KBR Awarded Engineering Services Contract to Support NASA Exploration Missions

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May 10, 2017, 05:56 ET

HOUSTON, May 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced today that its Government Services business KBRwyle has been awarded an engineering services contract by NASA to support more than 20 NASA exploration missions. This five-year, single award indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract has a maximum value of $442 million.

Under the terms of the Ground Systems and Mission Operations-2 (GSMO-2) contract, KBRwyle will provide ground systems and operations support to various NASA missions managed by Space Science Mission Operations and Earth Science Mission Operations at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

KBRwyle will provide engineering services throughout the spacecraft mission life cycle for mission operations, including concept studies, design, development, integration, test, verification, operations, sustainment of mission operations systems and subsystems, and operations processes and procedures.

"We are very pleased to have been awarded this contract by NASA to support the agency's missions managed by Goddard Space Flight Center," said Stuart Bradie, KBR President & CEO. "KBRwyle and its heritage organizations have partnered with NASA in advancing technology and science at Goddard as well as other NASA operations across the country for more than half a century. We are looking forward to the opportunity to continue to contribute KBRwyle's expertise to NASA," Bradie continued.

As task orders are awarded throughout the contract period on this single award IDIQ contract, they will be booked into backlog of unfilled orders for KBR's Government Services business segment.

About KBR, Inc.

KBR is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program life cycle within the Government Services and Hydrocarbons sectors. KBR employs over 34,000 people worldwide (including our joint ventures), with customers in more than 80 countries, and operations in 40 countries, across three synergistic global businesses:

Government Services, serving government customers globally, including capabilities that cover the full life-cycle of defense, space, aviation and other government programs and missions from research and development, through systems engineering, test and evaluation, program management, to operations, maintenance, and field logistics
Technology & Consulting, including proprietary technology focused on the monetization of hydrocarbons (especially natural gas and natural gas liquids) in ethylene and petrochemicals; ammonia, nitric acid and fertilizers; oil refining; gasification; oil and gas consulting; integrity management; naval architecture and proprietary hulls; and downstream consulting
Engineering & Construction, including onshore oil and gas; LNG (liquefaction and regasification)/GTL; oil refining; petrochemicals; chemicals; fertilizers; differentiated EPC; maintenance services (Brown & Root Industrial Services); offshore oil and gas (shallow-water, deep-water, subsea); floating solutions (FPU, FPSO, FLNG & FSRU) and program management

KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, integrated EPC delivery and long term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.

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