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Raytheon Selected For NASA Project Constellation Engineering Team
Raytheon has been selected by NASA to participate in a six-month study team to define various system requirements and design the architecture for the agency's Project Constellation Moon-to-Mars program. Raytheon, led by engineers at its Missile Systems business, received a nearly $1 million contract for the Concept Exploration and Refinement (CER) work, which could extend beyond the initial six-month award period. "Raytheon is pleased to be selected for the team that will help shape this national space exploration priority. Our company has demonstrated its capabilities in systems engineering and integration, and we can apply our expertise in large system integration, hardware development, inserting technology upgrades and mission assurance to space exploration," said Louise Francesconi, Missile Systems' president. "Our company has a long history of developing and producing affordable systems with sustainable deployment. This is a major systems engineering challenge, and Raytheon is offering a 'system of systems' approach, drawing from across our company to meet the challenge," said Michael Booen, Missile Systems' vice president of Advanced Missile Defense programs. The CER contract provides the first opportunity for Missile Systems to serve NASA as a prime contractor. Other Raytheon businesses perform work on a variety of space agency programs, including US National Polar-orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), the James Webb Space Telescope and the Mars Rover. For this CER effort, Missile Systems will lead a team that will help NASA define the requirements for the Moon-to-Mars mission, spanning all elements from the crew transport launch system, long-duration habitation and surface resources to propulsion systems, navigation, communications links. The team also will consider spiral development upgrades that will take Project Constellation from human space flight in low Earth orbit to extended duration lunar exploration to human exploration on Mars' surface. Other Raytheon businesses participating in the effort include Raytheon Technical Services Company, Network Centric Systems, Space and Airborne Systems and Intelligence and Information Systems. Related Links Raytheon SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 
NASA Says Safety Governs Shuttle's Return
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 1, 2004Inside a hangar on the grounds of NASA's Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., groups of white-clad technicians swarm over a huge winged aircraft. Much of the machine is cloaked by scaffolds and access ramps, but one can easily make out a black-painted name on its side: Discovery.
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