Jack Harvey
The SOLIS project is approximately half completed. Design activities are becoming less dominant as construction ramps up. The mounting has taken form at a local commercial shop. Optics for the vector spectromagnetograph (VSM) are arriving. The primary and secondary mirrors have been generated and are on track. The main entrance window was delivered ahead of schedule and it exceeds specifications. Mechanical parts for the VSM are being built in our shops in Tucson and Sac Peak, as well as at numerous outside vendors. Off-the-shelf optics for the full disk patrol are being ordered. The integrated sunlight spectrometer (ISS) was delivered and is nearing a first sunlight test. Software development is concentrating on use of the ISS as the first of the three major instruments of SOLIS. The code developed and proven with that instrument will transfer immediately to the others. A storage area network for capturing data from SOLIS was delivered and brought into operation.