Applied Aerospace Structures lands cargo spacecraft deal - San Francisco Business Times:

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Stockton-based Applied will do the workfor ORB) of Dulles, Va., which got the originalo contract from NASA earlier this year. Orbitapl is spending $150 million on the demonstration project, and NASA is putting in $170 Applied Aerospace will build and test partd used in the Cygnus which is designed to move arounr once in orbit and ferry cargo to the space NASA hopes this new system will be readhy to go soon aftee space shuttles are retired in 2010. Orbital Sciences hopes to demonstrate its cargo delivery which will use a new Tauruds IIrocket (which Applied is also workinyg on), in the fourth quarter of 2010.
If NASA approvews the system, it could fly “several” missions in 2011 and up to eight a year in 2012and 2013. Applie d Aerospace Structures has about 240 workers and started businessin 1956. It used to be named Parsonse of California and started out making rotor bladesfor helicopters. Earlier this month, the company bough 10 acres to add to its existing14