Dec. 20, 2005

James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston 
(281) 483-5111 

David E. Steitz
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-1730 

CONTRACT RELEASE: C05-011

NASA AWARDS HOUSTON AIRCRAFT SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT

NASA has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Services, Inc., 
Houston, to provide support to agency aircraft used in simulation 
training for flying the space shuttle. 

The cost-plus-award-fee contract value is estimated at $17.7 million 
with a three year performance period. The work will be conducted at 
NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston. 

The work includes simulation support services on aircraft and related 
equipment. The aircraft requiring simulation support services are 
four Gulfstream II jets. They are modified to simulate shuttle flight 
and landing approaches for astronaut pilot training. The shuttle 
training aircraft simulation system includes onboard avionics, two 
ground-based validation modules and complementary equipment. 

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