KBR wins $3.6B NASA well being, human efficiency contract

KBR has received a possible 10-year, $3.6 billion contract to proceed its position as a supplier {of professional} companies that support in NASA’s efforts to mitigate potential well being dangers in future human spaceflight missions.

The Human Health and Performance Contract 2 primarily helps work at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, which is dwelling to the company’s Human Health and Performance Directorate that focuses on astronaut well being.

NASA mentioned Monday that the brand new contract’s five-year base interval will start on Nov. 1 with a pair of choices that might lengthen work to 2025.

Some of the applications throughout the contract’s scope embrace the Human Research Program, International Space Station Program, Commercial Crew Program and Artemis marketing campaign.

KBR is tasked with serving to NASA to make sure crew well being, security and efficiency by offering occupational well being companies and conducting analysis into well being dangers that inherently a part of spaceflight.

For KBR, its seize of HHPC2 means the corporate will retain work it initially received in 2015. NASA has obligated roughly $1.5 billion towards the present HHPC contract to-date, in line with GovTribe information.

NASA additionally represents a key buyer for KBR as the corporate has launched into a multi-year technique to construct a franchise area enterprise.