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| Large Aircraft Start System (LASS) |
The LASS effort supports a U.S. Air Force, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WRALC) contract to design, modernize, test, manufacture, field, and support an improved version of their off-aircraft, airfield turbine engine start system for large aircraft such as the C-17. The IDIQ contract involves the design and fabrication of two prototype systems. One for contractor testing to include a complete set of environmental tests, and one for government user test at an operational Air Force base. The program also contains a complete logistics effort including technical drawings, technical data, logistics management information and both operator and maintainer technical manuals.
LASS program demands a complete range of development, production, and management skills.
The LASS contract is a competitively won four (4) year, $70M IDIQ contract with an upper limit of 133 production units to be fielded. The development work will be accomplished in SESI’s Lexington, KY facility with final assembly and contractor testing in the SESI Huntsville, AL facilities. The program successfully completed Preliminary Design Review (PDR) in March 2007 with no major actions and the government authorized SESI to proceed with critical design. The first preproduction units are scheduled to be delivered in June 2008 for testing. Following successful testing of the two prototypes, the contract calls for as many as 133 systems on an as required basis.
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