Rocket Lab USA, Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: SB152-008
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $99,964
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- SB152-008
- Solicitation
- 2015.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CO
- Period
- 2015-09-30 → 2016-06-30
Description
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. proposes to develop and demonstrate how the use of the Electron launch vehicle either as an upper stage in support of the XS-1 program or dedicated small launch vehicle could employ the use of Automated Flight Termination (AFTS) technologies to reduce the cost of access to space without adversely impacting public safety. Providing the launch opportunity to obtain flight telemetry from Rocket Lab's initial test flight will enable the development of a ruggedized AFTS for future DARPA, NASA and commercial launch campaigns.