Nov 23, 2010

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100 stephanie schierholz@nasa gov

Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-1403 brandi k dean@nasa gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-073

NASA AWARDS GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL CONTRACT

HOUSTON -- NASA selected the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory of Cambridge, Mass , to provide advanced guidance, navigation and control system development and avionics technology development and analysis at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston The new contract is valued at $45 8 million

The services provided are primarily under the direction of Johnson's Engineering Directorate for use in the guidance, navigation and control systems of the space shuttle, International Space Station, future spacecraft or other projects that would require such a system

The services include engineering design, development, integration, test, analysis, verification and validation, certification and spaceflight support activities in the areas of guidance, navigation and control systems, integrated avionics systems and autonomous flight operations Although the primary focus will be development, the contract also covers anomaly resolution work

The five-year contract is scheduled to begin Dec 1 and extend through November 2015 It is a cost-plus-fixed fee, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract

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