NASA to Brief Industry on Space Launch System Procurement

Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington

Headquarters, Washington                                        

Daniel Kanigan

Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.

WASHINGTON -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, agency procurement officials, and Space Launch System Program managers will meet with contractors and small-business entrepreneurs Sept. 29 for the Space Launch System Industry Day at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration in Huntsville, Ala.

NASA will brief industry representatives on the agency's acquisition strategy for the Space Launch System program and provide an overview of the program, its organization and specific vehicle requirements. The event takes place from 7:55 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. CDT during the Marshall Space Flight Center's quarterly Small Business Alliance Meeting. It will provide small business leaders a forum to discuss opportunities with representatives of NASA and large prime contractors.

Media representatives interested in attending Industry Day should contact Dan Kanigan at 256-544-0034 no later than 4 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, Sept. 28. The Davidson Center is located at One Tranquility Base in Huntsville.

Marshall is leading design and development of the Space Launch System for NASA. The new heavy-lift launch vehicle will take astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit and enable new exploration missions across the solar system. The first full-scale SLS test flight is targeted for 2017.

NASA Industry Day speakers will include Garver; Marshall Center Director Robert Lightfoot; Glenn Delgado, associate administrator of NASA's Office of Small Business Programs in Washington; Todd May, director of NASA's Space Launch System Program Office; Kim Whitson, deputy director of Marshall's Office of Procurement; and Earl Pendley, manager of the Space Transportation Support Office in Marshall's Office of Procurement.

To view Industry Day live on NASA TV's education channel visit http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html.

For information about NASA's Space Launch System development effort, visit http://www.nasa.gov/sls.

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