Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington, DC                  October 6, 2000 
(Phone:  202/358-1726)

Jerry Berg
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
(Phone:  256/544-0034)

RELEASE:  c00-n

TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY FIRM SELECTED
FOR $300 MILLION CONTRACT 

     Sverdrup Technology, Inc. of Tullahoma, TN, has been selected 
to provide engineering, science and technical services at NASA's 
Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL.
  
The contract, effective Oct. 15, includes a two-year performance 
period plus three one-year priced options. The contract has a 
potential value of $300 million over five years.

Under the contract, Sverdrup will provide engineering, scientific 
and technical services to Marshall's Engineering, Flight Projects, 
Science and Space Transportation Directorates; Systems Management 
Office; Space Shuttle Projects Office; and the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer.

Technical services will support the Space Shuttle, advanced space 
transportation vehicles, the International Space Station, and 
ground and space scientific research.
  
Marshall is NASA's lead Center for development of space 
transportation and propulsion systems. Marshall is also NASA's 
leader in microgravity research -- conducting unique scientific 
studies in the near-weightlessness of space to improve life on 
Earth.

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