Wyle Key Part of Winning Team for Marshall Space Flight Center Occupational Health Services Contract.EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyle is a key partner in the winning team awarded the NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration.NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Marshall Space Flight Center The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), the original home of NASA, is a lead center for propulsion, Space Shuttle propulsion, Shuttle external fuel tank, crew training and payloads, International Space Station (ISS) design and construction, for computers, networks, and contract to provide occupational health services to site employees and contractors. The five year contract, valued at up to $24 million, is due to begin on Nov. 1. As a subcontractor to HPM HPM High Power Microwave HPM Health and Productivity Management HPM Hyper Page Mode HPM Human Performance Modeling HPM High Pressure Mercury HPM Hazardous Production Material (1997 Uniform Fire Code) HPM Human Potential Movement Corporation of Kennewick, Wash., Wyle will perform a variety of tasks including industrial hygiene, health physics, and respiratory protection. "We are very pleased to expand the occupational health services we currently provide to NASA through this new partnership," said Bob Ellis, group president of Wyle's Integrated Science and Engineering Group based in Houston, Tex. "The Marshall contract reinforces our commitment to provide quality occupational health, medical, human performance, and engineering services to support NASA and its exploration endeavors." Wyle provides services to support occupational, emergency and preventive medicine; flight medicine; occupational health; and human test support at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and White Sands Test Facility White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) is a rocket engine test facility and a resource for testing and evaluating potentially hazardous materials, space flight components, and rocket propulsion systems. in Las Cruces, N.M. The recognized leader in health and applied sciences research, medical operations, and engineering in hazardous environments, Wyle also supports NASA's Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Constellation and human research programs utilizing an innovative and comprehensive approach to problem solving. HPM Corporation is a woman owned small business certified in the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program offering occupational medicine, occupational safety and health, and project management services, and has experience providing occupational medicine services for the Department of Energy's Hanford Reservation. Wyle and HPM Corporation offer complementary services in the areas of occupational medicine, industrial hygiene, health physics, and respiratory protection. This unique blend of science, medicine, and technology enables the team to deliver comprehensive and effective in-house occupational health and safety services for Marshall Space Flight Center. Wyle, 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. , is a leading provider of high-tech aerospace engineering and information technology services to the federal government on long-term outsourcing contracts. The company also provides life sciences services for NASA's astronaut corps as well as mission critical support including launch services and space simulation; test and evaluation of aircraft, weapon systems, networks, and other government assets; and other engineering services to the aerospace, defense, nuclear power, communications and transportation industries. Contact: Dan Reeder (310) 563-6834 Ref.: NR/08-11 CONTACT: Dan Reeder of Wyle, +1-310-563-6834 Web site: http://www.wylelabs.com/ |
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