room. The processing unit shall be mounted in the Main Lab. The transducers shall be installed in the Transducer Space in seawater 25 backed seachest(s).

An additional cable, appropriately sized for 12 kHz transducer operation shall be provided running from the Transceiver Room to the Main Lab using the science wireway. The cable shall be terminated in a junction box at both ends with 10 feet (3 meters) of slack. 30

3.1k Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)

An ADCP, Teledyne RDI Ocean Surveyor 38 kHz, 75 kHz, and 150 kHz, and a Workhorse

Mariner 300 kHz, or equal, shall be provided. The system shall include four electronic processing units, four transducers, and all required interconnecting hardware and cabling.

The processing units, displays, mice, keyboards, and control units shall be rack mounted in the

Main Lab. The transducers shall be installed in the Transducer Space in freshwater backed seachests, and shall be fully serviceable and permit removal and reinstallation without dry-docking the ship.

3.1l Surface Sound Velocimeter System (SSVS) 40

A SSVS, flow through system with tank assembly and sound velocity probe, AML XCH-SV-STD or equal, shall be provided. The sound velocity probe shall interface with the MBSS-DW and

MBSS-MW. The system shall include through hull fittings, piping, mounting hardware, and operator station installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations.

3.1m Acoustic Monitoring System (AMS)

Three wide band, low noise, omni-directional hydrophones shall be provided covering a frequency range of 10 - 100 kHz. The hydrophones shall be located such that they do not interfere with the 5 acoustic performance of any mission sensor. One omni-directional hydrophone shall be installed in a floodable void or tank, on approximately centerline, and approximately within 39 inches (1 m) of the propulsor. Two omni-directional hydrophones shall be installed in a floodable void(s) or tank(s) in the Transducer Space near the ends of the deep water multibeam receive array, with one hydrophone located port and starboard at the same frame. 10

Two accelerometers with a nominal sensitivity of 100 mV/g and a natural resonance above

40 kHz shall be provided. The accelerometers shall be mounted to an installed welded stud directly above each propulsor on the shell plating.

All sensors shall have an internal preamplifier located within the crystal assembly.

The cabling for the hydrophones and accelerometers shall be terminated in a junction box in proximity to the electronics racks located in the Main Lab with 39 inches (1 m) of slack.

3.1n Attitude, Heading, & Reference System/ Inertial Reference System 20

One AHRS/inertial reference system, Applanix, Inc. Model POS MV Elite, or equal, shall be provided. The inertial reference system shall be the primary heading and position input for SES.

The processing unit, primary display, mouse, keyboard, and POS computer system shall be rack mounted in the ET Shop/Computer Lab and a remote display shall be provided in the Main Lab.

The inertia measurement unit (IMU) shall be located on or near the multibeam transducer heads.

The system shall provide position, velocity, heading, heave, roll, and pitch output, as appropriate, to the SES.

The IMU shall be installed on a rigid foundation welded to the ship’s structure and oriented as 30 follows:

1) The "X" axis shall lie parallel to the centerline vertical plane with its positive toward the bow.

2) The "Y" axis shall lie perpendicular to this plane with its positive toward starboard. 35

3) The "Z" axis shall lie in a plane parallel to the ship’s centerline vertical plane with its positive toward the keel.

3.1o DGPS Augmentation System A DGPS augmentation system, NAVCOM Technology Model SF-3050, or equal, shall be provided with two RS-232 and a USB 2.0 data output capability. The DGPS shall have an 40 integrated Starfire/RTK Global Navigational Satellite System (GNSS) receiver capable of L1, L2, L5, G1 & G2 full wave length carrier phase tracking. The DGPS shall have a GNSS rover antenna, NAVCOM Technology Model ANT-3001R or equal.

3.2 SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION

Scientific instrumentation shall be provided and integrated across the ship design in accordance with requirements of this document and the System Specification, Attachment J-1.

3.2a Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT)

An XBT system shall be provided. The system shall consist of a hand-held launcher Sippican 5

Model LM-3A, or equal, an oceanographic data acquisition system Sippican Model MK-21/USB, or equal, and an acquisition computer and display system in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations.

The acquisition and display system, and the oceanographic data acquisition system shall be rack 10 mounted in the Main Lab.

A bulkhead mounted, watertight storage box for the hand-held launcher and cabling shall be provided aft in the Wet Lab on the outboard bulkhead. The XBT connector box shall be installed inside the storage box. The XBT connector box shall provide an interface for communication from 15 the oceanographic data acquisition system to the hand-held launcher.

System data outputs shall be provided to the SCS in NMEA 0183 format.

3.2b Water Column Profiler

A water column profiler system shall be provided and include an underwater conductivity, 20 temperature, and depth (CTD) unit, a carousel sampler and stand, twenty-four 10-liter Nisken sampling bottles, a deck unit, and an acquisition computer and display system.

The water column profiler system shall include the following components:

1. Sea-Bird Electronics, SBE Model 9 plus, or equal, with the following:

a) Aluminum housing, 22,310 feet (6,800 m) depth rating with standard connectors.

b) One dissolved oxygen sensor, Sea-Bird Electronics SBE Model 43, or equal

c) One 10,000 psia (6,800 m) pressure sensor.

d) Secondary temperature and conductivity sensors, 30

2. Carousel sampler, Sea-Bird Electronics Model SBE 32, or equal, with the following:

a) Aluminum housing, 22,310 feet (6,800 m) depth rating with standard connectors.

b) 24 bottle positions, 10-liter size.

c) CTD integration (standard connections), SBE 11 Plus (real time) horizontal cage mount. 35

3. One sonar altimeter, Teledyne Benthos Model PSA-916D, or equal.

4. One fluorometer, Chelsea Instruments Model AquaTracka III, or equal.

5. One transmissiometer, Wet Labs C-Star Transmissometer, or equal.

6. One 12 kHz pinger, Teledyne Benthos Model BFP-312, or equal.

Niskin bottles shall have a 10 liter capacity, be of non-metallic free-flushing construction, and fully 40 interfaced with the carousel sampler to allow retrieval of water samples at user determined depths.

The CTD stand shall be provided with circular rails at the base and shall be 4 feet (1.2m) in length, with interconnecting vertical rails.

The 12 kHz pinger shall be powered by rechargeable batteries. A battery charger and two sets of batteries compatible with the unit shall be provided.

The CTD deck unit shall be a Sea-Bird Electronics, SBE Model 11 Plus V2, or equal. The CTD deck unit and its associated acquisition computer and display system shall be rack mounted in the 5

Main Lab. The deck unit shall be provided with input from the scientific DGPS system. Data output shall be provided to the SCS. The acquisition computer shall have eight serial ports for connections to the deck unit and for data output to the SCS.

The CTD deck unit shall be connected to the slip rings on the hydrographic winches by way of a 10 selector switch located in the Main Lab. A connector from the electro-mechanical (EM) conductor cable on the hydrographic winches to the underwater CTD unit shall be provided as recommended by the manufacturer.

3.2c Self-Contained Portable CTD

A self-contained CTD system shall be provided. The system shall be a Sea-Bird Electronics 15

Model Seacat SBE-19 PLUS V2, or equal, with deck unit, Sea-Bird Electronics Model SBE-36, or equal, and underwater power supply. The deck unit shall be installed in the Main Lab and shall provide data input to the SCS.

3.2d Uncontaminated Scientific Seawater System Instrumentation

The uncontaminated scientific seawater system shall contain the following instrumentation: two 20 temperature sensors, two thermosalinographs with associated interface boxes, fluorometer, flow metering system, and a vortex de-bubbler. Uncontaminated scientific seawater system piping and installation shall be in accordance with the System Specification, Attachment J-1. Uncontaminated scientific seawater system instrumentation shall provide data output to the SCS.

The temperature sensors shall be Sea-Bird Electronics Model SBE-38 Digital Oceanographic

Thermometer, or equal, and shall be installed at the uncontaminated scientific seawater seachest.

Each of the temperature sensors shall interface with a thermosalinograph interface box.

One thermosalinograph, Sea-Bird Electronics Model SBE-21, or equal, and associated interface 30 junction box, SeaCAT/Sealogger RS-232 & Navigation Interface Box, or equal shall be provided in the Wet Lab. The interface junction box shall be provided with navigation data from the scientific DGPS system, and shall interface with a temperature sensor.

One thermosalinograph, Sea-Bird Electronics Model SBE-45 MicroTSG, or equal, with micro-35 flow valve water feed and associated interface junction box, SBE-45 Power/Navigation/Remote

Temperature Interface Box, or equal, shall be provided in the Wet Lab. The thermosalinograph shall be connected to a flow controlled branch line in the uncontaminated scientific seawater system. The interface junction box shall be provided with navigation data from the scientific

DGPS system, and shall interface with a temperature sensor. Means shall be provided for 40 selectively routing the serial output from the interface box to the SCS and from the interface box to the vicinity of the multi-beam transceivers for the purpose of providing auxiliary sound velocity readings.

The continuous flow fluorometer, Turner Designs Model 10-AU-005-CE, or equal, shall be provided in a NEMA 4 enclosure and connected to a flow controlled branch line in the uncontaminated scientific seawater system. The fluorometer shall be located in the Wet Lab.

The flow metering system shall consist of one flow sensor, GF Signet Model MK 515 Rotor-X, or 5 equal, and two Signet 9900 Flow Monitors, or equal. The flow sensor shall be installed in the downstream section of the common suction manifold. One flow monitor shall be installed in the vicinity of the flow sensor, and the other flow monitor shall be installed in the ET Shop/Computer

Lab. The flow monitor located in the ET Shop/Computer Lab shall interface with the SCS via a 4-

20mA to RS-232 converter. The flow metering system shall include a low flow alarm with user 10 defined threshold levels. The low flow alarm annunciator shall be located in the Main Lab.

3.2e Sea Surface Temperature Sensing System

A sea surface temperature sensing system shall be provided and include the following: three seawater temperature sensors, three associated cofferdams with removable covers and stuffing tubes, three seawater temperature indicators, and associated foundations and interconnecting 15 cabling. The seawater temperature sensors shall be installed in CRES housings and have the following characteristics:

1. Accurate to at least +/- 0.0018 degrees F (0.001 degrees C).

2. Temperature sensing resolution of at least +/- 0.00054 degrees F (0.0003 degrees C). 20

3. Stability of at least 0.0018 degrees F (0.001 degrees C) per 6 month period.

4. Capable of reading temperatures between 32 degrees F to 86 degrees F(0 degrees C to 30 degrees C).

5. Output temperature data using NMEA 0183.

6. Data update rate of at least 10 Hz. 25

The digital temperature indicators shall be mounted in electronics racks in the Main Lab, be capable of interfacing with equipment via RS-232 interfaces, and provide data to the SCS. The temperature sensors shall be located as far forward as possible of the main seawater cooling system discharge, and be equally spaced from 1.6 to 6.6 feet (0.5 to 2.0 m) below the design waterline.

3.2f Salinometer System 30

Two laboratory salinometers, Guildline Model 8400B, or equal, shall be provided. The salinometers shall be bench mounted within the ECR.

3.3 SCIENTIFIC METEOROLOGICAL SYSTEMS

One weather fax shall be provided in the Chart Area.

Scientific meteorological equipment shall be provided in accordance with Table 3-1.

Table 3–1: Scientific Meteorological Systems

SCIENTIFIC METEOROLOGICAL SYSTEMS

Description Brand Item # Quantity Notes

Temperature Probe R.M. Young Model 41342 or equal 1 Mounted on the Main Mast

Wind Speed &

Direction Sensor R.M. Young

Model 05106 or equal

Co-located with other Wind

Birds on the Main Mast

Marine Wind Tracker

Display R.M. Young

Model 06206 or equal

Display unit specifically for the

R.M. Young 05106 Wind Speed and Direction Sensor. Display to be mounted in the Chart Area.

Ultrasonic Wind

Sensor R.M. Young

Model 81000 or equal 1 Mounted on the Main Mast

Relative Humidity

Sensor R.M. Young

Model

41382VC or equal

1 Mounted on the Main Mast

Meteorological

Translator Unit R.M. Young

Model 26800 or equal

Located in the ET

Shop/Computer Lab. For display of wind speed, direction, air temperature, and humidity.

Optical Rain Sensor Optical

Scientific

Model

ORG815-DS

or equal

To include lens heaters on transmitter and receiver lenses.

Mounted on top of the Pilot

House.

Digital Barometer VAISALA

Model

PTB330 or equal

Sensing unit located in the weather. Display unit located in the Chart Area.

Humidity Sensing Unit Rotronic Hygroflex 3 or equal 1 Mounted on top of Pilot House

Pyranometer Eppley

Laboratories

Model SPP or equal 1 Co-located sensors mounted with clear view of the sun

Infrared Radiometer Eppley

Laboratories

Model PIR or equal

All scientific meteorological sensors shall be installed in locations having clean, unobstructed airflow, away from interferences, exhaust gases, and vents that could impact sensor data accuracy.

Scientific meteorological systems shall interface with the SCS. 5