Federal Data Corporation Awarded $173 Million Contract by NASA for Microgravity Research Support.BROOK PARK Brook Park, city (1990 pop. 22,865), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1914. A major office complex and the Cleveland municipal airport are there. Industries include transportation equipment and casting plants. , Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1999-- Federal Data Corporation (FDC FDC - Floppy Disk Controller ) today announced that they were awarded a contract by NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Glenn Research Center The Glenn Research Center (more correctly, the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field) is a NASA center, located in Cleveland, Ohio between Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and the Rocky River Reservation (part of the Cleveland Metroparks). , Cleveland, OH, for the development, fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. , assembly, test, delivery and operation of microgravity mi·cro·grav·i·ty n. 1. An environment in which there is very little net gravitational force, as of a free-falling object, an orbit, or interstellar space. 2. research facilities and experiment payloads. In performing the main tasks of the contract, FDC will design and build the Fluids and Combustion Facility for the International Space Station; operate a telescience support center for Glenn's microgravity program; and develop and build hardware and instruments for microgravity flight experiments proposed by scientists. The research platforms for the flight experiments may be aboard the Space Shuttle, sounding rockets or the International Space Station. The contract provides $173.4 million for the design and construction of the Fluids and Combustion Facility, operations of the telescience support center and the development and operation of flight experiment hardware. The contract also provides options for additional experiments and operations. Including all options, the contract spans eight years. The contract enables the Government to issue fixed-price-incentive, firm-fixed-price, or cost-plus-incentive-fee orders based on the maturity of the requirements. The work will be performed in FDC's Brook Park, Ohio Brook Park is a suburb of Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the city population was 21,218. Geography Brook Park is located at (41.399550, -81.818423)GR1. facilities. In commenting on the award, FDC's vice president and program manager, Dr. Guion S. Bluford, Jr. said, "The FDC team has a long legacy of supporting the important research conducted by Glenn. We are delighted at being selected as NASA's partner in expanding the microgravity research capabilities available to the scientific community." Dan Young, FDC's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , noted, "NASA is FDC's largest customer and this is one of the largest contracts we have ever won. FDC will make every resource available to support Dr. Bluford and his team in assuring success." About Glenn Research Center's Microgravity Program Glenn researchers and their university partners conduct fluid physics experiments to learn how fluids behave and combustion science experiments to learn how flames and the products of combustion behave without the effects of gravity. The information learned can be used in a variety of applications including improved vehicle cooling methods in space and improved fire fighting and fire safety procedures on Earth as well as in space. About Federal Data Corporation Federal Data Corporation is a leading provider of information technology, engineering and scientific services and solutions to Federal agencies. FDC is headquartered in Bethesda, MD. For more information about the company, including the engineering and scientific services they provide, visit their web site at www.feddata.com. FDC is a registered servicemark of Federal Data Corporation. |
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