Feb 10, 2011

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

RELEASE: 11-042

NASA ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2010 GEORGE M LOW AWARD FOR QUALITY

WASHINGTON -- NASA presented its premier honor for quality and performance, the George M Low Award, to four companies that share a commitment to teamwork, technical and managerial excellence, safety and customer service

The Low award demonstrates the agency's commitment to promote excellence and continual improvement by challenging NASA's contractor community to be a global benchmark of quality management practices

The 2010 awards were presented Thursday at NASA's eighth annual Project Management Challenge in Long Beach, Calif to:

-- Jacobs Technology Inc of Houston Jacobs provides space systems engineering; science, operations and maintenance; and manufacturing services to NASA's Johnson Space Center's Engineering and Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science directorates in Houston Jacobs received the award in the large business service category

-- ATK Aerospace Systems Group, of Salt Lake City ATK produces solid rocket propulsion systems and supports human and space payload missions at Johnson; the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala ; Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md ; Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif ; and Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va ATK received the award in the large business product category

-- Analytical Mechanics Associates, or AMA Inc of Hampton, Va AMA provides aerospace engineering services in multiple disciplines at Langley and the NASA Engineering and Safety Center in Hampton, Va , and NASA's Dryden Flight Research in Edwards, Calif AMA received the award in the small business service category

-- Neptec Design Group Ltd of Ottawa Neptec develops machine vision products that operate in hostile space environments in support of the Space Shuttle Program at Johnson Neptec received the award in the small business product category

The award was established in 1985 as NASA's Excellence Award for Quality and Productivity It was renamed in 1990 in memory of George M Low, an outstanding leader with a strong commitment to quality products and workforce during his 27-year tenure at the agency Low was NASA's deputy administrator from 1969 to1976 and a leader in the early development of space programs

For more information about the George M Low Award, visit:

http://www hq nasa gov/office/codeq/gml

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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