April 13, 2010

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

H Keith Henry Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va 757-864-6120 h k henry@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-025

NASA SELECTS COMPANIES FOR AEROSPACE VEHICLE R&D CONTRACTS

HAMPTON, Va -- NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va , has selected five companies to provide the agency with support for analytical and experimental research and technology development, primarily for aerospace vehicles

The companies are Analytical Services & Materials, Inc of Hampton, Va ; ATK Space Systems of Beltsville, Md ; The Boeing Company of Huntington Beach, Calif ; Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company of Palmdale, Calif ; and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of El Segundo, Calif

The Structures, Materials, Aerodynamics, Aerothermodynamics, and Acoustics Research and Technology contract is valued at up to $400 million over five years

The new multiple award contract will provide durability, damage tolerance and reliability; structural mechanics and concepts; structural dynamics, aeroelasticity; nondestructive evaluation; configuration aerodynamics; computational modeling and simulation; flow physics and control; aircraft and spacecraft noise prediction and control; aerothermodynamics; and multidisciplinary interactions, analysis, optimization and trade studies The contract will support work at Langley and other NASA centers

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