Intuitive Machines LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $9,490,214 firm-fixed-price contract for the Joint Emergent Technology Supplying On-orbit Nuclear Power (JETSON) Low Power System program. This contract provides for a new spacecraft concept and design description that employs compact radioisotope power system, electric and/or hybrid propulsion and related support systems in critical areas such as power conversion, power management and distribution, on-orbit mobility, thermal regulation, and radiation shielding/electronic hardening. Work will be performed in Hopkins, South Carolina, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 29, 2025. This contract was a competitive acquisition and three offers were received. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $9,490,214 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, is the contracting activity (FA9453-23-C-X010).
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