NASA Awards Program Integration Contract for Orion

Feb. 11, 2013

Rachel Kraft
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov

Brandi Dean
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov


CONTRACT RELEASE: C13-010

NASA AWARDS PROGRAM INTEGRATION CONTRACT FOR ORION

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected ARES Technical Services Corp. of
Burlingame, Calif., for its program integration contract for Orion.

The cost-plus-fixed-fee services contract has a potential value of $49
million, including options. The contract begins April 1 with a base
performance period of two-and-a-half years followed by two one-year
options and includes indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity task
orders.

ARES will provide products, professional services, and systems
engineering and integration services to NASA's Orion Program, which
is developing a spacecraft that will send humans farther into space
than ever before. ARES will support the program's planning and
control, vehicle integration and crew and service module. Additional
services include education outreach, and test and verification
functions.

Work under the contract will be performed at NASA's Johnson Space
Center in Houston, with additional work at other NASA centers and at
Orion's prime contractor facilities.

Companies that will support ARES on the contract include MEI
Technologies Inc. of Houston.

For more information about Orion, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/orion

For information about NASA and other agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov


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