FIELD SERVICE AND SUPPORT ACTIVITY REPORT NO. 17 1 JUNE THROUGH 31 JUNE 1960

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• Publication Date: June 1, 1960
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This report describes the June 1960 activity for Contracts
A-102 and HF-CTm699.
II. CONTRACT A.-102
A. ACTIVITY RELATED TO CUSTOMER A.
1 . Sustaining. Engineering
a. Engineering Change Proposal 9A.C
Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) 9A.C, a
result of the Information Recorder Reliability Program,
was submitted during June. This proposal recommends
that the oilite bearings in the Capstan Drive Assembly
(MP 10050) and the Jam Roller Assembly (MP 10065) be
replaced with ball bearings.
b. System-3 Local Oscillator Crystal Specifications
During June the Contractor initiated a program to 25X1D
establish more stringent specifications for the local
oscillator crystals used in System 3
Although the present crystals satisfy Mil. Spec C-3098-B,
some have spurious responses which cause false
"lock?ons" in the system.
The routine support work load has decreased,
allowing $7,000 of the Sustaining Engineering funds to
be transferred to the Repair and Retrofit portion of
the contract.
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On June 15th the Contractor met with the
Customer-A Security Office to review the records and
levels of clearance for all Contractor personnel. Field
Service and Support has assumed responsibility for
liaison between the Contractor and the Customer-A
Security Office.
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Another meeting was held between the Contractor
and from Customer-A. Headquarters
to discuss logistic requirements for the next fiscal year.
Meetings were also held during June with
Customer A. and Customer B to discuss the details of
transferring Contractor Representative
from Customer A to Customer B.
2. Repair and Retrofit
a. Inventory
The Repair and Retrofit Inventory for June is
listed in Table 1 .
All fiscal 1959 Work Orders submitted by
Customer A were completed by 30 June 1960.
B. ACTIVITY RELATED TO CUSTOMER C
1. Sustaining Engineering
a. Engineering Change Proposal 9A.C
With verbal authorization from Customer C,
ECP-9AC (see section A., paragraph 1a) was incor-
porated in ten (10) Capstan Drive Assemblies
(MP 10050) ordered on Production List 60-39.
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b. Phase-Out of. System 4
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In completing the phase. out of System 4,
Contractor
Representatives at Del Rio, were terminated from
that assignment on 17 June and 24 June 1960,
respectively.
c. Changes in Contractor Technical Service Personnel
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Contractor R epre sentative-
arrived at the field location on 15 June.
will replace
d. System-3 Local Oscillator Crystal Specifications
Refer to Section A, paragraph 1b.
2. Repair and Retrofit
a. Inventory
The Repair and Retrofit Inventory for June is
listed in Table 1.
All. fiscal 1959 Work Orders submitted by
Customer C were completed by 30 June 1960.
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The Contractor has reduced the level of effort in the
routine support activity. There are, however, a number of
field problems awaiting engineering evaluation and correction.
Ter, such projects are held in suspense, and the priority of
each problem is examined weekly. Only those projects
under active investigation are discussed in this report.
III. CONTRACT HF-CT-699
The Call Contract Inventory for June is listed in Table 2.
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REPAIR AND RETROFIT INVENTORY FOR JUNE 1960
Rework Units
During June
Rework Units
Outstanding on
Units
Units
Units
Backlog on
Customer
1. June 1960
Received
Shipped
Nonreparable
30 June 1960
A
34
8
21
2
19
C
14
26
12
10
18
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0
0
0
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CALL CONTRACT INVENTORY FOR JUNE 1960
Requested During June
Units
Unit
Unit Backlog
Production
Total Line
Total
Delivered
Backlog on
Customer
on 6-1-60
Lists
Items
Units
in June
6-30-60
A
215
1
1
1
63
153
C
931
3
10
67
902
96
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0
0
0
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