On July 20, 2022, Goodyear announced they would join Lockheed Martin and General Motors and develop tires for the LTV drawing from its advanced airless tire technology. announced they would work with Lockheed Martin and General Motors to integrate MDA’s commercial robotic arm technology on their planned human-rated lunar mobility vehicles. On May 26, 2021, Lockheed Martin and General Motors announced they would be teaming up to design a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) for NASA capable of transporting astronauts across the lunar surface.Proposals įive proposals for a Lunar Terrain Vehicle have been publicly unveiled since NASA's initial request. On May 26, 2023, NASA officially released its services request for the Lunar Terrain Vehicle with proposals due on Jand a contract award scheduled for November 2023. On January 27, 2023, NASA published an update stating that it anticipated that the LTVS Final RFP release will be delayed until no-later-than May 26, 2023. The draft was open for feedback until December 1, 2022, with a planned Final RFP release date of on or about February 8, 2023, a proposals due date approximately 30 days later, and an anticipated contract award date of on or about July 19, 2023. On Nov 2, 2022, NASA issued a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for the LTV as a service (LTVS). NASA also asked if American companies are interested in providing the LTV as a commercial service, or as a product NASA would purchase and own. On August 31, 2021, NASA released another request to private companies for additional input on approaches and solutions for a vehicle to transport Artemis astronauts around the lunar south pole. NASA also stated in the request that they want the new LTV to draw on recent innovations in electric vehicle energy storage and management, autonomous driving, and extreme environment resistance.” On February 6, 2020, NASA issued a request, seeking industry feedback on relevant state-of-the-art commercial technologies and acquisition strategies for a new Lunar Terrain Vehicle. The LTV will be the first crewed lunar rover developed by NASA since the Lunar Roving Vehicle used during the Apollo program. The development of the LTV is a part of NASA's Artemis Program which involves returning astronauts to the Moon, specifically the lunar south pole, by 2025, but the LTV will not fly until Artemis V in 2029 at the earliest. The Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) is an unpressurized rover being developed by NASA that astronauts can drive on the Moon while wearing their spacesuits.
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