Dynetics, a subsidiary of Leidos, is an American applied science and information technology company headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, that serves the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the United States Intelligence Community, and NASA. Within the space industry, Dynetics focuses on providing flexible flight hardware development, including propulsion systems, small satellite development, and system integration, offering solutions from prototypes to human-rated systems. They were also selected by NASA to develop a Human Landing System for the Artemis program.
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NASA completed certification baseline reviews with Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX on 2020-10-22, confirming lander development plans and agreed standards.
Three companies—Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX—are working on lunar lander designs under 10-month base period awards NASA made in April 2020.
NASA’s current funding for the Human Landing System covers the base period of awards made in April 2020 to Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX through February 2021.
NASA planned to select in early 2021 one or more of the three companies working on the Human Landing System—Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX—to proceed into full-scale lander development.
For the initial 2024 landing mission, the Dynetics lander launch will be followed by two additional Vulcan Centaur launches whose Centaur upper stages will transfer propellant to the lander.
Dynetics completed both a systems requirements review and a certification baseline review for the lander as early milestones in its $253,000,000 HLS contract from NASA.
Dynetics plans to schedule the Vulcan Centaur launches on 14- to 20-day centers, roughly two to three weeks apart, to mitigate cryogenic propellant boiloff.
Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX won Human Landing System awards from NASA in April to develop lunar landers for the Artemis missions.
A team led by Dynetics won a separate Human Landing System award valued at $253,000,000.
Dynetics received a $253,000,000 HLS award.
At the end of April, NASA awarded lunar lander contracts to Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX to mature their designs over the following 10 months before selecting one or more for full development.
NASA issued Human Landing System awards on 2020-04-30 to teams led by Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX.
The Dynetics-led team, with more than 25 subcontractors, received a $253,000,000 HLS award.
Dynetics announced on 2019-12-17 that it would be acquired by Leidos in a $1,650,000,000 all-cash deal.
A Dynetics job posting seeks project engineers, systems engineers, test engineers, electrical/mechanical engineers, stress/structural engineers, and analysts to support development of a Human Lander System aimed at returning humans to the Moon by 2024.
Dynetics is supporting Maxar Technologies in building the Power and Propulsion Element of NASA’s Lunar Gateway space station.
Leidos is acquiring Dynetics for $1,650,000,000.
Leidos expects to borrow $1,000,000,000 to $1,100,000,000 to finance the Dynetics acquisition and will use cash on hand and cash flow before closing to complete the purchase.
Dynetics is expected to add roughly $1,000,000,000 in annual revenue to Leidos in 2020 without upsetting Leidos’ low rate of capital expenditures.
Dynetics was selected to develop small satellites for U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command under a program named Gunsmoke-L.