AIRLAUNCH AWARDED CONTRACT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE LIFT CAPABILITY.

Info-Prod Research (Middle East), September, 2004

According to the DoD., Airlaunch LLC, Reno, Nev., is being awarded a $4,149,617 increment of a $11,372,342 other transaction for prototypes agreement for phase 2 of the Falcon Small Launch Vehicle (SLV) program to develop and demonstrate an affordable and responsive space lift capability. Work will be performed in Chatsworth, Calif. (30%), Reno, Nev.

(25%), Newport Beach, Calif. (20%), Gurley, Ala. (10%), Purcellville, Va. (10%), and Orlando, Fla. (5%), and will be completed in July 2005. Funds will not expire at the end of this fiscal year. DARPA issued a solicitation in Federal Business Opportunities on May 7, 2004, and 14 proposals were received. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is the contracting activity (HR0011-04-9-0016).