Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: CORNELL TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2015-11-25 to 2017-12-31
Current total value of award: $371366
Description: INSTRUMENTS AND DETECTORS WORKSHOP THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK ORDER IS TO PROVIDE THE SOMA ACQUISITION MANAGERS WITH BASIC DESIGN AND OPERATIONS OF INSTRUMENTS AND DETECTORS.  IN ADDITION, THE WORKSHOP SHOULD SUMMARIZE THE AREAS OF CONCERN WHERE THE TMC HAS WRITTEN MAJOR WEAKNESSES ON THE INSTRUMENT.  WHAT TESTING OR ANALYSIS IS NECESSARY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE INSTRUMENT DESIGN WILL PERFORM AS PROPOSED, FOR EXAMPLE CALIBRATION AND TESTING OF THE OPTICS, RESOLVING ALIGNMENT ISSUES, POINTING AND JITTER, GHOST ANALYSIS, RAY TRACING. AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THE CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART OF SUCH INSTRUMENTS AND DETECTORS SHOULD BE DESCRIBED, WHICH WILL BE USEFUL IN DETERMINING HERITAGE AND TECHNOLOGY READINESS OF PROPOSED DESIGNS. THIS KNOWLEDGE WILL EQUIP THE ACQUISITION MANAGERS WITH THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE THEM MORE EFFECTIVE DURING INSTRUMENT AND DETECTOR DISCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THE TMC EVALUATION PROCESS FOR NASA SMD SOLICITATIONS.