Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) has been awarded a contract by NASA to provide engineering and technical services to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Ground Operations Project Office in support of NASA's Constellation Program.

The maximum value of the contract is more than $69 million, if all options and line items are exercised. The core contract has a two year base period of performance, three one-year options, and total potential value of $59.3 million. The contract also contains an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity line-item option with a ceiling value of $10 million. Work will be performed primarily at KSC in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Constellation Program aims to gain significant experience in operating away from Earth's environment, developing technologies needed for opening the space frontier and conducting fundamental science. The program will develop the nexgen U.S. spaceship system — the Orion space capsule and the Ares rocket to launch Orion. Under the contract SAIC will provide engineering and technical services, project and business management, and administrative services in support of the program.



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