NASA Awards Contract for X-59 Community Overflight Operations
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company of Palmdale, California, to provide support for the community overflight response phase of the agency's Low-Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD) mission, part of the Integrated Aviation Systems Program in the agency's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate.
The contract is awarded through the agency's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity price contract has a total value of $40 million and a performance period that runs through Dec. 14, 2025.
The contract will provide extra structural components and subsystems for the X-59 aircraft as a risk-reduction strategy to minimize downtime for the airplane during high-tempo operations.