{"id":9123,"date":"2010-02-17T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/nasa-extends-johnson-aircraft-maintenance-contract\/"},"modified":"2010-02-17T09:06:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T09:06:00","slug":"nasa-extends-johnson-aircraft-maintenance-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/space-station\/nasa-extends-johnson-aircraft-maintenance-contract.php","title":{"rendered":"NASA Extends Johnson Aircraft Maintenance Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"
NASA <\/span>will exercise a one-year extension option for a contract with Computer Science Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas, to provide aircraft maintenance and modification support. The extension is valued at $58 million.<\/span>

The Aircraft Maintenance and Modification Program contract provides for the continuity of services for flight line; intermediate and depot level maintenance; repairs; and modifications and engineering support on aircraft.<\/span><\/p>

The aircraft supported are operated at NASA<\/a>'s Johnson Space Center<\/span> in Houston; NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center<\/span> in Edwards, Calif.; and NASA's Langley Research Center<\/span> in Hampton, Va. The aircraft are used for astronaut crew training and NASA flight research<\/span>. Work under the contract is performed at Johnson, Dryden and Langley, as well as NASA<\/span> facilities in El Paso, Texas.<\/span><\/p>

The option exercised on the cost-plus-award-fee contract begins March 1, 2010, and will continue to Feb. 28, 2011. Qualified Technical Services, Inc. of Houston is a significant subcontractor for the work.<\/span><\/p>

For information about NASA <\/span>and other agency programs, visit:<\/span><\/p><\/div>

http:\/\/www.nasa.gov<\/a><\/span> <\/p>

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