NASA Negotiates Six, One-Month Options With United Space Alliance

HOUSTON -- NASA has incorporated six, one-month content adjustments
that provide options for continuation of services to support fly-out
of the space shuttle manifest beyond Thursday, March 31. If all
options are exercised, this extension to the Space Program Operations
Contract with United Space Alliance (USA) of Houston is valued at
$436,480,084. NASA plans to exercise four, one-month options to
support the current shuttle manifest.

The contract covers work and support for mission design and planning;
software development and integration; astronaut and flight controller
training; system integration; flight operations; vehicle processing,
launch and recovery; vehicle sustaining engineering; flight crew
equipment processing; and space shuttle and International Space
Station-related support to the Constellation Program. The contract is
a cost reimbursement contract, with provisions for award and performance fees.

Work in support of this contract is performed at USA's facilities in
Houston; Huntsville, Ala.; NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.; major
subcontractor facilities in Huntington Beach, Calif.; Houston; and
Cape Canaveral, Fla. Significant subcontractors include Barrios
Technology of Houston; Bastion Technologies Inc. of Houston; Lockheed
Martin Commercial Space Systems of Newtown, Pa.; Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne of Canoga Park, Calif.; and The Boeing Company of Houston.

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Source: NASA

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