Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
Start Date
23-4-1996 2:00 PM
End Date
23-4-1996 5:00 PM
Description
In a press conference last year, the Secretary of the Air Force, Dr. Sheila E. Widnall stated, “Award of the EELV contracts, is the first step in our nation’s long quest to reduce the cost of space launch.”l The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program represents a national commitment to significantly reduce the cost of space launch. While the space launch mission is being adequately accomplished from an operational perspective today with our existing fleet of launch systems, expendable launch systems (which include Titan II, Delta II, Atlas II and Titan IV space launch vehicles) and the Space Transportation System (Space Shuttle), it is not being accomplished cost effectively. Looking beyond the horizon and into the future, a fully reusable system appears to be the low-cost solution to fulfilling the nation’s space launch mission. The EELV program, then, serves as a more affordable bridge between current space launch boosters and the future promise of fully reusable systems. The focus of the EELV program is affordability. As a designated Air Force Lead Program for acquisition reform, affordability will be achieved through the synergy of innovative contractor system design solutions and innovative government management processes. This presentation will address unique features of the EELV acquisition strategy, the program’s recognition and consideration of commercial requirements, cost savings and benefits the government expects to accrue , and increased national competitiveness in the international market place.
Paper Session I-B - Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
In a press conference last year, the Secretary of the Air Force, Dr. Sheila E. Widnall stated, “Award of the EELV contracts, is the first step in our nation’s long quest to reduce the cost of space launch.”l The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program represents a national commitment to significantly reduce the cost of space launch. While the space launch mission is being adequately accomplished from an operational perspective today with our existing fleet of launch systems, expendable launch systems (which include Titan II, Delta II, Atlas II and Titan IV space launch vehicles) and the Space Transportation System (Space Shuttle), it is not being accomplished cost effectively. Looking beyond the horizon and into the future, a fully reusable system appears to be the low-cost solution to fulfilling the nation’s space launch mission. The EELV program, then, serves as a more affordable bridge between current space launch boosters and the future promise of fully reusable systems. The focus of the EELV program is affordability. As a designated Air Force Lead Program for acquisition reform, affordability will be achieved through the synergy of innovative contractor system design solutions and innovative government management processes. This presentation will address unique features of the EELV acquisition strategy, the program’s recognition and consideration of commercial requirements, cost savings and benefits the government expects to accrue , and increased national competitiveness in the international market place.
Comments
Space Business Aspects In A Commercial Market
Session Chairman: Janice Bellucci, President, Star Corporation, Attorney for Selected Aerospace States
Session Organizer: Jay Gurecki