Kirsten Williams
Headquarters, Washington, DC
(Phone: 202/358-0243)
Bruce Buckingham
Kennedy Space Center, FL
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
RELEASE: c00-e
NASA today announced the awards for the NASA Launch Services
(NLS) contracts, which will provide a broad range of launch
services for NASA planetary, earth-observing and scientific
payloads.
NASA selected both Boeing Delta Launch Services, Inc. and
Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, Inc. for award of an
Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with a minimum of
one launch service to each contractor, spanning a 10-year period.
NASA has the ability to order up to a total of 70 launch
services under all NLS contracts bringing the total estimated
value to $5 billion. Included in the 70 launch services, Boeing
Delta Launch Services, Inc. was awarded three firm missions with a
value of more than $168 million and five option missions with a
potential value of over $248 million, with an overall value of
about $417 million.
“Boeing Delta Launch Services, Inc. and Lockheed Martin
Commercial Launch Services, Inc. were selected based on their
ability to meet NASA’s highly critical future mission requirements
and their proven track records for providing a quality product
over the years to NASA,” said Scott Kerr, Chairman, NLS Source
Evaluation Board. “We look forward to continuing our growing
relationship with these companies and are encouraged by what they
have in store for the future of expendable vehicles.”
The NLS contracts provide launch services to support the
goals and objectives of NASA’s Earth Science, Space Science, and
Human Exploration and Development of Space Enterprises. NASA
Launch Services contracts provide domestic launch services with a
range of launch vehicles with a minimum performance capability of
delivering NASA payloads weighing 3,300 pounds or greater to a low
earth orbit.
In addition to the awarded firm and option missions, the NLS
contains an innovative “on-ramp” clause under the Indefinite
Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract portion. The “on-ramp”
creates an opportunity for emerging launch service providers and
incumbents to introduce qualified launch vehicles not available at
the time of the award of the initial contracts, to compete for as
many as 60 additional launch service requirements planned over the
life of the contract period of performance.
The principal work locations for Boeing Delta Launch
Services, Inc. are Huntington Beach, CA; Vandenberg Air Force
Base, CA; and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL. The principal
work locations for the Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services,
Inc. are Denver, CO, and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL.
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