NASA Awards Force Measurement Support Contract

HAMPTON, Va., Sept. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA announced the selection of two Newport News, Va., businesses to provide various force measurement and strain gauge instrumentation services at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.

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Modern Machine and Tool Co., Inc., was awarded contract line item numbers 0001 and 0003, and Triumph Aerospace Systems was awarded contract line item number 2, of the Force Measurement Support Services contract. These businesses will support NASA programs and projects by providing services to produce, calibrate, repair and utilize instruments in a wide range of environments, from cryogenic to high temperatures, and applications.

The performance period of the two indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts is five years, including options, starting Oct. 1 and ending no later than Sept. 30, 2018.

The contract value for line items 0001 and 0003 is $9.1 million, $600,000 for line item 0002.

Principal work will be performed at the contractor facilities in Hampton.

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