QinetiQ North America Wins Contract For NASA Environmental Test And Integration Support Services II (ETIS)

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by Staff Writers
Fairfax VA (SPX) Apr 23, 2008
QinetiQ North America has announced its Missions Solutions Group (MSG) has been awarded a five-year, $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.

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