In 2022 and 2023, NASA awarded Collins Aerospace two job orders below the company’s xEVAS (Exploration Extravehicular Exercise Companies) contract. The primary task order was to ship a subsequent technology spacesuit and spacewalking system for potential use on the International Space Station with a base worth of $97.2 million. The second task order was to advance extra spacesuit capabilities with a base worth of $5 million.
After a radical analysis, NASA and Collins Aerospace have mutually agreed to descope the prevailing job orders on the Collins Exploration Extravehicular Exercise Companies contract. This descope consists of ending the Worldwide House Station swimsuit demonstration, which was focused for 2026. No additional work shall be carried out on the duty orders. This motion was agreed upon after Collins acknowledged its growth timeline wouldn’t help the house station’s schedule and NASA’s mission goals.
This alteration to the xEVAS contract has no impression on NASA’s spacewalking capabilities on the house station. Collins will proceed to help NASA’s EMU (Extravehicular Exercise Mobility Unit) spacesuit and is dedicated to supporting house station’s ongoing spacewalking capabilities by way of the prevailing Extravehicular House Operations Contract.
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