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   Mission Description:

     National security requirements dictate a continuing, highly reliable means of placing critical DoD satellites into required orbits. The Titan IV system can launch the largest of these satellites into near-earth or geosynchronous orbits from either the east or west coast launch facilities. Titan IV has several configurations: No Upper Stage (NUS), Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), and Centaur; also the Titan IVB, with solid rocket motor upgrade (SRMU) and new avionics and ground support to meet reliability and increased performance requirements. The program is acquiring 41 Titan II and IV launch vehicles.





Key Program Factors:

Program provides continuing integration support to the payload community, as well as continuing engineering support to maintain system characterization and reliability

Since 1994, the Titan IV program has also included funding for Titan II engineering costs, payload integration, and Government costs

Acquisition Service and Category: Air Force, ACAT-1D

A new acquisition strategy transitions from the current 41-vehicle development/production and payload integration contracts to new contracts designed to improve cost accountability, correct contract discrepancies, and define the total effort to complete the program. This strategy combines Titan II and IV production, storage, launch pad maintenance and deactivation, launch operations, anomaly resolution, development and hardware requalification, payload integration and program studies to save costs by maximizing use of resources and eliminating duplication.

 

     Major contractors:

Lockheed Martin Aerodynamics and Astronautics, Denver, CO (prime); Aerojet, Sacremento, CA, (liquid rocket engine [LRE]); McDonnell Douglas, Huntington Beach, CA (payload fairing); Alliant TechSystems, Magna, UT (SRMU); United Technologies, San Jose, CA ( SRM); Honeywell, Clearwater, FL (avionics).

 



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