NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
...Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation received $4.4 billion in federal funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for aerospace work. The single award supported design, development, test, and evaluation activities related to the Ares I-X program, which involved first stage development and flight testing using a five-segment solid rocket booster derived from the Space Shuttle Program's solid rocket motor technology.
The contract required the contractor to provide management, engineering, labor, and facilities for the project. This represented a substantial commitment to NASA's exploration vehicle development efforts during the Ares I program period.
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- aerospace1 award$4.4B 100%
Based on 1 awards totaling $4,425,784,857.
Top 1 by amount
| Action date | Recipient | Agency | Amount | Description | Sector | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $4,425,784,857 | FIRST DDT AND E, ARES I-X, AND FLIGHT TESTS. FIRST STAGE WILL BE A FIVE SEGMENT, SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER DERIVED FROM THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM (SSP) SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER (SRB)/REUSABLE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR (RSRM). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL FURNISH THE NECESSARY MANAGEMENT, ENGINEERING, LABOR, FACILITIES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR FIRST STAGE DEVELOPMENT, QUALIFICATION, CERTIFICATION AND ACCEPTANCE PROGRAM. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: REDESIGN AND TESTING OF THE MOTOR TO INCORPORATE THE FIFTH SEGMENT AND PRODUCTION OF FIVE FULL SCALE GROUND STATIC TEST MOTORS: TWO DEVELOPMENT MOTORS (DMS)-AND THREE QUALIFICATION MOTORS (QMS); STRUCTURAL TEST ARTICLE (STA), GROUND VIBRATION TEST MOTORS (GVTMS) AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT TESTING; REDESIGN OF THE AVIONICS, DECELERATION, SEPARATION, AND FLIGHT TERMINATION SYSTEM (FTS) SUBSYSTEMS; ARES I-X: SIMULATED ARES I OUTER MOLD LINE/MASS PROPERTIES USING MODIFIED SRB/RSRM; AND THREE FLIGHT TEST VEHICLES. TAS::80 0124::TAS | aerospace | expiring · 47d |
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