July 28, 2010

J D Harrington Headquarters, Washington
202-358-5241 j d harrington@nasa gov

Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia 757-824-1579 keith a koehler@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-043

NASA SELECTS SOUNDING ROCKETS OPERATIONS CONTRACTOR

WASHINGTON -- NASA selected Orbital Sciences Corp 's, Technical Services Division in Greenbelt, Md , for the agency's Sounding Rockets Operations contract The total value of this indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity cost-plus incentive fee contract is $310 million The period of performance is five years

Orbital Sciences will coordinate and implement NASA's overall Sounding Rockets Program and provide services and supplies as necessary to complete individual missions and projects Services include designing, fabricating, integrating, and performing flight qualification testing of sub-orbital payloads; providing launch vehicles and associated hardware; and conducting various activities associated with subsequent mission launch operations

Additional services to be provided under the contract may also include special engineering and technical support, education and outreach activities, and environmental studies

The majority of the work will be done at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, which manages the agency's sounding rocket program

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