QinetiQ North America
Wins US$ 190 Million NASA Environmental Test And Integration Support Services
II (ETIS)
(22 April 2008) QinetiQ North America
(QNA) announced today its Missions Solutions Group (MSG) has been awarded a
five-year, US$ 190 million contract with the National Aeronautical and Space
Administration.
Under this contract, QNA will provide a wide
range of environmental test and integration services to support projects at
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Such projects include the Hubble Space
Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, the Solar Dynamics Observatory and
the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Commenting on the contract win,
Michael G. Stolarik, President, QNA Mission Solutions Group, said: "This win
underscores our long partnership with NASA. The ETIS award is recognition of
our high level of performance in supporting complex, mission-related
engineering requirements. We look forward to working with Goddard Space Flight
Center in ensuring that all future spacecraft can endure the environmental
hardships of space travel."
QinetiQ North America's Mission Solutions
Group provides mission-critical engineering, IT and security support services
to customers in the Space, Security, Defense and Intelligence
communities.
About QinetiQ North America
QinetiQ North America
provides world-class technology and responsive solutions to U.S. government
customers. With more than 5,500 engineers, scientists and professionals working
in partnership with customers, QNA develops innovative technology solutions to
meet the challenges of national defence, homeland security and information
access. QinetiQ North America is part of QinetiQ Group plc, one of the world's
leading defence and security technology companies.
(source: QinetiQ
North America)
