NASA Awards Space Program Operations Contract
Posted on: Monday, 2 October 2006, 18:00 CDT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded a letter contract valued at $1.1 billion for the first six months to United Space Alliance (USA), LLC, of Houston. When definitized, it will result in a four-year contract through Sept. 30, 2010, to cover Space Shuttle Program operations.
Efforts under the Space Program Operations Contract include work and support for mission design and planning; software development and integration; astronaut and flight controller training; system integration; flight operations; vehicle processing, launch and recovery; vehicle sustaining engineering; flight crew equipment processing; and Space Shuttle and International Space Station-related support to the Constellation Program. It is a cost reimbursement contract, with provisions for award and performance fees.
Work in support of this contract is performed at USA's facilities in Houston; Huntsville, Ala.; Kennedy Space Center, Fla.; major subcontractor facilities in Huntington Beach, Calif.; Houston; and Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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CONTACT: Grey Hautaluoma, Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-358-0669, orKyle Herring of Johnson Space Center, Houston, +1-281-483-5111, both of NASA
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Source: PRNewswire
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