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 awarded SpaceX the Human Landing System contract in 2021 over Blue Origin’s and Dynetics’ proposals.
Leidos' Dynetics team was awarded the Lonestar contract in 2018.
The Government Accountability Office determined that SpaceX required 16 launches overall for a Starship lunar lander mission in its rejection of protests by Blue Origin and Dynetics of the Starship HLS award in 2021.
Both Blue Origin and Dynetics received funding from NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) Appendix N effort in September 2021 to mature technologies such as engines for their landers.
Rocket Lab was selected by Dynetics (Leidos) to provide hypersonic test launch capability under the Multiservice Advanced Capability Test Bed (MACH-TB) project awarded by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense.
Rocket Lab was selected by Dynetics to provide hypersonic test launch capability under the Multiservice Advanced Capability Test Bed (MACH-TB) project awarded by Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense.
A Dynetics-led team submitted a proposal for NASA’s Sustaining Lunar Development competition on 2022-12-07.
Blue Origin and Dynetics each received awards in September 2021 from NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships Appendix N effort to support work on future lunar landers.
Leidos acquired Dynetics in 2019 and gained significant expertise in sensor satellites and payloads through that acquisition.
Dynetics will work with the National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL) and a team of more than 20 partners across industry, small businesses, national laboratories, and academia to develop and execute MACH-TB.
Dynetics developed, tested, integrated, and delivered the Lonestar tactical space support vehicle through the Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration (D3I), Domain 1 task order for $9,000,000 including a one-year on-orbit demonstration.
Work on the Lonestar program took place at Redstone Arsenal and the Dynetics campus in Huntsville.
In the original HLS Option A competition, a team led by Blue Origin bid $6,000,000,000 while Dynetics submitted a proposal that bid more than $6,000,000,000.
Dynetics works on NASA, U.S. military, and commercial space programs in Huntsville.
In 2020, Leidos acquired Dynetics and L3Harris’ Security Detection and Automation Systems division.
Northrop Grumman’s CLD concept is being developed with Dynetics and is designed so a single launch could place in orbit a facility able to support four people with the ability to expand.
Blue Origin filed suit on 2021-08-16 after the Government Accountability Office rejected protests from Blue Origin and Dynetics to NASA’s HLS award.
The Government Accountability Office rejected Blue Origin’s protest and also rejected a similar protest filed by Dynetics three months after April 2021.
Dynetics received an Appendix N award of $40,800,000.
The Gremlins Program Prime is in partnership with Kratos’ strategic partner Dynetics.