# Tricor Metals awarded contract for NASA Solar Probe Plus support structure

Tricor Metals has been awarded a contract to build the second-phase prototype and final flight titanium-alloy support structure for NASA's Solar Probe Plus spacecraft. The company also built the first-stage prototype.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-11-24
- Where: United States
- Status: announced
- Products: titanium-alloy support structure for spacecraft
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Tricor Metals](https://endata.com/companies/51418.md)
- [NASA](https://endata.com/companies/6403.md) (customer)
- [Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory](https://endata.com/companies/51419.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [tricormetals.com](https://tricormetals.com/aerospace-welding-fabrication/), 2020-11-24: "Tricor Metals has been awarded the contract to build the 2nd phase prototype and final flight titanium-alloy support structure that will be part of SPP."

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