This $20,570,930 firm fixed price definitive contract was awarded by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center to BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc. to further the design of a low enriched uranium-based nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) engine as part of a three-year technology development project managed by NASA's Game Changing Development program. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Key subcontractors supporting the prime include Atkins Nuclear Solutions US, Inc., Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp, Innovative Technologies International (dba Novatech), Rhenium Alloys Inc., Edison Welding Institute Inc. (dba Buffalo Manufacturing Works), and Southern Research Institute. The overall goal is to determine the feasibility and affordability of an LEU-based NTP engine design with solid cost and schedule confidence.
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