Aerospace Awarded Potential $621M Engineering Services Contract by NASA
The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) has received a sole-source nine-year follow-on contract with a total potential value of $621 million from NASA, the company’s third-largest customer, to provide NASA-wide Specialized Engineering, Evaluation and Test Services (NSEETS). The contract has a five-year base period that becomes effective on Oct. 1, 2019 with an additional four-year option.
The IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity) contract provides NASA with access to Aerospace resources and technical experts with deep understanding across the U.S. space enterprise. As the trusted advisor, Aerospace works across government and industry to provide objective analysis that is free from conflict of interest.
“We’re delighted to continue delivering critical engineering, evaluation, and test services to NASA that will advance and shape the future of our nation’s space exploration, science, and technology over the next decade,” said Edward Swallow, senior vice president of Aerospace’s Civil Systems Group. “As the leading federally funded research and development center operator for space, our unique technical expertise and objective analysis align well with NASA’s needs as it opens an exciting era of vital missions.”
Aerospace will provide NASA with highly specialized functional expertise to support mission success. In addition, the company will provide multidisciplinary engineering services, testing, consulting, contractor-on-site monitoring, and evaluation of projects and programs, including safety, mission assurance, cost, and schedule analyses through any phase of NASA’s programmatic lifecycle.
About The Aerospace Corporation
The Aerospace Corporation is a national nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center and has approximately 4,000 employees. With major locations in El Segundo, Calif., Albuquerque, N.M., Colorado Springs, Colo., and Washington, D.C., Aerospace addresses complex problems with agility, innovation, and objective technical leadership across the space enterprise and other areas of national significance. For more information, visit www.aerospace.org. Follow us on Twitter: @AerospaceCorp.
