Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington, DC            January 23, 2001
(Phone:  202/358-1979)

Pamelia Caswell
Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
(Phone: 216/433-5795)

RELEASE: C01-c

GLENN RESEARCH CENTER AWARDS
RESEARCH CONTRACT TO MARYLAND FIRM

     NASA's Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, has awarded 
a contract to the QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD, to provide 
scientific research and development services at the Center.

In performing the main tasks of the contract, QSS Group, Inc. 
will design and develop aeronautical and space systems and 
space-flight hardware, perform mathematical and theoretical 
analyses, and conduct tests.

The work will support various activities at Glenn, such as 
wind tunnel testing of new air- and space-flight concepts, 
developing improved tracking and data-relay satellites to 
greatly increase the amount of data that can be sent to or 
received from NASA's far-flung spacecraft, and improving 
Earth-observing satellite systems.

The contract consolidates two existing contracts and is 
expected to provide overall work efficiencies to Glenn. The 
five-year, "8(a) set-aside" contract has a total estimated 
value of $140 million.

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