Contractors And Small Businesses Invited To Participate In SLS Industry Day

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, agency procurement officials, and Space Launch System Program managers will meet with contractors and small business entrepreneurs September 29 for the Space Launch System Industry Day at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration in Huntsville, AL. NASA will brief industry representatives on the agency's acquisition strategy for the Space Launch System program and provide an overview of the program, its organization and specific vehicle requirements.

The presentation takes place from 0755 to 1215 CDT during the Marshall Space Flight Center's quarterly Small Business Alliance Meeting. It will provide small business leaders a forum to discuss opportunities with representatives of NASA and large prime contractors.

Marshall is leading design and development of the Space Launch System for NASA. The new heavy-lift launch vehicle will take astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit and enable new exploration missions across the solar system. The first full-scale SLS test flight is targeted for 2017.

NASA Industry Day speakers will include Garver; Marshall Center Director Robert Lightfoot; Glenn Delgado, associate administrator of NASA's Office of Small Business Programs in Washington; Todd May, director of NASA's Space Launch System Program Office; Kim Whitson, deputy director of Marshall's Office of Procurement; and Earl Pendley, manager of the Space Transportation Support Office in Marshall's Office of Procurement.

FMI: www.nasa.gov/sls