Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations Program edit
The Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations Program is an initiative by NASA to support work on commercial space stations that the agency hopes to have in place by the end of the current decade to replace the aging International Space Station.[1]
On December 2, 2021, NASA made agreements with three groups of companies worth over $400 million to advance development of commercial space stations. The largest award for $160 million, went to a team led by Nanoracks with Voyager Space Holdings and Lockheed Martin for the "Starlab" space station that could be ready by 2027. A second award for $130 million, went to a team led by Blue Origin that includes Boeing, Redwire, Sierra Space, and others for its Orbital Reef space station that aims to enter service by the late 2020s. The third award for $125.6 million, went to Northrop Grumman for a proposed station based on the company’s work on the Cygnus cargo spacecraft, Mission Extension Vehicle satellite servicing program, and the Habitation and Logistics Outpost module for NASA's Lunar Gateway.[2][3]
References edit
- ^ "Commercial Destinations Development in LEO". NASA. March 25, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ "NASA Selects Companies to Develop Commercial Destinations in Space". NASA. December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ "NASA awards funding to three commercial space station concepts". spacenews.com. December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
ACES II edit
- Links (ACES II)
- "Goodrich Celebrates 29 Years of Helping Save Lives with Advanced Concept Ejection Seats". Goodrich.com
References (ACES II) edit
Antonov An-112KC edit
(was at User:Fnlayson/Antonov An-112KC)
- Links (An-112KC)
Joint Lift edit
Program history edit
Joint Heavy Lift edit
- "US heavy-lift aircraft will stretch state of the art". Jane's
- US heavy-lift helicopter concepts are revealed, Jane's
- DoD gives go-ahead to Joint Heavy Lift concept study, Jane's
- "Joint Heavy Lift Aircraft Would Meet Future Requirements"
- "Seeking Tomorrow's Heavy Lifter"
- "US Army picks Joint Heavy Lift concept vehicles"
- "The World Rotorcraft Market, 2006-2015"
- OSTR and JHL on globalsecurity.org
- [http://www.allbusiness.com/human-resources/employee-development-leadership/963444-1.html
- [http://www.defense-update.com/products/j/JHL.htm
- [http://hill6.thehill.com/business--lobby/house-language-could-create-friction-over-chopper-programs-2005-06-01.html
- "Joint Heavy Lift Program: Breakthrough, Borg, or Backwater?" defenseindustrydaily.com
- Army RDT&E Budget, see p. 6
- Mounted Vertical Maneuver
Joint Future Theater Lift edit
JHL moved under Joint Future Theater Lift around April 2008.
- Joint Heavy Lift (JHL) on defense-update.com
- "The Program Formerly Known as Joint Heavy Lift"
- "USAF, Army Merge Heavy-Lift Efforts"
- "U.S. Army Extends JHL Concept Studies"
- "Intraservice Wrangling Over JFTL Continues"
- "ONR, U.S. Army Partner On Joint Heavy Lift"
- "Joint Heavy Lift Gets 11th-Hour Reprieve"
- "Inter-Service Rivalry Surrounds Joint Heavy Lift Aircraft Program"
- "Joint Heavy Lift programme faces two-year, up to $70 million funding gap"
- "Pentagon Sheds Some Light on JFTL Effort". Defense News (some light, or very little)
- Mind the Gap
- JFTL RFI posting
Review/check edit
(for future use)