ASRC Research and Technology Solutions (News - Alert) (ARTS) has been awarded a five-year NASA Stennis IT contract. Under the contract, ARTS will provide information and technical services at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. ARTS aims to meet the growing demand of the Federal Government in the classified DoD and civil aeronautics marketplaces.

The NASA contract is worth $54.5 million. As per the terms of the cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, ARTS will perform a wide range of information, technical, technology and applied science services, as well as future requirements, such as telecommunication services for Stennis. The contract has a base period of two years plus three one-year options.

The contract will provide continued or new employment for more than 100 people in southern Mississippi. According to Gregg Einfalt, president of ARTS, this contract gives the ARTS team a great opportunity to support NASA Stennis Space Center in its critical role of providing engineering, applied science and propulsion testing services to the nation. Einfalt added that the ARTS team is well equipped to provide Stennis with the information technology services essential to the ongoing mission success.

ASRC Research and Technology Solutions (ARTS) provides a range of research, engineering, scientific and product development services to meet the needs of high technology consumers in government and industry, including the aerospace, defense, energy and transportation sectors. ARTS, a subsidiary of ASRC Federal Holding Company, is certified by the Small Business Administration as an 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB). The ASRC Research and Technology Solutions (ARTS) Team is looking forward to partner with NASA Stennis Space Center on the Information and Technical Services (ITS) contract.

The John C. Stennis Space Center in South Mississippi is one of ten NASA field centers in the United States. The Space Center contains America’s largest rocket engine test complex. At this complex, all space shuttle main engines are tested and proven flight worthy and future engines and stages will also be tested for returning astronauts to the moon. The Applied Science and Technology Project Office at the Stennis Space Center provides world-class project management to support NASA's science and technology goals. Stennis is a multi-agency center with more than 30 resident agencies.