Andrews Space & Technology Wins $2.9 Million Contract From NASA; AS&T to Develop a Commercial Cargo Transportation Service for the International Space Station.Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2002 Andrews Space Andrews Space is a small aerospace company based in Seattle, Washington. Andrews Space, Inc. was founded in 1999 to develop space systems. Andrews provides aerospace services for commercial, civil, and military customers with an emphasis on affordability. & Technology (AS&T) today announced that it has been awarded a $2.9 million contract by NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. . NASA has selected AS&T to develop an integrated system solution for delivering supplies to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Space Launch Initiative (SLI (Scalable Link Interface) A multi-GPU interface from NVIDIA for connecting two or four NVIDIA display adapters together for faster graphics rendering on one monitor or two monitors. ). The twelve-month study will focus on developing an effective commercial re-supply service to transport up to 35,000 lb of food, equipment, and experiments per year to the International Space Station. AS&T will evaluate innovative technologies including recoverable, reusable and expendable systems as well as ballistic and winged re-entry RE-ENTRY, estates. The resuming or retaking possession of land which the party lately had. 2. Ground rent deeds and leases frequently contain a clause authorizing the landlord to reenter on the non-payment of rent, or the breach of some covenant, when the designs. The project builds on previous innovations submitted by AS&T to NASA. "The contract win from NASA is yet another validation of AS&T's philosophy. It's not the size of a company that matters, but rather the ability to innovate and rapidly bring new ideas to market. This particular program has the ability to significantly increase the scientific and commercial utilization of the International Space Station," said Jason Andrews, Andrews Space & Technology co-founder and President. Supporting AS&T on the project are leading aerospace firms including: Alenia Spazio of Turin, Italy will study pressurized pres·sur·ize tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es 1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine). 2. cargo module accommodation and design; Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, ) Integrated Systems sector will perform structural feasibility assessments; and SPACEHAB, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPAB SPAB Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (UK) SPAB School Pupil Activity Bus SPAB Supply Priorities and Allocations Board SPAB Security Policy Advisory Board SPAB Society for the Preservation of Adolescent Behavior ) will focus on ground and space operations required to process and transfer cargo. Andrews continues, "It's extremely exciting to be chosen to develop a commercially viable transportation systems to the International Space Station. The strong team we've built puts us in prime contention to perform detailed design, manufacture, and operation of the new system in the coming years." This is the third contract AS&T has been awarded under the Space Launch Initiative in the past 14 months. In May 2001, the Company was awarded approximately $3 million to assess the feasibility of its Alchemist(TM) Air Collection and Enrichment System, a 2nd Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle propulsion technology. AS&T also won a $1.8 million contract from Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems in January 2002 to support 2nd Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle architecture design studies. About the Company Founded in 1999 by Marian Joh and Jason Andrews, Andrews Space & Technology is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. offering engineering services and business analysis for the aerospace industry. AS&T's core technical competencies include spacecraft design, systems engineering, and new product development for near-term and future space and technology applications. AS&T also specializes in aerospace industry market research and business analysis. Headquartered in Seattle, Wash., Andrews Space & Technology also has offices in El Segundo, Calif. To learn more, please visit: www.andrews-space.com or visit www.SPACEandTECH.com, a leading provider of space industry news. |
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