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Moseley Technical Services, Inc. receives the
2009 Boeing Performance Excellence Award
Moseley Technical Services, Inc announded today that
it has received a 2009 Boeing Performance Excellence
Award. The Boeing Company issues the award
annually to recognize suppliers who have achieved
superior performance. Moseley Technical Services,
Inc. currently supplies Engineering Support Services to
Boeing for the ARES I IUA program and has been a
long-standing supplier partner to The Boeing Company
since 1995.
Boeing Awards Ares I Rocket Subcontracts to Three
Small Businesses
ST. LOUIS, June 2, 2008 – The Boeing Company
[NYSE: BA] has awarded three contracts to small
businesses under its NASA Ares I Instrument Unit
Avionics (IUA) contract.
The IUA, which guides the rocket into orbit, consists
of onboard computers, flight controls, communications
equipment, power systems, navigation and control systems
and other instruments and their associated software for
monitoring the rocket’s speed and position while
supporting safe assembly, check-out and flight
operation. The IUA is the brains of the Ares I rocket,
which will transports astronauts into orbit for their
journey back to the moon by 2020.
Subcontracts were awarded to minority-owned GeoLogics
Corporation based in Alexandria, Va.; to minority-owned
Moseley Technical Services Inc, based in Huntsville,
Ala. and to service-disabled veteran owned Muñiz
Engineering, Inc. Technologies, based in Houston. All
three companies are classified as small disadvantaged
businesses under government contracting deadlines. The
value of the subcontracts was not disclosed.
Moseley Technical Services will focus on supporting
avionics subsystem development and systems engineering
and integration, GeoLogics will provide software support
to Boeing and MEI Technology will provide support for
the electronic ground equipment development and test
activities.
Boeing conducted a competition among 15 companies and
selected the three that offered the best overall value.
The source selection team was drawn from engineering,
finance, human resources, supplier management and the
small business office. The contracts are for one year
with four option years that could last through 2013.
“Our evaluations were based on their technical
ability, management capability and cost,” said Larry B.
McWhorter, Boeing Ares I IUA engineering manager who was
involved in the selection process. “Clearly, the
proposals were top-notch and we’re excited to have them
work with us to deliver a safe and reliable avionics
system for NASA’s next generation Ares I rocket. This is
the first of many opportunities for engineering support
services as we strive to exceed our aggressive small
business goals.”
McWhorter added the work would be valued in the
millions for each of these companies over the life of
the Ares I contract. All three companies will hire new
employees who will be collocated with Boeing and NASA
personnel in Huntsville.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated
Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and
defense businesses specializing in innovative and
capabilities-driven customer solutions. Headquartered in
St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $32.1
billion business with 71,000 employees worldwide.
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