NASA Announces Test and Evaluation Contract

WASHINGTON, March 1 /PRNewswire/ — NASA has awarded a three-year, $162.5 million contract to Jacobs Sverdrup of Tullahoma, Tenn., for test and evaluation support at the agency’s Johnson Space Center White Sands Test Facility near Las Cruces, N.M.

Two one-year extension options could bring the contract’s total value to $270.9 million. The completion form and indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract is effective May 1.

Jacobs Sverdrup will provide services to support White Sands’ missions, including propulsion, materials and component testing, and depot activities.

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