LOS ANGELES--- Ducommun Incorporated Announces $1.9 Million Contract Award for NASA’s Crew Launch Vehicle Upper Stage
Ducommun Incorporated (NYSE:DCO) today announced that its Ducommun Technologies, Inc. (DTI) subsidiary, through its Miltec business unit, has been awarded a $1.9 million contract to provide upper stage manufacturing demonstration articles for Teledyne Brown Engineering in Huntsville, Alabama. This work is in direct support of the Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV) Upper Stage Program office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. Under the terms of the contract, the Ducommun team will deliver critical pieces for the development phase of the Upper Stage. The team is responsible for two of the early manufacturing demonstrator components, proving out the feasibility of the design, identifying the most efficient manufacturing techniques as well as providing critical material properties for the design teams at Marshall. The two components, gores and spun formed domes, are part of the tank heads, and will provide the critical parameters for future manufacturing of the Upper Stage LOX tanks. The team will couple Miltec’s key strengths in engineering and program management with Ducommun AeroStructures' (DAS) expertise in manufacturing including stretch forming and chemical milling.
Joseph C. Berenato, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ducommun, stated, “We are very pleased to have been awarded this initial contract for a statement of work on the CLV program which is slated to be the replacement vehicle for NASA’s Space Shuttle. This contract award is the first example of our efforts to combine the engineering and program management skills of our Miltec acquisition with the strong manufacturing capabilities of our other Ducommun facilities. We are developing Miltec to become Ducommun’s engineering center of excellence.”
Ducommun Technologies is a leading technology company with design, development, manufacturing, integration, and test capabilities in the areas of missiles, space, sensor, simulations, complex electronic/mechanical assemblies, illuminated cockpit displays, RF systems and space qualified motion control devices.
Ducommun AeroStructures manufactures large, complex structural components and assemblies in aluminum, specialty alloys such as titanium, metal bond and composites for a wide variety of military and commercial aerospace applications.
Founded in 1849, Ducommun Incorporated provides engineering and manufacturing services to the aerospace and defense industry.
Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, is a full-service technology solutions company with core capabilities in technology development, systems engineering, design, prototype development, testing, manufacturing, logistics, and operations and maintenance. These capabilities are applied across a wide range of programs in aerospace, defense, information technology, and environmental engineering. More information about Teledyne Brown Engineering may be found at www.tbe.com.