Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle - EMD

Abstract

The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program is a space launch system developed to provide two families of launch vehicles, Delta IV & Atlas V. The program satisfies the government's National Launch Forecast (NLF) requirements. EELV is a launch service, not a weapon system, which is primarily funded with production funds. EELV is responsible for launching government manifested payloads, including those once supported by Titan II, Delta II, Atlas II/III, and Titan IV. Evolved from heritage expendable launch systems and new applications of existing technology, EELV supports military, intelligence, civil, commercial, and international partnership mission requirements. The program has developmental items including: qualification of the extended mission kit, fleet standardization of the RS-68 main engine upgrade, Pre-Planned Product Improvements to ensure sustainability (includes, but is not limited to, secondary payload adaptor standard service, Global Positioning System (GPS) Metric Tracking capability, development of replacement components, flight and ground instrumentation), special studies, and other related support activities. As of 21 August 2007, the EELV Program has formally entered the sustainment phase. As of 31 October 2007, Air Force Space Command formally extended the EELV Program an additional 10 years, from 2020 through 2030. This program element is in Budget Activity 5, System Development and Demonstration, because it supports development and demonstration of the EELV concept leading to deployment of a lower cost expendable launch vehicle system.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Source ID
0604853F_5_3600_PB_2012
Change Summary Explanation
FY12: $15.695M added for an enhanced Flight Termination System that will meet National Security Agency coding standards. The program funding includes overhead reduction efficiencies that are not intended to impact program content. The efficiencies reductions total $0.059M in FY12.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Fixed Price Contracts
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Launch Vehicles
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Space Systems
  • Standardization
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites

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