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.