Sonalysts Engineering Overview

1. Sonalysts Engineering
Overview
Armand Halter
VP Applied Sciences

2. Overview
• Systems Engineering
– Specification Development
– Test Plan Development and Execution
– Environmental Qualification Testing/ Analysis
– Mechanical Engineering
– Electronic/ Electrical Engineering
– Hardware Fabrication
• RF Engineering, Assembly & Test
– Prototype Engineering
– Production Engineering
• Reliability Testing
– Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT)
– Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS)
• Automatic Test Equipment (ATE)
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3. Systems Engineering
• Specification Development
• Demonstration Testing
– Test Plan Development & Execution
• Acoustic System Testing
– Lake Testing
– Sea Testing
• Antenna RF Testing
– Data Analysis & Reconstruction
• Environmental Qualification Testing/ Failure Analysis
• Acquisition ILS
– Integrated Support Plan (ISP)
– Logistics Support Analysis Plan (LSAP)
– Level of Repair Analysis (LORA)
– Provisioning Technical Documentation (PTD)
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4. One Stop Engineering Support
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5. Production Engineering
• Design Drawings
• Process Controls/ QA
– ISO9001 Certified design and fabrication processes
– Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System for
Configuration Control
– Process controls, quality assurance procedures, and
automated testing
assure consistent quality and hardware compliance
– Workmanship standards – scheduled for completion by
end of CY2009
• J-STD-0001C, Soldering
• IPC/WHMA-A-620 Class 3, Wire/ Cable Harnessing
• Mechanical Engineering
– 3D Design using SolidWorks®
– 2D Fabrication using AutoCad®
– Finite Element Analysis using
• CosmosWorks
• GeoStar
• FloWorks
• Electronic/ Electrical Engineering
– Cabinet Power Systems
– Data Acquisition/ Telemetry
– Display Design
– Custom Enclosures
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6. Heat Transfer Analysis of
Acoustic Sensor Head
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7. RF Engineering, Assembly & Test
• Prototype Antennas and Support Equipment
– PATRIOT Hybrid Antenna for VIRGINIA CLASS
– Panoramic (360° Optical/ Infrared) Antenna
– ADF Power Supply
– PATRIOT Standalone Processor
– Fleet Repair Support
• Production Antennas and Support Equipment
– Integrated Submarine Imaging System (ISIS)
Electronic Warfare Support (ES) Sensor and
associated shipboard equipment
• Test & Evaluation Support to other Operational
Systems
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8. PATRIOT Hybrid Antenna
In-Process Assembly
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9. PATRIOT Hybrid Antenna Assembly
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10. Panoramic
Antenna
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11. Panoramic Antenna
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12. ADF Power Supply
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13. PATRIOT Standalone Processor
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14. Repair Parts
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15. Integrated Submarine Imaging System (ISIS) EHF Antenna
Assembly
Antenna Assembly
EW Antennas
Antenna Production Virtual IR Camera
Tactical Work Ship Other
• Improved Communications
Control Navigation Station(s) Control Subsystems
• Improved Radar Intercept
• Active Radar
Mast Assembly EW Logistics Mast Assembly
Spkr/ Ship’s Network Printer(s)
Amp • IETM
• Training Curriculum
E&E Field
Eyepiece Box
Remote
Handgrip
• Maintenance Demo
ADF IC&D
Change Kit Eyepiece Box
Processor
Connections
Cameras Interface Video Eyepiece Box
(3W53) (EPB) ComputerUnit Processor
Unit
• ARF RF Test
• ARF/Iridium Production
Well
Junction AP Unit
Well
Junction
Well Junction
Box Patch
Panel
Box
Box
E&E Adapter Mast
Control ConnectorAdapter
E&E
Unit
Indicator &
Control Box
Indicator &
Control Box Plate
WS
Control
Unit
Power Power
Supply Supply
ESM Indicator
ForRF to
OMNI SSGN Variant SATCOM
Host ESM:
•AN/BLQ-10,
Automatic Direction Finding (ADF)
Operator Interface Terminal
Sensor Group
• AN/WLR-8 Warning Receiver (EWR)
Early Exterior Review GroupTest
Mast
&
and ADF Communications
Data Transmission Group
#2 Periscope (Type 18B) Control and Display Group 15
#1 Periscope (Type 8K Mod 4)
Interfaces

16. SSN688 ISIS
• Eyepiece Box Computer Assembly (EPBCA)
– Downloads images from Digital Still Camera for
transfer across Ethernet to Imaging Processor
• Electronic Warfare Support (ES) Sensor
– Antenna assembly including Automatic Range
Finding, Iridium capabilities, and ELINT and
COMINT intercept potential
• Automatic Range Finder (ARF)
– Power and controls for radar in the ES Sensor
• RF Test Assembly
– Controls to test paths in ES Sensor
• Integrated Control and Display
– Advise on GUI development 16

17. SSGN ISIS
• ES Sensor
– Similar to SSN688 but on Photonics Mast
• Automatic Direction Finder (ADF)
– Determines direction of intercepted signals of
interest
• Early Warning Receiver (EWR)
– Provides early detection of radar signals which
have threat potential
• Integrated Control and Display
– Advise on GUI development
– Includes remote control of mast
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18. Antenna Testing
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19. Antenna Testing
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20. RF Testing
• Local Test Plan Development and Testing
– Gain (1KHz to 40 GHz)
– VSWR (Voltage Standing Wave Ratio) (1KHz thru 50 GHz sources)
– Noise Figure
– RF Path Characterization with Gain Flatness, min/ max gains, max
gain deviations
– Go/ No Go Radiation Pattern Testing (30 MHz – 40 GHz radiators,
special radiators <30 MHz can be fabricated)
• Off-Site Test Plan Development and Testing
– Utilized anechoic chambers at Naval Undersea Warfare Center to
antenna/ system gains and patterns from 150 GHz thru 40 GHz.
– Systems taken thru MIL-STD-461 EMI/ EMC testing at National
Technical Systems facilities.
• Programs written by Sonalysts to analyze test results versus
test specifications
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21. Risk Mitigation Unit (RMU) for
Photonics Mast Slipring/ Rotary Joint
See separate videos of Shock Testing on
Medium Weight Shock Test Machine
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22. F22 Ground Support Equipment
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23. Test Engineering
• Complete Test Program Management
– Requirements / Test Plan / Procedure Creation
– MIL STD Compliance
– Electrodynamic Vibration
– Shock / Pyroshock
– Climatics
– Drop
– HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Testing)
– HASS (Highly Accelerated Stress Screening)
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24. Automation Engineering
• Legacy Equipment Upgrading
• In-Process-Verification Tools (IPV)
• LabVIEW RT / FPGA (cRIO / R-Series)
• Process Automation / Control
• Machine Vision Inspection / Control
• Process Characterization
• Industrial Communications Protocols
– Stand Alone Instrument Interfacing
• SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition) Systems
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25. Instrumentation Engineering
• High Speed / High Channel Count Data
Acquisition (DAQ)
• Dynamic Signal Acquisition / Analysis
– Acoustics, Vibration, Rotating Machinery
• NVH Measurements
• High Speed Digital I/O (HSDIO)
• Distributed Data Acquisition
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26. Automatic Test Equipment (ATE)
• GE I&LES Boresight Tool
– Legacy (1970’s) instrumentation upgrade
• Raindance Technologies
– Large Scale LabVIEW code for scientific
instrument
• Fraser-Volpe
– Precision Rotating Machinery Balance Equipment
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27. What can we do for you?
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28. Points of Contact
• Armand Halter, VP Applied Sciences
– Office: 860.326.3602
– Cell: 860.460.9000
– e: ahalter@sonalysts.com
• Wes Ramm, Principal Engineer,
Automation & Test
– Office: 860.326.3944
– Cell: 860.634.1988
– e: wesramm@sonalysts.com
• Jim Johnson, Production Manager
– Office: 860.326.3937
– Cell: 860.917.5315
– e: jjohnson@sonalysts.com
• Paul Trepanier, QA Manager
– Office: 860.326.3793
– Cell: 860.303.4072
– e: ptrepanier@sonalysts.com
GSA Schedule: GS-23F-0076L, Professional Engineering Services
(Catalog included on separate disc)
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