Washington: NASA Selects Firms For Advanced Entry System Technology Development

??Washington: NASA Selects Firms For Advanced Entry System Technology Development

NASA has selected Airborne Systems North America of Santa Ana, Calif ., ILC Dover LP of Frederica, Del ., and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Littleton, Colo ., to support agency inflatable aerodynamic decelerator research and development, including work on the Space Technology Program's Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) project.

Inflatable aerodynamic decelerators are lightweight outer shells that slow and protect spacecraft as they enter planetary atmospheres. This technology allows increased payload mass, makes it possible to reach higher surface elevations for robotic and human exploration of solar system destinations, and improves cargo return capabilities from the International Space Station.

Contractors will provide NASA with services for the design, analysis, fabrication and testing of project systems, including the thermal protection system and inflatable structures for aerocapture and direct entry applications.

The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity task order contracts have a maximum cumulative agency value of $47 million over a five-year performance period. NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va ., will administer the contracts for the agency.

For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit

http://www.nasa.gov

Contacts:
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/dec/HQ_C11-054_Inflatable_decelerator.html

Reported by: NASA

Published on: 2011-12-22

Limited copyright is granted for you to use and/or republish any story on this site for any legitimate media purpose as long as you reference 7thSpace and any source mentioned in the story above. Please make sure to read our disclaimer prior to contacting 7thSpace Interactive. To contact our editors, visit our online helpdesk. If you wish submit your own press release, click here.
Social Bookmarking
RETWEET This! | Digg this! | Post to del.icio.us | Post to Furl | Add to Netscape | Add to Yahoo! | Rojo

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/7thspaceNews/~3/GEv0NH9VjfE/washington_nasa_selects_firms_for_advanced_entry_system_technology_development.html

sleep no more cyber monday deals war eagle war eagle pawn stars restrepo nba news