SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME IV
NASA RESOURCES 1969-1978
 

Table 5-13. Twenty Largest Contracts During FY 1978 (in millions of dollars)

 

Contractor

Contract Description

Contract Number

FY 1978 Award

Cumulative Awards

.

Rockwell International Corp.

Design, development, testing, and evaluation of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Vehicle, integration of all elements of the Space Shuttle System, and operational planning.

NAS9-14000

666

3,439

Rockwell International Corp.

Design of main engine for the Space Shuttle.

NAS8-27980

188

728

Martin Marietta Corp.

Design, development, testing, and evaluation of the Space Shuttle external tank.

NAS8-30300

78

273

Bendix Corp.

Maintenance and operation of the Space Flight Tracking and Data Network.

NAS5-22880

70

151

Thiokol Corp.

Design, development, testing, and evaluation of the Space Shuttle solid rocket motors.

NAS8-30490

56

168

Lockheed Electronics Co., Inc.

Engineering, scientific, and computing center support services at the Johnson Space Center.

NAS9-15200

55

103

McDonnell Douglas Corp.

Two-year launch capability for Delta Space Vehicles.

NAS5-24317

51

(new contract)

Boeing Services International, Inc.

Ground systems operations in support of launch operations at the Kennedy Space Center.

NAS10-9200

34

44

Hughes Aircraft Co.

Design, development, and testing of a thematic mapper instrument for Landsat-D.

NAS5-24200

27

32

Ford Aerospace and Communications Corp.

Ground data hardware and software systems, engineering, implementation, maintenance, and operations for mission control center.

NAS9-15014

26

55

Planning Research Corp.

Systems engineering design and engineering support services for Space Shuttle program.

NAS10-8525

25

82

General Dynamics Corp.

Material and components for assembly of Atlas and Centaur vehicles.

NAS3-19150

24

43

Rockwell International Corp.

Shuttle orbiter site activation and orbiter/main engine (SSME) flight test operations at the Kennedy Space Center.

NAS10-9100

24

33

McDonnell Douglas Corp.

Procurement of Delta space vehicles and related equipment.

NAS5-24084

24

44

Int'l Business Machines Corp.

Space Shuttle Orbiter Vehicle avionics software development.

NAS9-14444

24

74

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Liquid hydrogen.

NAS8-31034

23

36

Martin Marietta Corp.

Consolidated facilities contract in support of Space Shuttle external tank.

NAS8-30382

21

51

Computer Sciences Corp.

Communications and instrumentation support services at the Kennedy Space Center.

NAS10-9130

19

20

Int'l Business Machines Corp.

Software for the ground-based computing and data processing system.

NAS9-14350

19

49

RCA Corp.

Long lead items for TIROS-N/NOAA A-G follow-on spacecraft.

NAS5-22330

19

62

Source: NASA, Annual Procurement Report (Fiscal year 1977).


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