CLEVELAND, OH, USA - August 19, 2010
-- NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has awarded a one-year
contract option to ASRC Aerospace Corporation of Greenbelt, Md., for
engineering and scientific services. The option has a value that will
not exceed $50 million.
The contract covers engineering and
scientific support services to Glenn's Lewis Field and Plum Brook
Station in Sandusky, Ohio. ASRC will provide on-site support services
for technical, engineering and scientific tasks in the areas of
aeronautics, microgravity science, space exploration, space power and
propulsion, and related science and technology activities.
The
modification increases the total value of the contract to $260 million.
The extension begins Sept. 1, 2010, and ends Aug. 31, 2011. It is the
last of three one-year options provided for in the original contract
awarded in August 2006.
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