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[b]Space and Missile Systems Center awards $3.4 million Small Rocket Program-Orbital contract to Vector Launch of Tucson, Arizona[/b] The U.S. Air Force's Rocket Systems Launch Program office, part of the Space and Missile Systems Center's Launch Enterprise, the nation's number-one launch procurer of choice, awarded a $3.4 million contract to Vector Launch of Tucson, Arizona for the ASLON-45 spacelift mission via RSLP's Small Rocket Program-Orbital framework. The ASLON-45 mission will provide orbital launch services to support the Department of Defense's Space Test Program and other Government agencies, improving DOD's real-time threat warnings. The RSLP office used Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 13.5 Simplified Acquisition Procedures to expedite the award to deliver affordable, innovative capabilities to the warfighter faster. "We awarded this mission in just over three months from Request for Proposal release to contract award," said Lt. Col. Ryan Rose, chief of the Small Launch and Targets Division, located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. "My team is working hard to make future awards even faster and we're using ASLON-45 as part of our building blocks to get to more responsive space launch." This will be the first U.S. Air Force mission for Vector Launch and will be launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The initial launch capability of the ASLON-45 mission is scheduled for the third quarter of 2021. "The Small Rocket Program-Orbital framework provides orbital launch services to academia, DOD, and other Government agencies for operations, research, development, and test missions and is a shining example of SMC's drive to provide innovation and partnership across the Enterprise faster than ever before," said Col. Robert Bongiovi, director of SMC's Launch Enterprise. "These orbital missions, like ALSON-45, can be used to directly support the warfighter and demonstrate new weapon system technologies and concepts." SMC, home to world-class satellite acquisition professionals, is the U.S. Air Force's Center of Excellence for acquiring and developing military space systems. Located at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California, SMC's vast portfolio includes space launch, global positioning, military space vehicle communications, defense meteorological space vehicles, range systems, space vehicle control networks, space-based infrared systems, and space situational awareness capabilities.
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