Article 31. Indemnification and Insurance
(A) Contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless Purchaser, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, and its subcontractors (if any), their respective officers, employees, agents, servants and assignees, or any of them (collectively “Purchaser Indemnitees”), from any direct or indirect loss, damage, liability and expense (including reasonable attorneys fees), on account of loss or damage to property and injuries, including death, to all persons, including but not limited to employees or agents of Contractor, Subcontractors and the Purchaser Indemnitees, and to all other persons, arising from any occurrence caused by any negligent act or omission or willful misconduct of Contractor, Subcontractors or any of them.
At Contractor’s expense, Contractor shall defend any suits or other proceedings brought against the Purchaser Indemnitees on account thereof, and shall pay all expenses and satisfy all judgments which may be incurred by or rendered against them, or any of them, in connection therewith.
Contractor shall have the right to settle any claim or litigation against which it indemnifies hereunder. Further, the Purchaser Indemnitees shall provide to Contractor such reasonable cooperation and assistance as Contractor may request to perform its obligations hereunder.
(B) Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless Contractor, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, its Subcontractors, their respective officers, employees, agents, servants and assignees, or any of them (collectively “Contractor Indemnitees”), from any direct or indirect loss, damage (including damage to property and injuries, including death), liability and expense (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred by any third party (including employees or agents of Purchaser and Contractor Indemnitees) and arising from any occurrence caused by any negligent act or omission or willful misconduct of Purchaser, its officers, employees, agents, consultants, servants and assignees.
In addition, Purchaser shall waive any claim against and shall indemnify and hold harmless Contractor Indemnitees from any direct or indirect loss, damage (including damage to property and injuries, including death), liability and expense incurred by any third party and arising from use, operation or performance of any Spacecraft after Intentional Ignition, including as a result of modification or improvements made by Purchaser.
Purchaser shall, at Purchaser’s expense, defend any suits brought against Contractor Indemnitees referred to above and shall pay all expenses and satisfy all judgments which may be incurred by or rendered against them, or any of them, in connection therewith. Purchaser shall have the right to settle any claim or litigation against which it indemnifies hereunder. Further, Contractor Indemnitees shall provide to Purchaser such reasonable cooperation and assistance as Purchaser may request to perform its obligations hereunder.
(C) Contractor shall, at its own expense, provide and maintain insurance which shall cover all WIP (including all Purchaser’s property while in Contractor’s custody) against physical loss or damage on an “all risks” property insurance basis, including coverage for
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