Chesapeake Sciences Corporation

Capabilities

Capabilities, Experience and Past Performance
Chesapeake Sciences Corporation (CSC), a small business with facilities in Millersville MD and Stonington CT, has demonstrated the capability to design, manufacture, test and support high resolution data acquisition systems, telemetry components, towed sensors and support equipment for Navy and Geophysical Exploration applications. Experience with US Navy Towed Systems includes submarine, surface ship, surveillance and unmanned surface vessel arrays.

Capabilities and Relevant Experience
CSC has a proven track record of providing innovative affordable solutions to meet US Navy sensor requirements. Our staff is currently active in the design, integration, manufacture, test and support of every towed array currently in production for the submarine fleet. Our current development and production programs include TAIPT Telemetry production and depot support, TB-16G production and depot support, TB-29 Light Weight Tow Cable production and depot support, TB-33 development and NextGen Fatline Development. In addition we provide technical support to fleet towed systems as a team member for management and support of the Naval Array Technical Support Center. Our experience in several key areas is outlined below.

Program and Subcontract Management - Our program management staff has over 100 equivalent man years of experience in leading towed systems development and production programs. We are currently responsible for over $25M of subcontracted efforts to Fortune 500 companies.

Quality Management System – The Quality Management System for CSC facilities located at Millersville, MD has been certified to the ISO 9001:2000 international standard by Det Norske Veritas Certification Inc. The range of products and services covered by the certificate includes the design, manufacture, test and support of high resolution data acquisition systems, telemetry components, towed sensors and support equipment for Navy and Geophysical Exploration applications. Click here to view the official certificate.

System Engineering – We recently completed a fully successful preliminary design review for NAVSEA’s next generation fiber optic thin line array, TB-33. We are also in development of NAVSEA’s next generation fatline system, NextGen. In addition we have recently completed qualification test and evaluation program for TB-16G in accordance with approved test plans, test requirements documents and acceptance test procedures.

Array Design, Production and Life Cycle Support – CSC performs as prime contractor and design authority for several Navy towed sensor programs including Five Octave Research Array (ONR), TB-16G (PMS401), TB-33 (PMS401) and NextGen Fatline (PMS401). In addition we are currently developing advanced torpedo detection sensors for both Navy and industry partners.

Telemetry Design, Production and Life Cycle Support – CSC’s Towed Array Integrated Product Team (TAIPT) telemetry has become the standard for submarine, surface ship and surveillance towed arrays and is now being introduced into USV and UUV applications. In excess of 15,000 components have been delivered to date. CSC operates the depot support activity for TAIPT components including failure analysis, repair and product improvements. Towed Array Test Sets (TATS) provide TAIPT users with a common test environment for in-process, factory, depot and dockside test and checkout. CSC maintains script configuration files and data base for all depot and portable TATS.

Lightweight Tow Cable (LWTC) Design, Production and Life Cycle Support – CSC designed, qualified and produces LWTC for littoral operations. CSC currently performs as an interim depot for all failure analysis, repairs and product improvements for the LWTC. We have recently completed an extremely challenging design for a small diameter LWTC that is capable of being deployed and retrieved through a submarine valve stack and stowed internal to the pressure hull.

Integration and Test – Our engineers and technicians play a crucial role in towed system integration and test. Our efforts include on-site engineering support at original equipment manufacturer (OEM) facilities, on-site at NATSC and onboard submarine, surface ship and surveillance platforms as required in support of Navy test activities.

Combat System Interface Verification – We have successfully integrated TAIPT based telemetry systems with ARCI. Our Towed Array Receiver (TAR), Towed Array Coupler (TAC) and Array Controller PWAs provide common interfaces and multi-array synchronization capability for Los Angeles, Seawolf and Virginia Class Submarines. We have conducted similar interface verification tests for surface ship and surveillance systems.

Transition to Production – Our engineering and manufacturing staff has been instrumental in the transition of TB-29, TB-29A, MFTA, A180, TB-16 D, E, F and G arrays to production. Our efforts include establishing manufacturing processes, preparation of test procedures and work instructions.

Facilities and Resources
We have recently expanded our Millersville facility from 22,200 ft2 to 40,043 ft2. This growth provides adequate space for electronics assembly, engineering system integration, environmental test, production and depot activities. Our facilities in Stonington, CT contain over 11,000-ft2 of space configured as engineering offices, laboratories and integration areas.

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