SBIR III TRANSCEIVER UPGRADE THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORK IS TO MANUFACTURE DUAL CHANNEL (H AND V) KA-BAND AN…

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SBIR III TRANSCEIVER UPGRADE THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORK IS TO MANUFACTURE DUAL CHANNEL (H AND V) KA-BAND AND KU-BAND TRANSCEIVERS FOR A GROUND-BASED PRECIPITATION RADAR WHICH WILL BE USED BY NASA TO CONDUCT GROUND VALIDATION FOR THE GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASURING (GPM) MISSION. THE GROUND-BASED DUAL-FREQUENCY DUAL-POLARIZED DOPPLER RADAR (D3R) WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO MAKE POLARIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS AND DOPPLER MEASUREMENTS AT THE KA BAND AND KU BAND FREQUENCIES. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE D3R WILL BE DEPLOYED IN A SERIES OF GROUND VALIDATION FIELD CAMPAIGNS LOCATED IN VARIOUS CLIMATOLOGICAL REGIMES ON LAND WITHIN THE RANGE OF THE GPM SATELLITE ORBIT, BETWEEN 65 NORTH AND SOUTH LATITUDE. THESE RADAR MEASUREMENTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRECIPITATION RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS IN THE GPM PRE-LAUNCH ERA, AND WILL ALSO BE USED TO VALIDATE GPM PRECIPITATION DATA PRODUCTS POST-LAUNCH. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE KA-BAND AND KU-BAND TRANSCEIVERS WILL BE BASED ON AN EXISTING DESIGN THAT WAS DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED UNDER SBIR PHASE-2 FUNDING. FURTHERMORE, IT IS EXPECTED THAT PARTS FROM THE PHASE-2 TRANSCEIVER WILL BE RE-USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRANSCEIVERS PROCURED UNDER THIS SOW. ALL PARTS FROM THE SBIR PHASE-2 DESIGN THAT ARE NOT RE-USED SHALL BE DELIVERED WITH THE FINAL TRANSCEIVERS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, AND MATERIALS NECESSARY TO DESIGN, FABRICATE, ASSEMBLE, TEST, AND DELIVER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. KA-BAND TRANSCEIVER 2. KA-BAND TRANSCEIVER SPARE PARTS 3. KA-BAND TRANSCEIVER ENCLOSURE, INCLUDING MOUNTING DRILL TEMPLATE, ELECTRICAL INTERFACES, THERMAL CONTROL AND MONITORING EQUIPMENT 4. KA-BAND TRANSCEIVER DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING: SOLID MODELS (IN SOLID WORKS OR EQUIVALENT FORMAT), GENESYS DESIGN SIMULATION FILES INCLUDING IF SUBSYSTEMS, PARTS LISTS, SYSTEM INTERFACE DIAGRAM, TEST DATA, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS MANUALS 5. KU-BAND TRANSCEIVER 6. KU-BAND TRANSCEIVER SPARE PARTS 7. KU-BAND ENCLOSURES, INCLUDING MOUNTING DRILL TEMPLATE, ELECTRICAL INTERFACES, THERMAL CONTROL AND MONITORING EQUIPMENT 8. KU-BAND TRANSCEIVER DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING: SOLID MODELS (IN SOLID WORKS OR EQUIVALENT FORMAT), GENESYS DESIGN SIMULATION FILES INCLUDING IF SUBSYSTEMS, PARTS LISTS, SYSTEM INTERFACE DIAGRAM, TEST DATA, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS MANUALS