Common Contracts

ANNEX BETWEEN

July 21st, 2021

• Filed
  July 21st, 2021

Under this Annex, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“NASA”) Glenn Research Center (“GRC”) will perform environmental testing on the Advanced Electric Propulsion System (“AEPS”) Power Processing Unit (“PPU”) hardware supplied by Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. (“Partner” or “Aerojet”). This activity is consistent with the purpose set forth in Article 2 of the Space Act Umbrella Agreement (No. SAA3-1639) between the Parties (the “Umbrella Agreement”) for the Partner to develop, build, and test aerospace components using NASA GRC’s goods, services, facilities, and/or equipment to advance Aerojet’s interests; the AEPS PPU is a piece of sophisticated aerospace technology that will be tested for Aerojet’s benefit using NASA GRC’s unique facilities and expertise. This activity is also consistent with NASA’s mission in that it will help facilitate in general the advancement of PPU technology, which is anticipated to be used in future NASA endeavors as the Agency pursues higher power