Enclosure 10 NSROC Historical Data (October 2021).pdf

HISTORICAL DATA

FOR

NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract IV

October 2021

The following data in Tables 1-5 and the corresponding plots are the compilation of 22 years of historical data on the NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract (NSROC), including NSROC I, NSROC II, and NSROC III. The data is shown by fiscal year from 1999 through 2021. The data for 2021 is a full fiscal year through September 30, 2021. Core missions are NASA science missions funded by the Science Mission Directorate (SMD), and reimbursable missions are non-NASA missions or NASA missions funded outside of NASA SMD. The NSRP has an 85% success rate metric for mission success set by NASA Headquarters.

Table 1. NASA Sounding Rockets Program Historical Mission Data

Launch Rate Success Rate Mission Complexity Level (MCL)

Fiscal Year Missions Initiated

Missions in Progress

(MIP)

Number of

Launches Number of Core

Number of Reimbursable

Number of Vehicle Failures

Number of Experiment

Failures

MCL1

Failures

MCL2

Failures

MCL3

Failures

MCL4

Failures

MCL1

Success

Rate

MCL2

Success

Rate

MCL3

Success

Rate

MCL4

Success

Rate

Vehicle Success

Rate

Experiment Success

Rate MCL 1

MCL

2 MCL 3 MCL 4 Other Total

N

SR

O C

I

1999 19 46 23 23 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 100.0% 90.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 95.7% 4 10 5 4 0 23

2000 28 52 16 16 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 100.0% 90.0% 50.0% 100.0% 87.5% 81.3% 1 10 4 1 0 16

2001 20 56 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 2 6 2 1 1 12

2002 28 72 27 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 10 13 3 1 0 27

2003 11 56 27 23 4 1 3 2 1 0 0 80.0% 80.0% 100.0% 100.0% 96.3% 88.9% 10 5 11 1 0 27

2004 15 43 26 26 0 1 6 2 2 1 1 50.0% 83.3% 88.9% 0.0% 96.2% 76.9% 4 12 9 1 0 26

2005 40 58 19 11 8 2 3 0 2 0 1 100.0% 88.2% N/A 0.0% 89.5% 84.2% 1 17 0 1 0 19

2006 19 58 22 8 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% N/A 100.0% 100.0% 3 14 5 0 0 22

2007 11 47 18 18 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 50.0% 100.0% 85.7% 66.7% 100.0% 83.3% 2 6 7 3 0 18

2008 21 50 13 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% N/A 100.0% 100.0% 2 4 5 0 2 13

2009 18 55 17 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 3 3 9 2 0 17

2010 13 51 18 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 8 5 4 1 0 18

N

SR

O C

II

2011 20 53 13 12 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 100.0% 100.0% 75.0% 0.0% 92.3% 84.6% 4 2 4 1 2 13

2012 8 48 21 20 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 100.0% 100.0% 87.5% 100.0% 100.0% 95.2% 4 6 8 2 1 21

2013 18 45 19 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 6 1 11 1 0 19

2014 20 46 12 12 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 100.0% 100.0% 80.0% 100.0% 91.7% 91.7% 1 4 5 1 1 12

2015 18 53 20 16 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 100.0% 75.0% 100.0% 100.0% 95.0% 95.0% 5 4 6 3 2 20

2016 17 49 13 13 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 100.0% 80.0% 100.0% 50.0% 92.3% 84.6% 2 5 3 2 1 13

N

SR

O C

II

I

2017 15 51 15 13 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 100.0% 100.0% 85.7% 100.0% 93.3% 93.3% 1 4 7 1 2 15

2018 21 57 19 14 5 2 3 0 0 3 0 100.0% 100.0% 57.1% 100.0% 89.5% 84.2% 4 5 7 1 2 19

2019 20 58 17 16 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 100.0% 100.0% 83.3% 100.0% 100.0% 94.1% 1 5 6 5 0 17

2020 10 52 7 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0.0% 100.0% 100.0% N/A 85.7% 85.7% 1 2 4 0 0 7

2021 16 60 14 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 1 5 5 3 0 14

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

N u m b er o f La u n ch es

Fiscal Year

Number of Launches

Reimbursable

Core

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

N u m b er o f La u n ch es

Fiscal Year

Number of Launches (Core+Reimbursable)

Number of Launches

Linear (Number of Launches)

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

N u m b er o f La u n ch es

Fiscal Year

Number of Launches (Core Only)

Core Missions

Linear (Core Missions)

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

N u m b er o f La u n ch es

Fiscal Year

Number of Launches (Reimbursable Only)

Reimbursable Missions

Linear (Reimbursable Missions)

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

N u m b er o f M is si o n s

Fiscal Year

Number of Missions Initiated (Core+Reimbursable)

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

N u m b er o f M is si o n s

Fiscal Year

Number of Missions in Progress (Core+Reimbursable)

75.0%

80.0%

85.0%

90.0%

95.0%

100.0%

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Su cc es s

R at e

Fiscal Year

NSROC - Success Rate

Vehicle Success

Experiment Success

Linear (Vehicle Success)

Linear (Experiment Success)

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

N u m b er o f M is si o n s

Fiscal Year

Mission Complexity Level 1

MCL1

Linear (MCL1)

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

N u m b er o f M is si o n s

Fiscal Year

Mission Complexity Level 2

MCL2

Linear (MCL2)

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

N u m b er o f M is si o n s

Fiscal Year

Mission Complexity Level 3

MCL3

Linear (MCL3)

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021N u m b er o f M is si o n s

Fiscal Year

Mission Complexity Level 4

MCL4

Linear (MCL4)

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021N u m b er o f M is si o n s

Fiscal Year

Mission Complexity Level (DRPAs or PTOs)

Other

Linear (Other)

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

N u m b er o f M is si o n s

Fiscal Year

Mission Complexity Levels

MCL1

MCL2

MCL3

MCL4

Other

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

N u m b er o f M is si o n s

Fiscal Year

Mission Complexity Levels

Other

MCL4

MCL3

MCL2

MCL1

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

To ta l L au n ch es

Fiscal Year

Cumulative Total Launches Since 1999 by Mission Complexity Level (MCL)

MCL1

MCL2

MCL3

MCL4

Table 2. NASA Sounding Rockets Program Historical Launch Site Data

Launch Site

Fiscal Year WSMR WFF PFRR ARR KWAJ SWEDEN HAWAII SVAL SNI Total

N

SR

O C

I

1999 11 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 23

2000 7 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 16

2001 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12

2002 8 4 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 27

2003 6 11 7 0 0 2 0 1 0 27

2004 7 4 0 1 14 0 0 0 0 26

2005 8 4 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 19

2006 17 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 22

2007 5 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 18

2008 4 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13

2009 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 17

2010 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 18

N

SR

O

2011 2 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 13

2012 8 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 21

2013 8 6 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 19

2014 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12

2015 9 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 20

2016 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13

N

SR

O C

II

I

2017 4 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 15

2018 8 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 19

2019 4 3 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 17

2020 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7

2021 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14

1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021

N u m b er o f La u n ch es

Fiscal Year

Launch Location

SNI

SVAL

HA

WAII

SWE

DEN

KWA

J

Table 3. NASA Sounding Rockets Program Historical Vehicle Data

Vehicle Type

Fiscal Year 12.xxx 21.xxx 30.xxx 27.xxx 29.xxx 31.xxx 33.xxx 35.xxx 36.xxx 39.xxx 40.xxx 41.xxx 42.xxx 45.xxx 46.xxx 47.xxx 48.xxx 49.xxx 51.xxx 52.xxx Total

N

SR

O C

I

1999 0 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23

2000 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16

2001 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12

2002 1 1 6 0 0 2 3 0 6 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27

2003 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 6 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27

2004 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26

2005 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19

2006 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22

2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18

2008 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13

2009 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17

2010 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18

N

SR

O

2011 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13

2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 5 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 21

2013 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 6 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 19

2014 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12

2015 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 20

2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 13

N

SR

O C

II

I

2017 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15

2018 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19

2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 17

2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7

2021 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 14

Table 4. NASA Sounding Rockets Program Vehicle Definitions

Vehicle Definitions

Vehicle Number Vehicle Name 1st stage 2nd stage 3rd stage

4th stage

12.xxx Test Vehicle Varies Varies Varies Varies

21.xxx Black Brant V Black Brant

27.xxx Nike-Black Brant Nike Black Brant

29.xxx Terrier-Malemute Terrier Malemute

30.xxx Improved Orion Improved Orion

31.xxx Nike-Orion Nike Standard Orion

33.xxx Taurus-Orion Taurus Standard Orion

35.xxx Black Brant X Terrier Black Brant Nihka

36.xxx Black Brant IX Terrier Black Brant

39.xxx Black Brant XI Talos Taurus Black Brant

40.xxx Black Brant XII Talos Taurus Black Brant Nihka

41.xxx Terrier - Improved Orion Terrier Improved Orion

42.xxx Terrier - Lynx Terrier Lynx

45.xxx Oriole II Terrier Oriole

46.xxx Terrier-Improved

Malemute Terrier Improved Malemute

47.xxx Oriole III-A Terrier Oriole Nihka

48.xxx Oriole III Talos Terrier Oriole

49.xxx Oriole IV Talos Terrier Oriole Nihka

51.xxx Black Brant XI-A Talos Terrier Black Brant

52.xxx Black Brant XII-A Talos Terrier Black Brant Nihka

1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021

N u m b er o f La u n ch es

Fiscal Year

Vehicle Type

52.

xxx 51.

xxx 49.

xxx 48.

xxx 47.

xxx 46.

xxx 45.

xxx 42.

xxx 41.

xxx 40.

xxx 39.

xxx

Table 5. NASA Sounding Rockets Program Annual Rocket Motor Usage Rates

Average Annual Motor Usage Rates

Motor Source

Motor Name

NSROC 1

(FY99-

FY10)

NSROC

(FY11-

FY16)

NSROC

(FY17-

FY22)

Surplus Talos 1.5 1.7 1.2

Surplus Taurus 2.0 0.7 0.0

Surplus Nike 0.8 0.0 0.0

Surplus Terrier 12.1 14.8 13.0

Surplus Standard

Orion 0.9 0.0 0.0

Surplus Improved

Orion 7.3 3.7 1.4

Surplus Lynx 0.3 0.2 0.0

Surplus Malemute 0.3 0.0 0.2

Surplus Improved Malemute 0.1 2.2 2.0

Commercial Black Brant 9.5 9.0 9.8

Commercial Oriole 0.2 1.0 0.0

Commercial Nihka 1.7 1.2 1.2

Talos 4% Taurus

5%

Nike 2%

Terrier 33%

Standard Orion 3%

Improved Orion 20%

Lynx 1%

Malemute 1%

Improved Malemute

0%

Black Brant 26%

Oriole 0%

Nihka 5%

Average Annual Motor Usage (NSROC 1)

Talos

Taurus

Nike

Terrier

Standard Orion

Improved Orion

Lynx

Malemute

Improved Malemute

Black Brant

Oriole

Nihka

Talos 5%

Taurus 2% Nike

0%

Terrier 43%

Standard Orion 0%

Improved Orion 11%

Lynx 1%

Malemute 0%

Improved Malemute

6%

Black Brant 26%

Oriole 3%

Nihka 3%

Average Annual Motor Usage (NSROC 2)

Talos

Taurus

Nike

Terrier

Standard Orion

Improved Orion

Lynx

Malemute

Improved Malemute

Black Brant

Oriole

Nihka

Talos 4%

Taurus 0%

Nike 0%

Terrier 45%

Standard Orion

0% Improved Orion

5% Lynx 0%

Malemute 1%

Improved Malemute 7%

Black Brant 34%

Oriole 0%

Nihka 4%

Average Annual Motor Usage (NSROC 3)

Talos

Taurus

Nike

Terrier

Standard Orion

Improved Orion

Lynx

Malemute

Improved Malemute

Historical data on the incumbent technical workforce is provide in Table 6 below. The incumbent management and administrative (M&A) approach including functional management positions, and administrative categories (including business office and secretarial positions) have been removed. The time period provided is from August 2019 through July 2020 and from August 2020 through July 2021.

For information on the labor rates for union labor categories, please reference the Collective Bargaining

Agreement located in the eLibrary. The data for the approximate years of NSROC experience was provided by the Government and obtained through the NASA IdMax system, when affiliation began with the NSROC contract. The data is incomplete as several NSROC employees (approximately 12% of the workforce) were working on the NSROC contract before the IdMax system was in use. For the remainder of the historical data provided by the Government, the right most column called “Category

Hist. Data” groups the incumbent labor categories into functional areas that are used in the rest of this document. Table 7 further outlines the functional area categories for the historical data.

Table 6. Historical Labor Categories, FTE, Unburdened Hourly Rates, and Approximate Years of NSROC

Experience

Labor Categories

Team FTEs

(08/19- 07/20)

Weighted Avg.

Unburdened

Hrly Rate (08/19-07/20)

Team FTEs

(08/20- 07/21)

Weighted Avg.

Unburdened

Hrly Rate (08/20-07/21)

Approximate Years of

NSROC

Experience*

Category Hist.

Data

Configuration Management Specialist 0.40 $ 35.54

0.00 $ 35.76

>17

Electrical Engineer, Jr. 7.52 $ 38.23 8.94 $ 40.84 2.8

Electrical Engineer, Mid 0.00 $ - 0.77 $ 46.54 7

Electrical Engineer, Sr. 6.42 $ 63.68 6.80 $ 63.12 29.8 7

Electrical Technician, Engineering 1.91 $ 42.22

3.19 $ 35.35

3.7

Environmental Test Technician 0.50 $ 28.80

0.51 $ 29.19

<1

Environmental Test Technician, Sr. 0.79 $ 40.55

0.73

$ 42.31

20.5

Flight Performance Engineer, Jr. 0.79 $ 37.36

0.95 $ 41.75

Flight Performance Engineer, Mid 1.86 $ 43.41

2.02 $ 43.21

Flight Performance Engineer, Sr. 1.11 $ 52.36

1.03 $ 55.14

GN&C Engineer, Jr. 1.96 $ 40.48 1.95 $ 41.68 9.5 8

GN&C Engineer, Mid 3.83 $ 48.66 3.77 $ 51.85 8

GN&C Engineer, Sr. 4.83 $ 60.42 5.06 $ 61.13 17.5 8

GN&C Technician 1.89 $ 31.17 1.77 $ 31.90 1.7 8

GN&C Technician, Sr. 2.75 $ 39.74 2.74 $ 40.75 11 8

Intern/Co-op 4.50 $ 27.39 7.22 $ 28.48 N/A 15

Launch Vehicle Engineer, Jr. 1.99 $ 36.70

2.24 $ 39.55

3 10

Labor Categories

Team FTEs

(08/19- 07/20)

Weighted Avg.

Unburdened

Hrly Rate (08/19-07/20)

Team FTEs

(08/20- 07/21)

Weighted Avg.

Unburdened

Hrly Rate (08/20-07/21)

Approximate Years of

NSROC

Experience*

Category Hist.

Data

Launch Vehicle Engineer, Mid 0.74 $ 46.40

0.90 $ 48.12

Launch Vehicle Engineer, Sr. 1.92 $ 53.69

2.20 $ 53.87

Logistician 0.16 $ 33.45 0.13 $ 35.00 7.6 14

Logistician Manager 0.03 $ 42.33

0.01

$ 46.17

Mechanical Engineer, Jr. 7.25 $ 36.45 9.58 $ 37.10 2.2 6

Mechanical Engineer, Mid 3.49 $ 41.56

4.02 $ 41.83

11.7

Mechanical Engineer, Sr. 0.27 $ 50.23 0.42 $ 51.79 13 6

Mechanical Technician, Engineering 0.66 $ 30.69

0.71 $ 33.31

Mission Manager 5.36 $ 61.97 4.27 $ 61.67 9.4 4

Program Administrator 1.09 $ 28.31 1.01 $ 28.54 10.7 3

Quality Assurance Technician, Sr. 0.78 $ 25.55

0.91

$ 26.77

S&MA Manager 0.18 $ 60.04 0.16 $ 61.96 >17 2

Safety Engineer 1.55 $ 39.39 1.76 $ 42.52 2.8 9

Safety Engineer, Sr. 0.53 $ 46.23 0.00 $ 46.23 12 9

Production Supervisor 0.05 $ 52.90 0.0 $ 52.90 >17 2

Supervisor, Engineering 3.10 $ 61.85 3.16 $ 62.12 14.3 2

CNC Technician Journeyman 13.52 Union

12.32 Union 13.4

Developmental Metalsmith 2.54 Union

2.58 Union >17

Electronic Technician Journeyman 12.64 Union

8.96 Union 5.9

Electronic Technician I 7.21 Union 6.12 Union 8 12

Electronic Technician II 2.71 Union 1.94 Union 12

Equipment Custodian 0.37 Union 0.12 Union 3 14

Launch Vehicle Technician 4.40 Union

4.18 Union

5.8

Launch Vehicle Technician I 0.00 Union

0.00 Union

Launch Vehicle Technician II 4.59 Union

3.27 Union

Machinist Maintenance 0.40 Union 0.13 Union 13 11

Maintenance Technician 3.30 Union 0.52 Union 1 11

Material Clerk 0.68 Union 0.20 Union 4.5 14

Labor Categories

Team FTEs

(08/19- 07/20)

Weighted Avg.

Unburdened

Hrly Rate (08/19-07/20)

Team FTEs

(08/20- 07/21)

Weighted Avg.

Unburdened

Hrly Rate (08/20-07/21)

Approximate Years of

NSROC

Experience*

Category Hist.

Data

Mechanical Technician, Production 6.78 Union

9.08 Union 6.3

Stock Technician, Sr. 0.25 Union 0.11 Union 12 14

Welder 1.07 Union 0.94 Union 3 11

TOTAL = 130.69 129.41

Notes:

FTE’s are from periods (08/20 – 07/21) Avg rates last adjusted 3/21 FTE data excludes administrative categories including business office and secretarial functions.

FTE data excludes functional management positions.

Union category rates can be found in the CBA

*Note on Approximate Years of NSROC Experience: The Government has incomplete records of years of experience for all NSROC employees. Data was pulled from the NASA IdMax system for when affiliation with the NSROC contract started; however, some NSROC employees started before the IdMax system was used and therefore have more years of experience on the NSROC contract than the IdMax system reflects.

Table 7. Category Descriptions for Historical Data

Category Number Category Description

1 Management

2 Technical Leads

3 Business and Administrative

4 Mission Operations

5 Flight Performance Engineering

Mechanical Engineering, Launcher Systems, and Environmental Testing (T&E)

7 Electrical Engineering

8 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineering

9 Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance

10 Launch Vehicle Engineering

11 Mechanical Fabrication

12 Electrical Fabrication

13 Launch Vehicle Fabrication

14 Logistics and Stock

15 Interns and Co-Ops

Historical data on select areas of Management and Administration is provided in Table 8 below. The incumbent management approach including functional management positions, and administrative categories (including business office and secretarial positions) have been removed and each Offeror will need to propose its own hours based on its approach for these areas. The functional area categories correspond with the data given in Tables 6 and 7. For the remainder of the

SOW areas in Management and Administration not provided below, each Offeror will need to propose its own hours based on its approach.

Table 8. Summary of Historical Partial Management & Administration Labor Hours (Reference SOW 2.1)

2.1.3 Program Implementation Functional Area Categories

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Total Hours

SOW Reference SOW Description Management Technical

Leads

Business

Admin Mission

Ops FP Eng

ME,

LS,

T&E Elec Eng

GN&C

Eng

S&MA,

Quality

LV

Eng

Mech Fab

Elec Fab

LV

Fab

Logistics and

Stock

Interns and Co- Ops

2.1.3.1 & 2.1.3.2 Facilities & Government Property TBP 1,652 TBP * 0 3,651 171 92 456 294 3,912 1,163 441 14,774 0 26,605 + TBP

2.1.3.4 Information Technology TBP 2,159 TBP * 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 2,191 + TBP

2.1.3.5 Training and Certification TBP 45 TBP * 16 730 339 222 996 171 1,203 1,634 433 227 31 6,046 + TBP

2.1.3.6.1 Ground and Flight Safety Implementation for Range and Launch Operations TBP 0 TBP * 0 0 0 0 241 0 1 2 0 0 0 244 + TBP

TOTAL = TBP 3,856 TBP * 16 4,386 510 314 1,693 465 5,115 2,826 874 15,001 31 35,086 + TBP

* = Included in Technical Leads TBP = To be proposed

Historical data on all NSROC IV Development and Routine Project Assignments (DRPA) are provided in Table 9 below. The incumbent management approach including functional management positions, and administrative categories (including business office and secretarial positions) have been removed and each Offeror will need to propose its own hours based on its approach for these areas. The functional area categories correspond with the data given in Tables 6 and 7.

Table 9. Summary of Historical DRPA Labor Hours (Reference SOW 2.2, Table 3)

DRPA Work Orders and Labor Hours (Reference SOW 2.2, Table 3)

Functional Area Categories

0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Total Hours

Number Work Order Name Management Technical

Leads Business & Admin

Mission Ops FP Eng

ME, LS,

T&E Elec Eng

GN&C

Eng

S&MA,

Quality LV Eng

Mech Fab Elec Fab LV Fab

Logistics and

Stocks

Interns and Co-

Ops

1 F-10 Stock Inventory TBP 591 TBP * 4 756 2,598 1,197 2,465 2,704 12,321 11,123 3,309 1,371 72 38,511 + TBP

2 Vehicle Hardware Inventory TBP 222 TBP * 0 622 5 0 4 404 43 23 8 0 106 1,437 + TBP

Office Supplies and Shop

Consumables TBP 0 TBP * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 + TBP

Standard Sounding Rocket Sub- System Support - Flight Systems TBP 494 TBP * 51 352 577 2,918 57 1,948 805 472 0 0 1 7,675 + TBP

Mission Feasibility Study and

Planning Activities TBP 36 TBP * 5 59 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 105 + TBP

6 Outreach TBP 133 TBP * 49 59 18 79 3 44 16 3 22 1 118 544 + TBP

7 Internship Program TBP 19 TBP * 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,744 7,764 + TBP

8 SRPO Graphics Support TBP 2 TBP * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 + TBP

9 Research and Development TBP 1,485 TBP * 1,161 1,184 4,586 4,164 16 322 0 0 0 0 638 13,556 + TBP

10 Ground Support Equipment (GSE) TBP 213 TBP * 0 173 785 2,224 59 438 201 118 0 0 8 4,219 + TBP

NSRP Mission Formulation (MIC-

RDM) TBP 1,018 TBP * 688 1,474 601 292 414 72 0 0 0 0 0 4,558 + TBP

TBP 4,213 TBP * 1,958 4,679 9,171 10,875 3,017 5,936 13,387 11,739 3,339 1,372 8,686 78,371 + TBP

* = Included in Technical Leads category

Historical data on sounding rocket missions by mission complexity level (MCL) for a ten-year period between 2010 and 2020 (NSROC II and NSROC III contracts) is given in the figure below along with Table 10. Missions under the NSROC II contract were all IDIQ task orders and were categorized by mission complexity levels 1-4 and a +/- 20% variance could be applied to each mission task order depending on mission requirements. Missions under the NSROC III contract are all under the core contract mission model. NSROC III missions are categorized as mission complexity levels 1-4 with no variance percentages or variance factors. The historical data for the NSROC II missions were normalized to remove any variances, meaning if there was a MCL4 mission assigned with a +20% variance factor, the Government used 80% of the total MCL4 hours charged for the historical data to normalize it back to a MCL4 with no variances. Because the NSROC III missions do not have any variances, the actual mission labor hour data was used without any modifications. The historical data includes both reimbursable and NASA funded Science Mission Directorate (SMD) missions. Reimbursable missions are categorized by mission complexity levels 1-4 as well as NASA science missions. On average 1-2 reimbursable missions are launched each year with 3-4 reimbursable missions in work at any given time at different mission phases.

The incumbent management approach including functional management positions, and administrative categories (including business office and secretarial positions) have been removed and each Offeror will need to propose its own hours based on its approach for these areas. The functional area categories correspond with the data given in Tables 6 and 7. The historical data given in Table 10 is breakout of the total technical labor hours for each MCL by functional area given as a percentage of labor hours.

Table 10. Summary of Historical Mission Data - Percentage of Total Technical Labor Hours by Functional Area and Mission Complexity Level (MCL)

Functional Area Categories - Percentage of Total Technical Labor Hours

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Total Mission

Complexity Level Management Technical Leads Business &

Admin Mission

Ops FP Eng

ME, LS,

T&E Elec Eng GN&C Eng

S&MA,

Quality LV Eng Mech Fab Elec Fab LV Fab

Logistics and Stock

Interns and Co-

Ops

MCL 1 TBP 1% TBP TBP 6% 14% 15% 3% 2% 3% 22% 21% 11% 1% 0% 100%

MCL 2 TBP 3% TBP TBP 4% 6% 17% 19% 4% 8% 15% 17% 8% 1% 0% 100%

MCL 3 TBP 1% TBP TBP 4% 12% 17% 14% 3% 4% 18% 20% 7% 1% 0% 100%

MCL 4 TBP 1% TBP TBP 4% 15% 17% 14% 2% 2% 17% 21% 6% 1% 0% 100%

Note: In the above table, all management, business administration, and mission operations hours have been removed prior to calculation of percentage of technical labor hours.

Variance Factors (Reference SOW 3.1):

The variance factors are defined as:

• Enhanced (E) indicating increased effort over the standard MCLs. Increased scope can include extensive hardware fabrication, significant changes to a re-fly payload, development of new complex designs or mission-specific requirements, or implementation of an extensive testing/qualification program. Enhanced activity may often result in increased and new capabilities to be utilized by the NSRP. There will be two levels – E1 and E2.

• Remote (R) indicating the mission is to be conducted at a remote range location. Remote operations include the challenges of additional planning, logistical support, enhanced ground support equipment (GSE) requirements, labor, increased travel, and extended field operations.

• Second Attempt (SA) meaning a repeat of integration, testing, and launch operations for a mission that was unable to be launched due to reasons such as science and weather conditions. This designation includes hardware shipping to/from the launch site, re-integration work, re-testing work, travel, and typical support for launch operations.

• Quality (Q) indicates increased level of Quality Assurance (QA) or financial tracking/reporting imposed by the customer. This will usually occur on a reimbursable mission.

Based on the Government’s analysis of historical missions, the variance factor percentages are given as historical data in Table 11. The historical percentages for variance factors are a percentage on labor hours only, not a percentage of total mission cost.

Table 11. Summary of Historical Variance Factors – Percentage of Total Technical Labor Hour Percentage

Variance Factor Percentage

Enhanced 1 (E1) 10%

Enhanced 2 (E2) 20%

Remote (R) 5%

Second Attempt (SA) 20%

Quality (Q) 5%