yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (01/07/89)
Barbara Selby
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. December 29, 1988
Jerry Berg
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
RELEASE: 88-176
NASA/USBI SIGN BOOSTER CONTRACT EXTENSION
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., and
USBI Co., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., Hartford,
Conn., last week finalized the restructuring of USBI's Space
Shuttle solid rocket booster assembly and refurbishment
contract.
The new contract significantly increases the scope of work.
The extension, effective Sept. 30, 1989, through Sept. 30, 1994,
adds $1 billion to the total contract value for the assembly and
refurbishment of Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters. This brings
the total contract value to $1.6 billion.
The contract modification includes agreements of final costs
and fees for USBI's work in returning the Shuttle to space after
the Challenger accident, including the recertification of all new
designs associated with the boosters. Under the new contract,
USBI will also assume total design responsibility for the aft and
forward booster assemblies. In addition, USBI is assigned the
total technical integration role for the solid rocket boosters,
including the solid rocket motors. The contract also finalizes
delivery costs to NASA of booster flight hardware and mission
support for 64 Shuttle flights starting with Mission 51-J in
October 1985.
The new contract provides for an award fee arrangement. The
original contract was awarded to USBI as an incentive fee contract
in January 1985.
The Marshall Space Flight Center is responsible for
management of the Shuttle's main propulsion elements including the
solid rocket booster, the Space Shuttle main engines and the
external tank.
USBI is located in Huntsville, Ala., with refurbishment and
assembly activities taking place at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.