Air Force Contract (3)
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Lockheed Martin Corp., Denver, Colo., and The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, Calif., are each being awarded a $500,000,000 fixed-government contract which will implement the development phase of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV). EELV will significantly reduce the government cost of space launch and enhance the nation's ability to compete in the future international commercial launch market. The contractors will each complete an EELV system prototype project including: completion of launch vehicle development, establishment of a manufacturing capability, construction and/or modification of launch site infrastructure, launch site activation and effort required to conduct two successful EELV launches. The Request for Proposal (RFP) was released electronically, and there were two proposals received. Expected contract completion date is Sept. 30, 2002. Solicitation issue date was June 19, 1998. Negotiation completion date was Oct. 2, 1998. Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-98-9-0004, Lockheed Martin; F04701-98-9-0005, The Boeing Company).
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Subject: Business
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Year: 1998
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Air Force Contract (2)
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McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $10,199,974 face value increase to a firm-fixed-price contract to definitize incorporation of the Automatic Communication Processor and the Multiband Radio into seventy-six C-17 aircraft. Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-96-C-2059-P00049).
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Year: 1998
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