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Al Feinberg
Headquarters, Washington                        May 13, 2003
Phone: 202/358-4504)

Lanee Cooksey
Stennis Space Center
(Phone: 228/688-3341)

RELEASE: c03-O

NASA SPACE CENTER AWARDS TEST OPERATIONS CONTRACT

     NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC), Miss., today 
announced the award of a six-year, cost-plus-award-fee 
contract to Sverdrup Technology, Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn. 
The contract is to support propulsion test operations at SSC 
and Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsville, Ala.

The contract has a total estimated value of $126 million. It 
includes $41 million for a two-year base period and $85 
million for two, two-year priced option periods.

Sverdrup Technology will provide technical and management 
services in support of propulsion test operations at SSC and 
MFSC, including the Space Shuttle Main Engine program. The 
major elements of the contract include administering an 
integrated contract team for safe, environmentally compliant 
test activities; test and engineering core capabilities; and 
test project implementation.

Other members of the Sverdrup Technology team include ERC 
Incorporated of Huntsville, Ala., and Smith Research 
Corporation of Baton Rouge, La.

For more information about NASA and human space flight on 
the Internet, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

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