Sept. 17, 2004

Elvia H. Thompson
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-1696)

Marny Skora
Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
(Phone: 757/864-6121)

CONTRACT RELEASE: C04-w

NASA SELECTS FIRM FOR INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING ASSESSMENTS

NASA selected a federally funded research and development center, 
sponsored by the U.S. Air Force, to provide independent engineering 
assessment support.

The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, Calif., will provide NASA 
management with timely, objective, non-advocacy assessments of the 
health and status of agency current and potential programs. The 
assessments will be in key technical programmatic areas including 
safety, design, engineering process, manufacturing, assembly, 
operational mission capabilities, cost, scheduling and risk.

The value of the Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) 
cost-plus-fixed-fee, task order contract is $49 million over five 
years. Administered at NASA's Langley Research Center (LaRC) in 
Hampton, Va., the principal work locations are the contractor's 
facility in El Segundo and LaRC.

Types of assessments provided by the Aerospace Corporation may include 
technical, management, cost, risk, environmental impact, mission 
trajectory, resource use, analyses of instruments, spacecraft and 
launch vehicle designs, systems engineering, fabrication, assembly, 
test and launch operations. The contract will also provide services 
to conduct management, scientific and technical studies.

For information about NASA programs on the Internet, visit:



http://www.nasa.gov

	
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