Bi-Monthly Report 5/31/99

Bi-Monthly Report 5/24/99

GNIRS Project Status Summary

GNIRS is approximately 66% complete to the Restart Review.

Labor is 44.7% spent (report through May 7)

$198.5K of $443.8K
$345K forecast through RR

Capital is 102% spent

$60K of $59K
$75K forecast through RR

Projections through July 20 Restart Review:

Labor under-run: $99K
Capital overrun: $26K [Net: $71K under plan]

The project Critical Path

Camera Turrent Assembly on Main Optics Bench Assembly

Problems/Solutions: None to report

GNIRS Cost and Schedule Status

Cost

Labor: Only through 1st week of May available from CAS

projected for May: $45.0K

Capital: Currently projection is $22K over plan (filter purchase in March)

Schedule

Project on track to meet 6/21 3-D Design Definition milestone
Overtime option has been invoked

Key GNIRS Events for May

start mechanism drive prototyping
Phytron cold motor testing
complete test dewar characterization
finish optics design update
Main Optical Bench and mechanism design
complete Wavefront Sensor Bench design
requirements definition

optics/alignment
software

Short Interim Review scheduled for May 25