Article: NASA Awards 10-Year Launch Services Contracts to Boeing, Lockheed Martin.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

By Kerry Gildea

NASA on Friday awarded Boeing [BA] Delta Launch Services and Lockheed Martin [LMT] Commercial Launch Services contracts to provide launch services for the next 10 years, a deal with a potential total value of $5 billion.

The NASA Launch Services (NLS) contract provides a broad range of launch services for NASA planetary, earth-observing and scientific payloads. The contract is for an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a minimum of one launch service to each contractor, spanning the 10-year period. NASA said it has the ability to order up to a total of 70 launch services under all NLS contracts, bringing the total ...

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