Defense contractor Raytheon has been selected by NASA to participate in a six-month study team to define various system requirements and design the architecture for the agency’s Project Constellation Moon-to-Mars program.
Raytheon, led by engineers at its Missile Systems business, received a nearly $1 million contract for the Concept Exploration and Refinement work, which could extend beyond the initial six-month award period, the company, which has a facility in Portsmouth, RI, said.
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The contract provides the first opportunity for Raytheon’s Missile Systems to serve NASA as a prime contractor. Missile Systems will lead a team that will help NASA define the requirements for the Moon-to-Mars mission, spanning all elements from the crew transport launch system, long-duration habitation and surface resources to propulsion systems, navigation, communications links. The team also will consider development upgrades that will take Project Constellation from human space flight in low Earth orbit to extended duration lunar exploration to human exploration on Mars’ surface, Raytheon said.
