AWARD
A -- NASAS EVOLUTIONARY XENON THRUSTER - NEXT-C
- Notice Date
- 4/14/2015
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44135
- ZIP Code
- 44135
- Solicitation Number
- NNC14515408R
- Response Due
- 11/4/2014
- Archive Date
- 4/30/2015
- Point of Contact
- Jeffrey D Hoyt, Contract Specialist, Phone 216-433-5576, Fax 216-433-2480, Email jeffrey.d.hoyt@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Jeffrey D Hoyt
(jeffrey.d.hoyt@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- NNC15CA07C
- Award Date
- 3/31/2015
- Awardee
- Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. 11411 139th Place NE Redmond, WA 98052-2025
- Award Amount
- 18410242
- Description
- NASAs Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio has awarded a contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc of Redmond, Washington to design, fabricate and test two NASAs Evolutionary Xenon Thruster-Commercial (NEXT-C) thrusters and two power processing units for flight that will be available for use on one of the agencys Discovery missions or other future mission. The total value of the cost share contract is $18,410,242. The period of performance is five years from the date of the award. In addition to the two flight units, Aerojet Rocketdyne, and their major subcontractor ZIN Technologies, Inc. of Middleburg Heights, Ohio, will design, fabricate and test a prototype power processing unit to demonstrate technology and design maturity before proceeding to the production of the flight units. Work will be performed primarily at the contractor teams facilities in Washington and Ohio. The NEXT-C technology is an evolution of NSTAR ion propulsion technology developed by Glenn and employed by NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory to propel the Dawn spacecraft to its current orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres. This contract will complete the transfer of key Glenn-developed NEXT-C technologies to industry for commercial availability. The NEXT-C project is being led by Glenn under the Discovery Program managed by NASAs Science Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C. The Source Selection Statement will be posted to the original Solicitation NNC14515408R.
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- Record
- SN03698928-W 20150416/150414235232-7fef2a233a37a4c29a58c4ba1f401879 (fbodaily.com)
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