Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington, DC                    October 27, 1998
(Phone:  202/358-1979)

Michael Mewhinney
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
(Phone:  650/604-3937)


RELEASE:  C98-q

NASA AWARDS $99 MILLION CONTRACT TO TENNESSEE FIRM

     NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, has awarded a 
five-year contract valued at up to $99.3 million to Sverdrup 
Technology Inc., Tullahoma, TN.  The contract covers aerospace 
testing and facility operation and maintenance services for Ames' 
directorates of Research and Development Services and Aeronautics. 

     The total value of the contract, including options, is 
$99,332,280.  Sverdrup Technology Inc. will provide testing and 
facility operation, including wind tunnels, arc jets and other 
test and support facilities; performance of development projects; 
maintenance and repairs; and administration.  

     The contract runs for two years with two options, for one 
year and two years respectively.  It is a cost-plus-incentive-
fee/award-fee, performance-based contract.



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