Definitive Contract 80MSFC22CA005

This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center to Lockheed Martin Corporation for $274,362,203 to provide research and development services related to the production of the Mars Ascent Vehicle Integrated System. The contract has no set-aside designation and covers assembly, integration, and testing of engineering, flight test, flight, and acceptance test models along with spare parts to support NASA's Mars Sample Return mission. Major subcontractors include All Points Logistics, Vacco Industries, Artisan Scientific, Tavis Corp, Mission Systems Orchard Park, Scot Forge Company, BAE Systems, Powell Electronics, Isys, Koda Technologies, Sma, Clearplan, Haigh-Farr, Siemens Government Technologies, Red Canyon Software, and Canvas. This supports the Mars Ascent Vehicle, which is a key component of the proposed Mars Sample Return campaign led by NASA.