Dynetics

As of 30 April 2020 Dynetics won a $253 million 10 month NASA contract to look into their Dynetics Human Landing System to land on the Moon.

External link: https://www.dynetics.com/

The Dynetics Human Landing System concept includes a single element providing the ascent and descent capabilities, with multiple modular propellant vehicles prepositioned to fuel the engines at different points in the mission. The crew cabin sits low to the surface, enabling a short climb for astronauts entering, exiting, or transporting tools and samples. The DHLS systems supports both docking with Orion and with Gateway, and will get a fuel top-off before descending to the surface. After the surface expedition, the entire vehicle will return for crew transfer back to Orion.

Dynetics Human Lander

The system's crew module is designed to accommodate two crew members for nominal missions from lunar orbit to the lunar surface and back, including surface habitation for about a week. Alternatively, it can ferry up to four suited crew members to or from the lunar surface.

The Dynetics Human Landing System is rocket-agnostic, capable of launching on a number of commercial rockets.

The Leidos Dynetics team

The experienced team of partners and subcontractors include:

Thales Alenia Space Italy

Draper Laboratory

Sierra Nevada Corporation

Oceaneering International

Paragon Space Development Corporation

United Launch Alliance

Dynamic Concepts Inc.

Maxar Technologies

Creare LLC

Craig Technologies Inc.

L3Harris Technologies Inc.

ILC Dover

Sierra Lobo Inc.

JBS Solutions

All Points LLC

Cepeda Systems & Software Analysis Inc.

Victory Solutions Inc

Astrobotic Technology

ATA Engineering Inc.

Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation

Bionetics Corporation

APT Research Inc.

Space Exploration Engineering

Osare Space Consulting Group

Tuskegee University