Space

August 15, 2012

NASA awards contract for Kennedy safety, mission support services

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NASA has selected A-P-T Research Inc. of Huntsville, Ala., to provide mission assurance, engineering and risk assessment services at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The maximum potential value for the four-year cost-plus-award-fee Safety and Mission Support Services II (S-MASS II) contract is $36 million.

A-P-T Research Inc. will perform the mission assurance, engineering and risk assessment services in the disciplines of safety, reliability, and quality at Kennedy and all Kennedy-assigned facilities at sites that include Vandenberg Air Force Base and NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in California.

Subcontractors working on the S-MASS II contract include Mantech International Corp. of Fairfax, Va.; SAIC of McLean, Va.; GP Strategies Corp. of Elkridge, Md.; Davis Strategic Innovations Inc. of Huntsville; and Cummings Aerospace of Huntsville.

 




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