Program Management
Provisions
- Feasibility Analysis
- Panel review participation
- MPC budget preparation and analysis
Engineering and Instruments
Provisions
- Compilation of PI instrument requirements
- Design of payload floorplan
- Design and analysis of instrument interface requirements including equipment mounting racks, brackets and probes
- Preparation of engineering package for Airworthiness Review Approval
- Fabrication of instrument components and mounting hardware
- Pre-installation testing of components
- Installation of all probes, windows, racks and brackets
- Installation of power, signal, and data wiring
Risk/hazard Management
Provisions
- Risk and hazard analysis of all payload components
- Design of a Ground Safety Plan
- Preparation of hazard mitigation package for Airworthiness Review Approval
- Hangar, hazard, and DC-8 operations safety briefings for all experimenters
Satellite Capabilities
Provisions
- IRIDIUM
- INMARSAT
- KU Band Systems
DC-8 Housekeeping
Provisions
- Real-time interchange of data between instruments and aircraft
- Situational awareness displays
- Ingest of data to assist in real-time targeting of flights
- Digital video acquisition and recording
- X-chat capability with ground based scientists
- Systems were based around the core of the REVEAL/NASDAT system, with additional services including satellite communications, data display and ingest of outside data
- A wide variety of data sources are preserved using interagency standard IWG1 format
Flight Planning
Provisions
- Pilot and navigator participation in science and flight planning meetings
- Logistics and other services