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NASA to Extend $500M REMIS Contract for Low-Earth Orbit Commercialization Push

NASA intends to exercise a two-year option on its $500 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that supports research and engineering requirements of the International Space Station.

The agency said Saturday it will extend the performance period for the Research, Engineering, Mission Integration Services Contract in a strategy to establish a self-sustaining supply of commercial services to low-Earth orbit missions by the public and private sectors.

Sixteen vendors originally secured positions on the REMIS contract, which took effect on Sept. 6, 2017, and is scheduled to expire on Sept. 5, 2022.

Tasks include support for spaceflight and ground platforms, research mission operations, payload facility integration and sustaining engineering functions.

NASA’s updated list of REMIS contractors is provided below:

  • Barrios Technology
  • BioServe Space Technologies
  • Boeing (NYSE: BA)
  • Craig Technologies
  • CSS
  • KBR (NYSE: KBR)
  • Leidos (NYSE: LDOS)
  • MEI Technologies
  • Oceaneering’s space systems division
  • Sierra Nevada Corp.
  • Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, now part of KBR
  • Techshot
  • Tec-Masters
  • Teledyne Brown Engineering
  • ZIN Technologies

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