HOUSTON, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been
selected to support facilities used to train astronauts and flight controllers
on critical mission skills at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) under a five-
year contract valued at $79 million including options.
Under the contract, which includes a two-year base period and three one-
year options, Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC) and teammate
Oceaneering International, Inc., will provide real-time mission support,
procedure development and verification, work-load limitations and hardware
design and validation, as well as operation, maintenance and sustaining
engineering for two human space flight training facilities-the Neutral
Buoyancy Laboratory and the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility-both at JSC in
Houston. The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory supports astronaut training for space
walks using underwater mockups and pressurized suite to simulate
weightlessness. Full-scale mockups in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility are
used to train astronauts for space flight.
"We are pleased that NASA continues to recognize the value that Raytheon
provides," said Bryan J. Even, a Raytheon vice president and president of
Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC. "We have a longstanding business
commitment to NASA, and this contract will complement work Raytheon is already
performing for Johnson Space Center."
RTSC also provides development, maintenance, operations and sustaining
engineering for the Space Station Training Facility, which is used to simulate
flight activities for both astronaut and flight controller training.
Oceaneering is an advanced applied technology company that provides
engineered services and hardware to customers who operate in marine, space and
other harsh environments.
Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company,
provides technical, scientific and professional services for defense, federal
and commercial customers worldwide. It specializes in management, operation
and maintenance of customer facilities, equipment and systems; logistics and
life-cycle support; overhaul and repair depot operations; engineering,
logistics and personnel support; space and earth sciences; test and training
range support; and privatization of government services.
Raytheon Company, with 2002 sales of $16.8 billion, is an industry leader
in defense, government and commercial electronics, space, information
technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft.
With headquarters in Lexington, Mass., Raytheon employs more than 76,000
people worldwide.
Contact:
Kristen Giddens
703.295.2535
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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