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NASA has awarded a three-month extension with two three-month options, for a total of nine months, on a contract with Computer Sciences Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas, to provide aircraft maintenance and modification support. The extension, including all options, is valued at $46.6 million. The Aircraft Maintenance and Modification Program contract provides for the continuity of services for flight line, intermediate and depot level maintenance, repairs, modifications and engineering...
HOUSTON, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded a three-month extension with two three-month options, for a total of nine months, on a contract with Computer Sciences Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas, to provide aircraft maintenance and modification support. The extension, including all options, is valued at $46.6 million. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The Aircraft Maintenance and Modification Program contract provides for the...
Aeronautics researchers at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center recently completed flight tests of a unique experimental jet engine inlet design in the Channeled Center-body Inlet Experiment, or CCIE. The experimental inlet was checked out on NASA Dryden's F-15B aeronautics research test bed aircraft, which continues to be an innovative and cost-effective tool for flight test of advanced propulsion concepts. The CCIE project's primary research objective was to define the airflow through...
Arcata wins 2011 NASA Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year. It is the second time in four years that Arcata has received this prestigious honor. Edwards, CA (PRWEB) December 27, 2011 Arcata Associates, Inc. received NASA’s 2011 Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year Award for its work on the Research Facilities and Engineering Support Services (RF&ESS) contract at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), Edwards, Calif. It is the second time in four years that...
Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California's high desert, where NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center is located, was selected as the initial primary landing site for the space shuttles because of the safety margin presented by Rogers Dry Lake and its long runways, one of which stretches 7.5 miles. It was also the location of the approach and landing tests of the prototype shuttle Enterprise in 1977 that proved the bulky, high-drag shuttle could be safely maneuvered to a precise landing on...
NASA is inviting journalists to tour and learn more about the world's largest airborne astronomical observatory on Thursday, Sept. 22, from 12 to 2 p.m. EDT at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a highly modified Boeing 747SP aircraft fitted with a 100 inch (2.5 meter) diameter telescope, is making a rare appearance on the East Coast after a deployment to Germany. Media will hear from NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, Leland...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA is inviting journalists to tour and learn more about the world's largest airborne astronomical observatory on Thursday, Sept. 22, from 12 to 2 p.m. EDT at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a highly modified Boeing 747SP aircraft fitted with a 100 inch (2.5 meter) diameter telescope, is making a rare appearance on...
NASA has selected seven companies to integrate and fly technology payloads on commercial suborbital reusable platforms that carry payloads near the boundary of space.As part of NASA's Flight Opportunities Program, each successful vendor will receive an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. These two-year contracts, worth a combined total of $10 million, will allow NASA to draw from a pool of commercial space companies to deliver payload integration and flight services. The...
Arcata employees Richard Batchelor, Richard Dykstra, Lori Losey, and Michael Webb, received NASA Space Flight Awareness Awards for their work on NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Research Facilities and Engineering Support Services (RF&ESS) contract. Edwards, CA (PRWEB) June 07, 2011 Arcata Associates employees "“ Richard Batchelor, Richard Dykstra, Lori Losey, and Michael Webb were recently honored by the agency's Space Flight Awareness Program for outstanding support of...
NASA has awarded five indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity sole source contracts to Aerospace Corp. of El Segundo, Calif., for specialized engineering, evaluation and test services. These five cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts will support eight NASA centers and have a total maximum value of $ 658.25 million. The period of performance is from the date of award thru Nov. 30, 2018.Under the contracts, Aerospace shall provide technical products and services to NASA Headquarters in Washington for...
