IGF::OT::IGF SBIR PHASE III -- AVIONICS FOR SCALED REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES. OVERVIEW: IN FEBRUARY OF 201…

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IGF::OT::IGF SBIR PHASE III -- AVIONICS FOR SCALED REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES. OVERVIEW: IN FEBRUARY OF 2012 CTSI COMPLETED A PHASE-II SBIR THAT DEVELOPED AN EXTENSIBLE AVIONICS SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR REMOTELY OPERATING SUBSCALE VEHICLES. THE PROTOTYPE SYSTEM DELIVERED UNDER CONTRACT TO NASA IS CURRENTLY BEING INTEGRATED INTO AN EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT TEST VEHICLE FOR RESEARCH WORK IN THE NASA AVIATION SAFETY PROGRAM. AS INTEGRATION WORK PROCEEDS MODIFICATIONS TO ORIGINAL DESIGN ARE BEING MADE TO ACCOMMODATE NEW EQUIPMENT AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. MOST THESE MODIFICATIONS ARE BEING DONE IN-HOUSE AT NASA, HOWEVER, SOME CHANGES TO THE FIRMWARE AND SOFTWARE WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENTLY DONE BY CTSI. THIS CONTRACT IS FOR CTSI TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE ASROV PRODUCT. THE SUPPORT RANGES FROM ADVICE ON HOW BEST TO INTEGRATE NASA APPLICATION CODE WITH THE UNIT, TO MODIFICATIONS TO THE FIRMWARE LOADS ON ASROV REQUIRED TO FIX PROBLEMS OR ADD NEW FUNCTIONALITY. TECHNICAL SUPPORT: TECHNICAL SUPPORT IS TO BE MECHANIZED THROUGH THE EXISTING REDMINE SYSTEM FOR BUG/ISSUE TRACKING. ISSUES OR TECHNICAL QUESTIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED ON REDMINE, WITH ANY RELEVANT FILES UPLOADED TO THE SITE. A RESPONSE TIME OF 8 HOURS IS REQUIRED IN ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF THE ISSUE, AND, IF NECESSARY, RESPONDING WITH REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL CLARIFYING INFORMATION. IF IN RESPONDING TO A SUPPORT ISSUE CTSI ESTIMATES THAT RESOLVING THE ISSUE WILL TAKE MORE THAN 40 HOURS OF LABOR, AN ESTIMATE SHOULD BE POSTED AND APPROVAL SOUGHT BEFORE PROCEEDING. ISSUES WHOSE RESOLUTION IS EXPECTED TO TAKE LESS THAN 40 HOURS SHOULD BE WORKED WITHOUT ADDITIONAL APPROVAL. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: ~12 MONTHS. DELIVERABLES: 1) TECHNICAL SUPPORT: PHONE AND WEB-BASED QUESTION AND RESPONSE. IN GENERAL THIS SUPPORT SHOULD BE DELIVERED THROUGH EXISTING WEB-BASED REDMINE ISSUE TRACKER, WITH PHONE SUPPORT AVAILABLE FOR QUICK CLARIFICATIONS. 2) SOFTWARE PATCHES: MODIFICATIONS TO SOFTWARE LIBRARIES AND IF NECESSARY BUILD PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC CHANGES IN RUN-TIME CODE ON THE ASROV UNIT. 3) FIRMWARE UPDATES: UPDATES TO VHDL CODE AND IF NECESSARY BUILD PROCEDURES TO PROVIDE FIRMWARE BASED PATCHES FOR THE ASROV UNIT. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY: ASROV UNIT - PC104 BASED FLIGHT COMPUTER WITH DIGITAL AND ANALOG I/O