Raytheon Wins Astronaut Training Contract

August 4, 2010 at 9:44 am | Posted in Space Law Current Events | Leave a comment

by Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty

Source: Aviation Week

NASA has selected Raytheon Technical Services Co. for a potential $119.9 million, five-year contract to operate, maintain and provide sustaining engineering for the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory and Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

The agreement, announced July 30, includes a three-year base period valued at $67.6 million. A pair of one-year options would extend the agreement through Sept. 30, 2015 at a total value of $119.9 million for the entire period. Raytheon has held the operations contract for the two facilities since 2003…more