Lockheed Awarded $6M Increment for Falcon Hypersonic Vehicle Program

Posted on: Dec. 17th, 2007 || Source: DoD | E-mail Article | Print Article

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Palmdale, Calif., was awarded on Dec. 13, 2007, a $6,031,035 increment of a $40,790,279 modification to a previously awarded other transaction for prototypes agreement for phase three of the hypersonic technology vehicle portion of the Falcon program.

Phase three will include fabrication and assembly of two hypersonic technology vehicles to be flight-tested during 2009.
Work will be performed in Palmdale, Calif. (9 percent), King of Prussia, Pa. (79 percent), and Fort Worth, Texas (12 percent), and is expected to be completed in Dec. 2009. Funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is a sole source award.

The contracting activity is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va. (HR0011-04-9-0010/P00032).
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