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LockMart A Billion Dollar Titan
Denver - October 12, 1998 - Lockheed Martin Astronautics has been awarded a $1.327 billion contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to complete production of 40 Titan IV space launch vehicles and provide launch services for 39 missions through 2002. The 40th vehicle will be a spare. The modified contract also covers the launch of five Titan II space launch vehicles. Titan IV, the nation's largest, most powerful expendable launch vehicle, is built by Lockheed Martin Astronautics in Denver, Colorado. Twenty-five Titan IV rockets have been launched since the first one flew in 1989. Of those, 22 were the Titan IVA series space launch vehicle and three were the newer, more powerful Titan IVB configuration. The Titan IVB will fly the 14 missions remaining under this contract. Astronautics also has refurbished 14 decommissioned Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) for use as space launch vehicles and already has successfully launched the first seven of them. "With these contract modifications, the program is now structured to provide for an effective and appropriate transition from Titan to the heavy-lift version of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV)," said Dr. Raymond S. Colladay, president of Lockheed Martin Astronautics. Astronautics is one of two companies developing the new EELV family of rockets in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force. The EELV rockets are being designed to reduce costs, simplify operations and improve the reliability of launch services for the U.S. government and commercial customers worldwide.
Other members of the Titan contractor team and their responsibilities include: Aerojet Propulsion Division - liquid rocket engines; Alliant Techsystems - solid rocket motor upgrade; Litton - Titan II inertial guidance; The Boeing Company - payload fairing; and Honeywell Space Systems, - Titan IV B advanced guidance.
Titan Report From Spacer.Com
Nera Wins ICO Handset and Marine Terminal Contracts
Oslo - October 12, 1998 - ICO has placed an order valued at $25 million to Nera ASA of Norway for the delivery of handsets and marine communications terminals. Delivery is set for the year 2000, in time for ICO's launch of service. |
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