Author: Scott Nicholas|| Date Published: August 16, 2017
The California Institute of Technology will continue to help NASA run the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory under a potential $2.5 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.
NASA said Wednesday Caltech will manage the development and sustainment of core competencies for NASA-funded projects in areas such as astrophysics, aeronautics, Earth and planetary sciences, heliophysics and space.
Caltech will also oversee competed and peer-reviewed research activities sponsored by NASA as well as manage the Deep Space Network for the agency.
The institute’s current JPL operations support contract is set to expire Sept. 30.
The California Institute of Technology will continue to help NASA run the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory under a potential $2.5 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.
