NASA Contracts

Jacobs provides aerospace testing and facility operations in support of various wind tunnel and thermophysics test facilities for the Wind Tunnel Operations Division and the Space Technology Division of NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, CA, including the maintenance and operations of all wind tunnels and arc jet facilities at Ames. Our support includes operating, maintaining, repairing, and managing facilities; planning, preparing, scheduling, and conducting tests; planning, design, implementation, and checkout of development projects; data acquisition system development; IT system administration; and administrative services.
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As a subcontractor, Jacobs provides payload processing support for the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, expendable launch vehicles, and other programs for NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC), near Cape Canaveral, FL. We support a wide range of areas, including facility operations readiness, calibration, electromagnetic measurement, and analysis services. Specifically, Jacobs provides operation, maintenance, repair, and modernization support to approximately 13 spacecraft processing facilities. We ensure that these complex facilities, systems, and equipment, including backup equipment, are operationally ready for space launch payload processing. We also provide facility space management, outage coordination, crane maintenance and operations, facility cleanliness and environmental conditions, complex control systems, energy consumption/conservation, and facility construction programs. – hide

Jacobs provides engineering and design (E&D) support and architecture and engineering (A&E) services for a multitude of projects to sustain and enhance NASA’s research, testing, and launch facilities and infrastructure throughout the USA. We offer a wide range of GSA schedules enabling our customers to easily access Jacobs’ expertise. Our services encompass analysis, site selection support, design, construction management, commissioning, and independent design review for projects ranging from the upgrade of an existing system to the design/build of state-of-the-art, first-of-its-kind facilities and systems. Representative projects include the A-3 Test Stand at SSC in Bay St. Louis, MS; the Propulsion Research Laboratory at MSFC in Huntsville, AL; the Transonic Dynamic Tunnel Long Term Hurricane Recovery Program at LaRC in Hampton, VA; Vacuum Chamber A, Vacuum Chamber B, and Support Equipment Preparation for the James Webb Space Telescope at JSC near Houston, TX; and the Constellation Mobile Launcher Specialty Fluids Engineering Study at KSC near Cape Canaveral, FL. – hide

Jacobs provides space systems-centric engineering, science, operations and maintenance, and manufacturing services at JSC, near Houston, TX – NASA’s primary center for design, development, and testing of spacecraft and associated systems for human space flight. Our support includes providing engineering products and services for the International Space Station (ISS), Space Shuttle, and other spacecraft flight programs; design, development, certification, and production of hardware and software; operation and maintenance of on-site laboratories and facilities; and research and development for new technology. We also provide curatorial services for NASA’s astromaterials collections, which include lunar rocks, meteorites, and returned samples from the Genesis and Stardust missions. We are responsible for several projects related to the new vision for space exploration, including the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) Parachute Assembly System, CEV Crew Module Hypervelocity Impact Testing, Advanced Space Suit System Development, and James Webb Space Telescope test facility modifications. We were also involved in concept development for Chariot – the first lunar truck prototype. – hide

Jacobs provides services across a wide range of engineering, technical, science, propulsion, program management, and business disciplines at MSFC in Huntsville, AL, including support to marquee NASA programs such as the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station (ISS), the Constellation Program, and the Robotic Lunar Exploration Program. Jacobs is the prime contractor for the avionics suite of the Ares I-X launch vehicle – the first flight of NASA’s first new launch vehicle to be developed in more than 30 years. We also provide mechanical and electrical design, development, analyses, testing of computer and data systems, software development and testing, and simulations for space vehicles, research investigations, payloads, and ground support equipment. Jacobs operates and maintains NASA’s Material Research Facility with individuals supporting a wide range of material development, materials science, engineering, and testing. Jacobs has provided continuous support to NASA MSFC since 1989, and in 2002, Jacobs received NASA’s George M. Low Award – the agency’s premier quality and performance award for contractors – for work at MSFC. Jacobs has also been awarded NASA MSFC’s Contractor Excellence Award seven times. – hide

Jacobs provides facility operations and maintenance services to support NASA’s and the SSC’s missions in the areas of rocket propulsion testing, research and development in propulsion test technologies, and scientific/applied research in space technology development. This effort provides support to more than 30 federal and state agencies at SSC that share and utilize the Center’s facilities and services. The scope of the FOSC contract includes program management, life support services, engineering services, institutional services, facility maintenance and operations, and logistics and transportation services to NASA SSC and tenant organizations. In addition to typical administration, quality, safety, and training services, Jacobs provides support for emergency management, configuration management of facilities and central engineering files, food and custodial services, logistical services, general resources management, and special engineering support for high pressure fluid and cryogenic handling systems. Jacobs also provides engineering services/studies in the areas of civil, architectural, mechanical, electrical, structural, environmental, construction management, and fire protection disciplines. – hide

On this nearly 500 person contract, Jacobs provides facilities operations and management services at NASA’s MAF located near New Orleans, LA. We currently support the MAF mission of manufacturing and assembling human space flight hardware including the Space Shuttle External Tank, Ares I rocket, and the Orion crew exploration vehicle. The scope of the MSFOC contract includes program management; safety, health and emergency management; integrated engineering support; maintenance; site services; site operations; logistics operations services; sustaining engineering; environmental services; and construction services. – hide

Jacobs provides research and facility operations, maintenance, engineering, and information technology (IT) services for NASA LaRC. Our services include design engineering, design/build project management, construction management, tactical engineering, facility operations and maintenance, configuration management, document control, facility IT integration and support, and information systems management. We also support NASA space programs with atmospheric research and technology testing and development. Jacobs plays a role in fulfilling the new space program’s vision by participating in the evaluation of the Orion crew module conceptual designs and Ares I launch system prototypes in LaRC’s wind tunnels. We also help LaRC lead NASA’s initiatives in aviation safety, quiet aircraft technology, small aircraft transportation, and aerospace vehicles system technology. – hide

As a subcontractor, Jacobs provides technical support services – including model build-up and operation, facility operation, modification, repair, and maintenance – in aeronautic and propulsion test facilities at GRC in Cleveland, OH. Jacobs also provides test engineering support that includes test program development, integration engineering, facility engineering, and operation engineering (including acting as test conductors and facility operators). Additionally, we are responsible for the maintenance of all test facilities and the design, implementation, and oversight of upgrades and modifications to the test facilities and test support equipment. Test facilities at GRC include subsonic and supersonic wind tunnels, engine altitude chambers, engine component facilities, space simulation chambers, zero gravity facilities, instrumentation research and development (R&D) laboratories, materials and structures R&D laboratories, clean-rooms, and rocket test facilities. – hide

Jacobs provides test and test support services for SSC near Bay St. Louis, MS and for MSFC in Huntsville, AL. We provide support at these two locations involving multiple test stands, preparation areas, and support facilities. Our services encompass management and administration, test and engineering, and test project implementation/test performance capability. We provide test planning and test operations; test facility management, design, modification, and operation; technology development and insertion; and maintenance. We also provide facility design, buildup, activation, and testing in support of Constellation, Space Shuttle Main Engine, and Delta IV Engine programs. – hide