This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to Lockheed Martin Corporation for the Lucy Phase A effort. The contract has a ceiling value of $3,561,202.00 and no set-aside designation.
Under this contract, Lockheed Martin will provide the necessary resources and skills to perform and manage the tasks defined within the statement of work for the Lucy Phase A effort. This includes providing inputs to NASA Goddard to support the Southwest Research Institute's (SwRI) Phase A concept study report on flight system technical, cost, and schedule updates. Lockheed Martin will also support NASA Goddard in the initiation of the Phase B effort, including a transition phase. The contract covers various Phase A review activities such as the implementation review, mission concept review, and final concept study report.
The award is part of the Lucy major program, which is a NASA deep space exploration mission to study Trojan asteroids. Lockheed Martin has subcontracted a portion of the work to Redwire Space Sensors, Inc. for support on guidance, navigation, and control encounter control design and analysis.