Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington               Sept. 28, 2001
(Phone: 202/358-1726)

Kylie Moritz
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/ 483-5111)

RELEASE: c01-v

NASA MODIFIES LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE OPERATIONS CONTRACT

     NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has negotiated a 
contract modification with Lockheed Martin Space Operations 
Co. that includes the acquisition of operational software for 
approximately $60.3 million.

The software supports requirement changes for the Mission 
Control Center and the Integrated Planning System.  The 
changes resulted from schedule adjustments to the 
International Space Station assembly sequence, particularly 
changes to the STS-98 and STS-110 missions.

The initial Consolidated Space Operations Contract was 
awarded in 1998 to provide space operations services, 
supporting both mission and data services for NASA's space 
flight and science programs. The cost-plus-award-fee contract 
has a five-year basic period and includes a five-year priced 
option.

The work for the contract modification will be done primarily 
in Houston.

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