NASA To Add $375M to Lockheed's Orion Contract for Delta 4 Test

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NASA intends to add $375 million to Lockheed Martin Space Systems' $6.4 billion Orion space capsule contract so that the company can procure a Delta 4 rocket to power a 2014 test flight of the next-generation crew vehicle. In a procurement notice posted online Jan. 6, NASA said it intends to make a sole source award to Lockheed Martin for Exploration Flight Test (EFT)-l by modifying the Denver-based company's existing contract to build Orion, a craft also known as the Multi-Purpose Grew Vehicle (MPCV). Lockheed, won the Orion contract in 2006 as part of the now-canceled Constellation Moon- destination program. NASA spokesman Michael Braukus, in response to a Space News email query, said that Lockheed had been cleared by the agency to begin work on ETF-1 as of Dec. 21.