https://govconwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/nasa-selects-12-companies.mp3 Thirteen commercial launch services providers have secured positions on a $300 million contract vehicle to help NASA send small satellites to Class D spacecraft into different orbits.
The agency said Thursday it will place firm-fixed-price task orders through the Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare contract over five years.
NASA’s VADR program follows the Venture Class Launch Services and VCLS Demonstration 2 procurement efforts announced in 2015 and 2020, respectively.
The new acquisition vehicle contains a provision for incumbents and other vendors not selected for the existing contract to participate in a future on-ramp process to propose new launch service offerings.
The VADR awardees are:
ABL Space Systems Astra Space Blue Origin L2 Solutions Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) Phantom Space Relativity Space Rocket Lab Spaceflight SpaceX United Launch Services Virgin Orbit Firefly Aerospace C Speed has rebranded as Protora and unveiled three radar product lines, RushLight, DomeWatcher and WingWatcher, backed by LightWave.
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