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Virginia firms to provide simulation and flight services to
NASA
The General Services Administration (GSA) has selected Unisys
Corporation of McLean, VA, to support simulation and flight
technical services for NASA's Langley Research Center, located in
Hampton, VA. The work is valued at more than $44 million over eight
years.
Major subcontractors to Unisys Corporation for this effort will
be Data Systems & Technology, Inc. of Reston, VA; PSI
International, Inc. of Fairfax, VA, and Science and Technology
Corporation of Hampton.
The procurement, jointly evaluated by GSA and NASA, was awarded
under one of GSA's existing "Millennia" contracts. Day-to-day
administration of the work will be performed by personnel from
Langley.
The work consists of support for NASA Langley's ground-based and
in-flight simulators as well as integration laboratories. In
addition to Langley Research Center staff, researchers from other
NASA installations, the Federal Aviation Administration, the
Department of Defense, other government organizations, industry and
various educational institutions will use the facilities. Work is
expected to begin May 1, 2001.
Part of GSA's mission is to provide contracts that all Federal
agencies may use to procure support. This Task Order will be a
cost-plus-fixed-fee, performance-based task. Project Assignments
will be issued for work within the scope of the Task Order.
Established in 1917 as the first national civil aeronautics
laboratory, NASA Langley is a world-class center for aeronautics,
earth science, space technology, and structures and materials
research. Seventy percent of Langley's effort is in aeronautics
research, working to improve today's aircraft and to develop
concepts for future aircraft. The Center supports the nation's
space program by conducting a dynamic program in atmospheric
sciences, seeking a more detailed understanding of the Earth's
atmosphere. Langley researchers are also developing technology for
advanced space transportation systems and for small spacecraft and
instruments.
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