Bechtel Corporation is an engineering, construction, and project management company that supports the space industry through infrastructure development. They are currently involved in NASA's Artemis program, specifically designing, building, testing, and commissioning the Mobile Launcher 2 for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Bechtel also partners with organizations like the Colorado School of Mines and Missouri Science & Technology on in-space manufacturing projects. Their work contributes to enabling human space missions to the Moon and Mars.
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NASA’s prime contractor network for the Moon Base program includes Aerojet Rocketdyne, Axiom Space, Bechtel, Blue Origin, Boeing, Amentum, Jacobs, Lockheed Martin, Maxar Space Systems, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX.
Bechtel selected Sidus Space to manufacture additional cables in support of the NASA Mobile Launcher 2 contract for the Artemis missions.
Bechtel selected Sidus Space to manufacture additional cables in support of the NASA Mobile Launcher 2 contract for the Artemis missions.
NASA awarded a contract to Bechtel in 2019 to design and build Mobile Launcher 2.
Bechtel Corporation selected Sidus Space to manufacture cables for the NASA Mobile Launcher 2 project.
Bechtel’s estimate projected completing Mobile Launcher 2 in October 2025 followed by more than a year of testing and preparations before it would be ready for the Artemis 4 launch.
Bechtel underestimated the scope and complexity of designing and building Mobile Launcher 2 and significantly underestimated costs for equipment, supplies, and labor hours.
Bechtel is building Mobile Launcher 2 for NASA to support launches of the Space Launch System Block 1B beginning with Artemis 4.
Bechtel’s estimate of the cost at completion for Mobile Launcher 2 increased to $960,100,000 as of February, equal to 2.5 times the original contract value.
NASA awarded Bechtel nearly half of the $16,800,000 in award fees for which it was eligible through September 2021 despite problems with Mobile Launcher 2 development.
NASA awarded Bechtel a $383,000,000 cost-plus contract in June 2019 to design and build Mobile Launcher 2 for delivery in March 2023.
The audit attributed more than 70% of Mobile Launcher 2’s cost increase and 60% of its schedule delay to poor contractor performance by Bechtel.
NASA selected Bechtel in June 2019 to build Mobile Launcher 2 with a contract that had an original value of $383,000,000 over 44 months.
On 2022-01-27, NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel recorded that the agency had sent a second "letter of concern" to Bechtel requesting a response by 2022-02-01 and that NASA was considering changes to the structure and management of the Mobile Launcher 2 contract.
NASA awarded a single design-build contract for ML-2 to Bechtel to handle both the design and construction of the platform.