SM&A Awarded $10.3 Million From Raytheon to Provide Software and Operations Support To NASA; The 2-Year Award Supports the World's Largest Civilian Data Archiving System.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000 SM&A Corp. (Nasdaq:WINS), a leading provider of systems engineering, IT solutions, and proposal management services to business and government, Tuesday announced it was awarded a $10.3 million subcontract from Raytheon Systems Co. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :RTNA RTNA Ring Tone No Answer ) for the NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Earth Observing System The Earth Observing System (EOS) is a program of NASA comprising a series of artificial satellite missions and scientific instruments in Earth orbit designed for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, atmosphere, and oceans of the Earth. Data & Information System (EOSDIS EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System ). This award brings SM&A's total participation since 1993 to $28 million. SM&A's Systems Solutions Group (SSG SSG abbr. staff sergeant ), Space Sciences Division will support the EOSDIS program in three areas: -- Development of software tools to map satellite measurements to geographic coordinates, format data for users, and provide access to data for scientists using Web searches -- System integration of software for processing data from U.S. and Japanese instruments on the NASA Terra and Landsat 7 remote sensing satellites -- Technical operations at data archive and distribution centers at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD), NASA/Langley Research Center (Hampton, VA), the U.S. Geological Survey EROS Eros, in Greek religion and mythology Eros (ēr`ŏs, ĕr`–), in Greek religion and mythology, god of love. He was the personification of love in all its manifestations, including physical passion at its strongest, tender, Data Center (Sioux Falls, SD), and the National Snow & Ice Data Center (Boulder, CO) Dr. Andrew Endal, Vice President of the SM&A Space Sciences Division said, "This contract confirms the value of our scientists, system designers and software developers in making this vital national system a success." SM&A President & COO Michael Piraino said, "This contract addition solidifies our participation in the EOSDIS program through 2002 and increases our corporate-wide backlog to approximately $150 million." About EOSDIS EOSDIS captures and processes telemetry data, generates standard data products, and performs mission operations for instrument and spacecraft control. Data products from EOS Eos (ē`ŏs), in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of dawn; daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. Every morning she arose early and preceded her brother Helios into the heavens. and other NASA Earth science missions will be stored at several Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) to support interactive and interoperable retrieval and distribution of data products. About SM&A SM&A is a leading provider of systems engineering, IT solutions, and proposal management services to business and government. Statements herein concerning the company's growth and strategies may include forward-looking statements. The company's actual results may differ materially from those suggested as a result of various factors. Interested parties should refer to the disclosure set forth under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in the company's Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 1999, for additional information regarding risks affecting the company's financial condition and results of operations. Additional information on SM&A is now available via the Internet at http://www.smawins.com. |
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