Aug. 19, 2008 Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937/207-1323 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-054 NASA AMES AWARDS CONTRACT FOR AEROSPACE TESTING SUPPORT MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., Monday awarded a contract modification valued at $34.8 million to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn. The modification will allow additional support for testing and facility operation, development projects, as well as the required maintenance and repairs on wind tunnels and other facilities at Ames. All work will be performed at the center. The cost-plus-incentive fee award fee contract will conclude July 31, 2009. This modification brings the total value of the contract, awarded in June 2004, to $123.8 million. -end-