MAJOR SPACECRAFT CONTRACTORS
August 9, 1961, through November 7, 1962
Principal Contractor - Spacecraft
Potential
Value of
Contract
(in
Company System millions)
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North American Aviation, Inc., Command and $900
Space and Information service modules
Systems Division
Subcontractors
Aerojet-General Corp. Service module $ 28.423
propulsion motor
Avco Corp. Ablative heatshield $ 22.462
Beech Aircraft Corp. Supercritical gas $ 4
storage system
Collins Radio Co. Communications and data $ 96.996
Garrett Corp., Environmental control $ 44.735
AiResearch Mfg. Co. system
Lockheed Propulsion Co. Launch escape and $ 9.702
pitch control motors
Marquardt Corp. Reaction control motors $ 19.593
(service module)
Minneapolis-Honeywell Stabilization $104.064
Regulator Co. and flight control
Northrop Corp., Earth landing system $ 10.486
Ventura Division
Thiokol Chemical Corp., Escape system $ 2.629
Hunter-Bristol Division jettison motors
United Aircraft Corp., Space suit $ l.550
Hamilton Standard Division
United Aircraft Corp., Fuel cell $ 43.531
Pratt & Whitney
Aircraft Division
Guidance and Navigation
Massachusetts Institute Management of guidance $ 71
of Technology, and navigation
Instrumentation Laboratory development
General Motors Corp., Inertial platform and $ 44.545
AC Spark Plug Division associated ground
support equipment
Kollsman Instrument Co. Optical subsystems $ 10
Raytheon Co. Onboard guidance $ 15
computer
Sperry Rand Corp., Accelerometers $ 0.747
Sperry Gyroscope Division
Lunar Excursion Module
Grumman Aircraft Lunar excursion module Undeter-
Engineering Corp. mined
