OREANDA-NEWS. NASA awarded Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) two contracts for development, sustainment, and maintenance of information technology (IT) software, systems, and support for the Flight Operations Directorate at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The combined contracts have a total potential value of approximately $161 million.

The Joint Operations and Integrated Systems Technology (JOIST) contracts are divided into three baseline areas, of which SAIC has been awarded a single-award contract known as Baseline A and a multiple-award, IDIQ contract.

  • Under Baseline A, SAIC will provide IT-related support services for the NASA Aircraft Management Information System, which is an integrated, module-based, custom software suite that supports aircraft flight operations across the agency. The contract has a potential value of $25.6 million with a two-year base period of performance, a two-year option, and a one-year option to extend.
  • Under the multiple-award, IDIQ contract, SAIC will provide highly-specialized, and advanced research and development IT. The potential contract value is $135 million for all awardees. SAIC is one of five awardees. The IDIQ has a two-year base period of performance and an ordering period that ends in September 2022.

According to NASA, Johnson’s Flight Operations Directorate is responsible for providing trained astronaut crew members and for overall planning, directing, managing, and implementing mission operations for NASA human spaceflight programs. The directorate also is responsible for all of Johnson’s aircraft operations, including aircrew training.

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