Quick-Reaction Report on the Management of the Titan IV Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade Subcontract.

Abstract

The Air Force's Titan IV is an unmanned, expendable launch vehicle that complements the space shuttle and ensures access to space for certain national security payloads. Martin Marietta's Titan IV Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade (SRMU) subcontract with Hercules is intended to increase reliability, increase performance to launch larger payloads, reduce solid rocket motor cost growth, and eliminate solid rocket motor asbestos and launch waivers. Development and production of SRMU units began in October 1987 with a subcontract price of $ * million for the initial * production units. Despite the original assessments by the Air Force, Martin Marietta and Hercules that SRMU development was low risk, the program has experienced significant technical problems and delays.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 02, 1992
Accession Number
ADA377515

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Launch Vehicles
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Rocket Engines
  • Security
  • Space Shuttles
  • Space Systems
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security
  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Space