May 26, 2011

Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918 stephen e cole@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-024

NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR ICESAT-2 LASER SYSTEMS

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Fibertek of Herndon, Va , to design, develop, fabricate, test and deliver laser systems to be used for the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission scheduled to launch in 2016 NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md , manages the ICESat-2 Project

The total estimated value of the cost-plus-award-fee contract is $26,083,242 The period of performance is from the date of award through launch plus 38 months

The contractor will provide four spaceflight lasers and one test laser for the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System instrument on the ICESat-2 Observatory The spaceflight laser systems consist of the optical, electrical, mechanical, material, wire harnessing, thermal control, flight software, flight firmware and support equipment Work will be performed at the contractor's facility

ICESat-2 is the second generation of the ICESat observatories ICESat-2 will use precision laser-ranging techniques to measure the topography of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, and the thickness characteristics of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice ICESat-2 supports NASA's Earth Science program by helping scientists develop a better scientific understanding of the Earth system and its response to natural or human-induced changes

For more information about the ICESat Program, visit:

http://icesat gsfc nasa gov/icesat2/

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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