Program manager Greg Spanjers: 'DoD is very interested in the ability to deliver the cargo anywhere on Earth to support humanitarian aid and disaster relief'
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force awarded SpaceX a $102 million five-year contract to demonstrate technologies and capabilities to transport military cargo and humanitarian aid around the world on a heavy rocket.
The contract is for the rocket cargo program, a new project led by the Air Force Research Laboratory to investigate the utility of using large commercial rockets for Department of Defense global logistics.
Greg Spanjers, rocket cargo program manager, said in a statement to SpaceNews that the contract formalizes a government-industry partnership to help “determine exactly what a rocket can achieve when used for cargo transport, what is the true capacity, speed, and cost of the integrated system.”
The contract, awarded Jan. 14, was not announced by the Air Force and was first reported by AviationWeek.com.
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