Jan. 15, 2009

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
katherine.trinidad{at}nasa.gov

Brandi Dean
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
brandi.k.dean{at}nasa.gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-003

NASA EXTENDS SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION SPACESUIT CONTRACT

WASHINGTON -- NASA has exercised an $86 million, one-year contract
option with Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International of
Windsor Locks, Conn., for work on spacesuits used on the space
shuttles and the International Space Station.

This will be the first option period of the contract known as the
Extravehicular Activity Systems Contract. The contract is a
cost-plus-award-fee contract.

Under the contract, Hamilton Sundstrand and its subcontractors
perform
engineering management for hardware systems used in spacewalks,
supporting enhancements, ensuring flight and spacewalk readiness,
providing safety and mission assurance, meeting flight milestones and
achieving mission goals.

Work covered under the option will begin in October 2009 and continue
through September 2010. The option value includes about $76 million
for the estimated core-completion-form-tasks and $10 million for
Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity, or IDIQ, tasks. This brings
the contract value to about $514 million, which includes
approximately $454 million for the estimated
core-completion-form-tasks and $60 million for IDIQ tasks.

For more information about the space shuttle, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

For more information about the space station, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

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