Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington                    Aug. 31, 2001
(Phone: 202/358-1726)

Lanee Cooksey
Stennis Space Center, Miss.
(Phone: 228/688-3341)

RELEASE: c01-r

CONTRACT EXTENSION AWARDED TO 
LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE OPERATIONS

     NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi has 
awarded a two-year option extension of the Test and Technical 
Services Contract to Lockheed Martin Space Operations, 
Stennis Programs, Houston, to provide test and technical 
services at the center. The original contract was awarded 
Sept. 1, 1994.

The total estimated contract value of the two-year extension 
is $77,824,865. This brings the total estimated contract 
value to $309,249,109 for the base period and three option 
periods. The period of performance of the extension is from 
Sept. 1, 2001, through Aug. 31, 2003.

Lockheed Martin will provide support to propulsion test 
operations, systems engineering, operator maintenance, and 
test-technology development in support of Stennis missions. 

Additionally, the company will provide support to test-
article contractors in the evaluation of liquid, hybrid, 
solid and other propulsion systems, subsystems and 
components; and provide technical services for research and 
development, administrative and institutional program 
activities in a broad range of science, engineering and 
technology requirements for Stennis and the center's resident 
agencies and commercial customers. 

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