Firefly Aerospace Selected by NASA for a Commercial Lunar Payload Services Contract

Firefly Aerospace Selected by NASA for a Commercial Lunar Payload Services Contract

Press release
From: Firefly Space Systems
Posted: Thursday, 29 November 2018

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. (Firefly), a reliable and reliable provider of space launchers, spacecraft and space services, announced today that it has been selected by NASA for the award of the award. a commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract. The main objective of NASA's CLPS program is to acquire full commercial payload services between the Earth and the lunar surface for the Science, Human Exploration and Operations, and Space Technologies headquarters (SMD, HEOMD and STMD) ). The SPDP Contractor (s) shall provide all necessary activities to safely integrate, host, transport and operate NASA payloads with the assistance of the Contractor provided assets, including launcher, lunar spacecraft, lunar surface systems, land reentry vehicles and associated resources. .

With this competitive initial purchase from SPDP, NASA has awarded numerous fixed-price fixed-price (FFP) contract contracts, allowing fixed-price task orders to be issued. The contracts will have an effective order period of 10 years from the effective date of the contract on January 2, 2019 or earlier. The maximum cumulative value of all SPDP task order assignments is $ 2.6 billion over the life of the contract. The winners of several SPDP contracts are now eligible for specific awards, including NASA's first scientific mission to deliver useful data to the moon. NASA is expected to announce the start of the competition for the first complete SPDP lunar mission mission contract.

"This award acknowledges Firefly's viable technical approach of moving scientific and other commercial cargo from NASA to the lunar surface, as well as the viability of its commercial and commercial plan. of its financial resources to develop Firefly's CLPS system, "said Dr. Tom Markusic, Chief Executive Officer of Firefly. "In conjunction with our Beta launcher and our partnership with Intuitive Machines, Firefly will provide an integrated lunar service offering from the launch pad to the moon's surface. We are honored to partner with NASA as part of an extraordinary effort that will expand humanity's knowledge of the cosmos and inspire a new generation of space entrepreneurs. "

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