Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2012-09-28 to 2021-01-31
Current total value of award: $57879141.14
Description: GREEN PROPELLANT INFUSION MISSION THE GREEN PROPELLANT INFUSION MISSION WILL BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY INFUSION FOR GREEN PRO-PULSION TECHNOLOGIES. GPIM WILL BRING GREEN PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY FROM A CURRENT TRL 5 STATE TO A TRL 9 STATE. THE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION MISSION (TDM) IS BROKEN INTO THREE PHASES: BASE PERIOD, OPTION 1 AND OPTION 2. IN THE BASE PERIOD, BOTH A 1N AND A 22N THRUSTER WILL BE MATURED TO FLIGHT READY STATUS. THE THRUSTERS, DESIGNED FOR USE WITH AF-M315E FUEL, WILL BE GROUND TESTED TO SHOW THEY MEET THE FUNCTIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS NEEDED FOR A SMALL SPACECRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM. OPTION I INCLUDES SPACECRAFT BUS ASSEMBLY, INTEGRATION, TEST AND ASSEMBLY INTEGRATION AND TEST OF THE PROPULSION PAYLOAD FLIGHT SYSTEM. OPTION II INCLUDES SYSTEM LEVEL INTEGRATION AND TEST OF THE FULL SPACE VEHICLE, LAUNCH PREPARATION AND OPERATIONS AND FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION OF THE PROPULSION PAYLOAD.