Three Aerospace Companies Compete For Ares I Work
Three aerospace companies opened a program office Tuesday to compete for work on NASA’s Ares I crew rocket.
ATK Launch Systems, Lockheed Martin Inc. and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne have formed Team Ares and said they will bid to develop the upper stage of the Ares I rocket.
The office is headed by former space shuttle astronaut Jim Halsell, who retired from NASA in November to take over as ATK’s vice president and program manager for Ares upper-stage work. Read more
