Re:Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to develop unman...
by adastra22 on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @11:46PM
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Oh that's pretty much guaranteed.
Re:Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to develop unman...
by wmf on Thursday April 25, 2024 @01:10AM
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If those are the two lowest bids what else are you going to do?
Re:Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to develop unman...
by adastra22 on Thursday April 25, 2024 @03:30AM
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Tried this kind of contract they don’t award to the lowest bids. There are 3-4 other factors that take higher priority.
Re:Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to develop unman...
by shantara on Thursday April 25, 2024 @07:20AM
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From what I recall from NASA Artemis contracts selection process, all bids are weighted with two parameters in addition to the proposed cost: technical merits of the proposal and the confidence score based on the company's management and previous performance.
Re:Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to develop unman...
by renewiltord on Thursday April 25, 2024 @02:14AM
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That's just one contract. SpaceX will win the rest. ULA is dead. They're being sold for parts.
NASA paid Boeing 4.5 billion and counting, SpaceX 2.6 billion. SpaceX launched astronauts to ISS 7 times, completely fulfilling the original contract, and continues to launch on new contracts with NASA. Meanwhile Boeing has yet to fly a single astronaut and required NASA to pay them extra for their own delays and failures.