5 Houston-area space companies score ISS contracts with NASA
ready for takeoff
NASA has tapped a dozen companies to work on services for the International Space Station Program, and five come from the greater Houston region.
Houston-based Aegis Aerospace Inc., Cimarron Software Services, JES Tech, and Oceaneering were are all admitted to the program, as was Webster-based Leidos. The companies, along with the other seven selected, will provide research, engineering, and/or mission integration services to the ISS.
The program, which is based at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, is supported by a $478 million Research, Engineering & Mission Integration Services-2 or REMIS-2 contract, according to NASA.
The other selected companies are:
- Axient Corp, based in Huntsville, Alabama
- Consolidated Safety Services, based in Exploration Park, Florida
- KBR Wyle, based in Fulton, Maryland
- Metis, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Tec-Masters, based in Huntsville
- Teledyne Brown Engineering, based in Huntsville
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama
"The companies will provide spaceflight, ground hardware and software, sustaining engineering functions and services, payload facility integration, and research mission integration operations services," reads a NASA news release. "The majority of the work will take place at contractor facilities across the country. Services also may be required at other NASA centers, contractor or subcontractor locations, or vendor facilities as requirements warrant."
Each of the selected companies will receive a "multiple-award, indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed price and cost-plus-fixed-fee task orders." The contract officially began January 12 and extends through Sept. 30, 2030, with an option to extend through Sept. 30, 2032.
Half of the selected companies — Aegis, Cimarron, Consolidated Safety Services, JES Tech, Metis, and Tec-Masters — are small businesses and were selected as a part of the contract's small business reserve.
