May 29, 2009

Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth dickey-1@nasa gov

Rachel Prucey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif 650-604-0643 rachel l prucey@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-025

NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR AIRSPACE CONCEPT EVALUATION SYSTEM

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected the Raytheon Company of Waltham, Mass , to receive an Airspace Concept Evaluation System, or ACES, follow-on contract valued at $29 million

This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract that begins June 1 The base contract lasts two years and has three one-year options

Under the terms of the contract, the company will provide research support to the Airspace Systems Program of NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate for the design of advanced air traffic management concepts and software, and development and maintenance for the ACES system-wide modeling and simulation tool The principal objectives of this research are to enhance, extend and integrate the ACES's high fidelity analyses and scenario development of Next Generation Air Transportation System air traffic management concepts and capabilities

The work will be performed at the Raytheon Company's facility in Marlborough, Mass , at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif , and under subcontracts at the following locations: Aerospace Computing Inc in Mountain View, Calif ; Intelligent Automation Inc in Rockville, Md ; Mosaic ATM Inc in Leesburg, Va ; PDA Associates in Wayland, Mass ; and Sensis Corporation in Campbell, Calif

For more information about NASA's aeronautics research programs, visit:

http://www aeronautics nasa gov

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