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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to RSI-QUANTITECH JV LLC

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2023-01-01·LATEST ACTION2026-06-02·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80MSFC23CA004_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

MARSHALL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS AND TRADES SUPPORT (METTS III) COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS AND TRADE SKILLS TO PERFORM TESTING GROUND AND SPACE BASED RESEARCH TEST OPERATIONS DATA ANALYSIS INSTRUMENTATION CALIBRATION

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Engineering technician and trades support for NASA Marshall Space Flight Center testing, research operations, and instrumentation work through 2026.

Sub-sectors
nasa-ground-operationsengineering-supportm&o-contract
Why this matters

Sustains critical ground infrastructure and technical workforce for NASA's space exploration and research missions, including testing for crewed and uncrewed programs.

Supply-chain signal

Ongoing demand for specialized engineering technicians and calibration services supporting NASA's test facilities and space hardware development.

U.S.–China competition angle

Maintains U.S. technical capacity for space exploration and testing operations essential to competing in civil space leadership.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-21. Cost: $0.002928.

Period of performance
Start
2023-01-01
End
2026-12-31
Status
activein 184 days
Sources

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