| Space
Launch Initiative 2nd Generation RLV Task Awards |
|
|
22
contractors on May 17,2000
for 37 task award contracts |
Total
value (including options): US$766.9 million
|
| Task Award 1 – Systems Studies | ||
| Contractor |
Value
|
Detail
|
| Lockheed Martin |
US$36,991,000
|
Architecture
trade studies.
|
| Boeing |
US$36,412,000
|
Architecture
trade studies.
Two-Stage-to-Orbit design study. |
| Northrop Grumman |
US$7,421,000
|
n.a.
|
| Orbital Sciences |
US$5,978,000
|
Study
of a multipurpose "Space Taxi" manned space transportation
system.
|
| Futron |
US$1,856,000
|
Comprehensive
market research and analysis study.
|
| Total Value |
US$88,658,000
|
|
| Task Award 2 – Airframe | ||
| Contractor |
Value
|
Detail
|
| Boeing |
US$72,678,000
|
Cryogenic
tank materials and design concept?
Subcontract to Alliant Techsystems (US$11M) to study composite cryogenic fuel tank technologies. |
| Northrop Grumman |
US$42,705,000
|
n.a.
|
| Oceaneering |
US$5,347,000
|
n.a.
|
| Lockheed Martin |
US$5,226,000
|
n.a.
|
| Materials Research & Design |
US$2,000,000
|
Thermal
protection system fabrication demonstration?
|
| Southern Research Institute |
US$1,633,000
|
n.a.
|
| North Carolina State University |
US$583,000
|
n.a.
|
| Total Value |
US$130,172,000
|
|
| Task Award 3 – Vehicle Subsystems | ||
| Contractor |
Value
|
Detail
|
| Lockheed Martin |
US$25,473,000
|
PEM
fuel cell demonstration?
|
| Boeing |
US$15,046,000
|
Preliminary avionics requirements definition?
|
| Total Value |
US$40,519,000
|
|
| Task Award 4 – Operations | ||
| Contractor |
Value
|
Detail
|
| Lockheed Martin |
US$20,965,000
|
Development
of ACCS and AIM performance, functionality, and infrastructure requirements?
|
| PHPK Technologies |
US$7,657,000
|
n.a.
|
| Boeing |
US$6,827,000
|
n.a.
|
| Sierra Lobo |
US$1,590,000
|
n.a.
|
| Total Value |
US$37,039,000
|
|
| Task Award 5 – Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring | ||
| Contractor |
Value
|
Detail
|
| Northrop Grumman |
US$36,465,000
|
Concept
of operations document?
|
| Honeywell |
US$5,044,000
|
Database
demonstration?
|
| Lockheed Martin |
US$4,853,000
|
n.a.
|
| Total Value |
US$46,362,000
|
|
| Task Award 6 – Upper Stages | ||
| Contractor |
Value
|
Detail
|
| Boeing Rocketdyne |
US$2,747,000
|
R&D
on an hydrogen peroxide engine for upper stage propulsion.
|
| Moog |
US$501,000
|
n.a.
|
| Pratt&Whitney |
US$424,000
|
Demonstration
of large scale 250-kN thrust hybrid rocket motor?
|
| General Kinetics |
US$376,000
|
Demonstration
flight of large scale Hybrid Sounding Rocket (HYSR)?
|
| Total Value |
US$4,048,000
|
|
| Task Award 7 – Flight Mechanics | ||
| Contractor |
Value
|
Detail
|
| Universal Space Lines |
US$6,545,000
|
GPS/inertial
navigation system component?
|
| Ohio University |
US$4,393,000
|
Adaptative
guidance and control algorithms?
|
| Total Value |
US$10,938,000
|
|
| Task Award 8 – Propulsion | ||
| Contractor |
Value
|
Detail
|
| Pratt&Whitney |
US$125,393,000
|
Technology
risk reduction on development of Cobra, RLX and Ajax booster engines.
|
| Boeing Rocketdyne |
US$62,737,000
|
Designand
technology development for a Fuel-Rich Staged Combustion (FRSC) cryogenic
engine.Advanced design on a highly-rusable Oxidizer-Rich Staged Combustion
(ORSC) hydrocarbon engine. Technology risk reduction on rocket-based
combined-cycle turbopump.
|
| TRW |
US$15,544,000
|
Development
of a non-toxic reaction control thruster and of a 4,500-kN hydrocarbon
booster engine based on a pintle injector technology.
|
| Gencorp Aerojet |
US$7,607,000
|
Technology
risk reduction on development of Ajax booster engine.
|
| Boeing |
US$5,101,000
|
n.a.
|
| Andrews Space & Technology |
US$3,017,000
|
Feasibility
study on the "Alchemist" air collection and enrichment system.
|
| Total Value |
US$219,399,000
|
|
| Task Award 9 – NASA Unique Requirements | ||
| Contractor |
Value
|
Detail
|
| Honeywell |
US$6,450,000
|
Cockpit
architecture roadmap.
|
| Lockheed Martin |
US$811,000
|
Inflatable airlock mockup.
|
| Total Value |
US$7,261,000
|
|
| Task Award 10 – Flight Demonstration | ||
| Contractor |
Value
|
Detail
|
| Kistler Aerospace |
US$135,400,000
(US$10 M firm) |
Development
of K-1 launcher as a technology test-bed
|
| Orbital Sciences |
US$47,150,000
|
Development
and flight of a Pegasus-launched test vehicle under the Demonstration
of Aurtonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) program.
|
| Total Value |
US$182,550,000
|
|
| Breakdown by Contractors |
| Contractor |
Value
|
Topics
|
| Boeing |
US$136.064
M
|
Systems
Studies, Airframe, VehicleSubsystems, Operations, Propulsion
|
| Kistler Aerospace |
US$135.4
M
|
Flight
Demonstration
|
| Pratt&Whitney |
US$125.817
M
|
Upper
Stages, Propulsion
|
| Lockheed Martin |
US$94.319
M
|
Systems
Studies, Airframe, VehicleSubsystems, Operations, Integrated Vehicle
Health Monitoring, NASA Unique Requirements
|
| Northrop Grumman |
US$86.591
M
|
Systems
Studies, Airframe, Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring
|
| Boeing Rocketdyne |
US$65.484
M
|
Upper
Stages, Propulsion
|
| Orbital Sciences |
US$53.128
M
|
Systems
Studies, Flight Demonstration
|
| TRW |
US$15.544
M
|
Propulsion
|
| Honeywell |
US$11.494
M
|
Integrated
Vehicle Health Monitoring, NASA Unique Requirements
|
| PHPK Technologies |
US$7.657
M
|
Operations
|
| GenCorp Aerojet |
US$7.607
M
|
Propulsion
|
| Universal Space Lines |
US$6.545
M
|
Flight
Mechanics
|
| Oceaneering |
US$5.347
M
|
Airframe
|
| Ohio University |
US$4.393
M
|
Flight
Mechanics
|
| Andrews Space & Technology |
US$3,017
M
|
Propulsion
|
| Materials Research & Design |
US$2
M
|
Airframe
|
| Futron |
US$1.856
M
|
Systems
Studies
|
| Southern Research Institute |
US$1.633
M
|
Airframe
|
| Sierra Lobo |
US$1.59
M
|
Operations
|
| North Carolina State University |
US$583,000
|
Airframe
|
| Moog |
US$501,000
|
Upper
Stages
|
| General Kinetics |
US$376,000
|
Upper
Stages
|
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