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1. NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE
2. NASA EXTENDS SPACE STATION CARGO INTEGRATION CONTRACT

Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:06:00 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE

August 26, 2009

Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100

Report #C09-040

NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE

HOUSTON -- NASA has awarded a follow-on contract to Computer Science Corp of Fort Worth, Texas, to support the agency's aircraft used for astronaut training and flight research The contract has a potential value of approximately $163 million

Work will be done under the Aircraft Maintenance and Modification Program to provide flight line, intermediate and depot level maintenance, repairs, modifications and engineering support for NASA aircraft The aircraft are used at NASA's Johnson Space Center operations at Ellington Field in Houston and facilities in El Paso, Texas; Edwards Air Force Base, Calif ; NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, Calif ; and NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va

This follow-on continues services provided by Computer Science Corp under a previous contract that was effective March 1, 2004, through Aug 31, 2009 The new contract begins Sept 1, 2009, and continues through Feb 28, 2010 There are two one-year options available to extend the contract, if exercised

For more information on NASA and its programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:30:08 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA EXTENDS SPACE STATION CARGO INTEGRATION CONTRACT

August 26, 2009

Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0602

Report #C09-038

NASA EXTENDS SPACE STATION CARGO INTEGRATION CONTRACT

HOUSTON -- NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems Inc in Houston a one-year contract extension valued at $33 million to provide integration services for cargo delivery to and from the International Space Station

Lockheed Martin has held the station's cargo mission contract since January 2004 The one-year extension will bring the total value of the contract to $381 million

The contract provides cargo packing for delivery to and from the space station, consisting of pressurized and unpressurized science and logistics carriers, assembly hardware and crew support Other contract services include determining the most efficient way to pack cargo, verifying the adequacy of the integrated carriers, packing the pressurized cargo into sub-carriers and returning the cargo to providers once it returns to Earth The contract also provides sustaining engineering for NASA carriers

The extension begins Oct 1, 2009 It is the second of two such options provided for in the original contract

Major subcontractors include Astrium GmbH in Bremen, Germany; Bastion Technologies Inc in Houston; BAE Systems in Fayetteville, Ga ; Futron Corporation in Bethesda, Md ; LZ Technology Inc in Alvin, Texas; MEI Technologies, Inc in Houston; Oceaneering Space Systems in Houston, Rothe Enterprises, Inc in San Antonio; SPACEHAB Inc in Houston; System Studies and Simulation, Inc in Huntsville, Ala ; Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc in Huntsville, Ala ; and United Space Alliance, LLC in Houston The work will be performed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and Kennedy Space Center in Florida

For more information about the space station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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