Core First Article Testing Sample Clauses

Core First Article Testing. Core First Article (CFA) testing shall be conducted onsite with components installed on a selected set of MTD buses and service vehicles in order to demonstrate substantial progress and to identify and document the installed system component physical configuration. Such field testing shall prove out the system functionality prior to introduction to revenue service. CFA testing shall be performed with the AIM computer and communications systems implemented and interconnected via the AIM and MTD networks. Contractor shall provide MTD with a minimum of one week advance notice of CFA testing and shall provide MTD the opportunity to observe such testing. Repeated malfunctions of similar system components or subsystems shall be considered as a Class Failure. In the event of a Class Failure, CFA testing shall be terminated and the cause of the Class Failure shall be determined and corrected. All system components that experience a Class Failure during testing shall be replaced by Contractor prior to acceptance by MTD. Following successful CFA testing, AIM shall be implemented on the full MTD fleet.