First DDT and E, Ares I-X, and Flight Tests
A single federal award, with both ends of the trail linked.
Award NNM07AA75C is a contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, $4.4B obligated, FY2006 to FY2027, for First DDT and E, Ares I-X, and Flight Tests. The work is performed in Utah. It is classified as PSC AR11 (Space R&D Services; Space Flight, Research and Supporting Activities; Basic Research) and NAICS 336415 (Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Propulsion Unit and Propulsion Unit Parts Manufacturing). Source
Description
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