Jul 14 2008
From The Space Library
Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of United Technologies, filed a protest with GAO requesting a review of a contract award to design spacesuits for the Constellation Program. Along with its partner, ILC Dover of Frederica, Delaware, Hamilton Sundstrand sought to clarify the reasons NASA had awarded the contract to Oceaneering International of Houston, Texas, and its partner, David Clark. Hamilton Sundstrand had been the sole supplier of spacesuits to NASA from the 1960s until NASA’s award of the most recent contract. The new contract specified the production of 109 extra vehicular activity (EVA) suits, including 24 lunar suits. It was valued at US$184 million for the initial phase through September 2014, with options through 2018, which could place the total contract value at US$562 million.
J. Lynn Lunsford, Hamilton Files Protest on NASA Spacesuit Decision,” Wall Street Journal, 16 July 2008; Stephen Singer for Associated Press, “Hamilton Sundstrand Protests NASA Contract,” 16 July 2008.
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