Lockheed Martin Among 9 Companies to Secure NASA’s $24M Lunar Contract

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NASA announced new study contracts aimed at supporting life and work on the lunar surface. The contracts, part of the agency’s Artemis campaign for deep space exploration, were awarded to nine American companies across seven states.

These contracts are under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships Appendix R and will help address challenges in the lunar environment identified in NASA’s Moon to Mars architecture. “These contract awards are the catalyst for developing critical capabilities for the Artemis missions and the everyday needs of astronauts for long-term exploration on the lunar surface,” said Nujoud Merancy, deputy associate administrator, Strategy and Architecture Office at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

The awarded proposals total $24 million and focus on logistics and mobility solutions, including advanced robotics and autonomous capabilities. The companies awarded contracts include:

  • Blue Origin, Merritt Island, Florida – logistical carriers; logistics handling and offloading; logistics transfer; staging, storage, and tracking; surface cargo and mobility; and integrated strategies.
  • Intuitive Machines, Houston, Texas – logistics handling and offloading; and surface cargo and mobility.
  • Leidos, Reston, Virginia – logistical carriers; logistics transfer; staging, storage, and tracking; trash management; and integrated strategies.
  • Lockheed Martin, Littleton, Colorado – logistical carriers; logistics transfer; and surface cargo and mobility.
  • MDA Space, Houston – surface cargo and mobility.
  • Moonprint, Dover, Delaware – logistical carriers.
  • Pratt Miller Defense, New Hudson, Michigan – surface cargo and mobility.
  • Sierra Space, Louisville, Colorado – logistical carriers; logistics transfer; staging, storage, and tracking; trash management; and integrated strategies.
  • Special Aerospace Services, Huntsville, Alabama – logistical carriers; logistics handling and offloading; logistics transfer; staging, storage, and tracking; trash management; surface cargo and mobility; and integrated strategies.

NASA is collaborating with industry, academia, and the international community to develop an evolving blueprint for crewed exploration, focusing on solutions for future missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.