Tucson-based Paragon Space Development Corp. has teamed up with a Maryland-based company on a multitask NASA contract for work supporting the International Space Station that could be worth up to $500 million over seven years.
Under the contract NASA awarded to Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, the ISS Program office will issue task orders to provide spaceflight hardware, software, mission integration and operations services on a commercial basis, with minimal government involvement, the companies said in a news release.
The Research, Engineering, Mission and Integration Services (REMIS) contract has a five-year base period with one two-year option.
βThis multimillion-dollar, multitask contract will be just the beginning of a long successful relationship with SGT (Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies),β said Grant Anderson, president and CEO of Paragon.
SGT said it was was awarded three of the five contract line items in the categories of engineering, and that Paragonβs capabilities were key to winning the contract.
βParagonβs innovative solutions and technical approach to meeting NASAβs needs were integral to our win, and their proven track record of delivering spaceflight hardware will be key in SGTβs ability to win and execute future REMIS task orders,β said Mark Greeley, REMIS program manager for SGT.
Since its founding in 1993, Paragon has been involved in numerous projects for NASA, and more recently with private space-exploration companies, including development of environmental-control and life-support systems, spacesuits and flight systems.
Paragon said its work under the contract will be managed out of the companyβs Houstonβs office and be performed across all facilities, including Paragonβs Tucson headquarters and Denver office.
SGT was NASAβs 12th-largest contractor in fiscal 2016, with $326 million in contracts. In 2014, NASA awarded SGT a nine-year contract worth up to $1.3 billion to provide mission and flight-crew operations support for the space station and future human space exploration.
