HOUSTON, March 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR, Inc. (NYSE:
KBR) announced today that its global government services business,
KBRwyle, has won multiple prestigious prime contractor awards from
NASA in recognition of KBRwyle's support of the agency's small
business program. NASA named KBRwyle as the Large Business Prime
Contractor of the Year at Goddard Space Flight Center and at
Johnson Space Center. NASA also recognized KBRwyle for the
Mentor-Protégé Agreement of the Year at Ames Research Center.
"These accolades recognize KBRwyle's leadership and its
ability to deliver high-performing teams of diverse and small
businesses that help ensure NASA mission success across multiple
NASA centers," said Byron Bright,
President, KBR Government Services U.S. "To be recognized at three
different centers simultaneously is a tremendous honor."
KBRwyle received the Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year
award at the two NASA space centers for its overall contract
performance, participation in NASA-related outreach events, sound
small business practices and use of small business contractors.
KBRwyle's prime contract services at Goddard Space Flight Center
include mission operations for on-orbit spacecraft and specialized
science support in the areas of geodynamic, geomagnetic,
geophysical and atmospheric investigations of solar system
bodies.
At Johnson Space Center, KBRwyle serves as the prime contractor
on multiple contracts providing spaceflight operations development,
preparation and execution; mission systems support; and human
spaceflight activities. KBRwyle experts staff every flight
discipline console in the Mission Control Center and assist with
every operational aspect of NASA's current human spaceflight
programs.
NASA also honored KBRwyle as the recipient of the Mentor-Protégé
Agreement of the Year award. KBRwyle received the award for its
mentorship of MORI Associates at Ames Research Center where KBRwyle
provides scientific research, technology and application
development and program management solutions. During its two-year
agreement, KBRwyle successfully provided subcontractor MORI
Associates with training and guidance on business growth
strategies, business development, quality assurance certification
and other topics.
KBRwyle provides long-term engineering, technical and scientific
solutions to NASA dating back to Project Gemini. It operates at
eleven NASA centers and facilities serving all four mission
directorates. KBRwyle's expertise includes human and robotic
spaceflight, planetary, space and life science, satellite
integration and mission operations, and ground systems and
communications.
About KBR, Inc.
KBR is a global provider of differentiated professional services
and technologies across the asset and program lifecycle within the
Government Services and Hydrocarbons sectors. KBR employs
approximately 36,000 people worldwide (including our joint
ventures), with customers in more than 75 countries, and operations
in 40 countries, across three synergistic global businesses:
- Government Services, serving government customers globally,
including capabilities that cover the full lifecycle of defense,
space, aviation and other government programs and missions from
research and development, through systems engineering, test and
evaluation, program management, to operations, maintenance, and
field logistics
- Technology, including proprietary technology focused on the
monetization of hydrocarbons (especially natural gas and natural
gas liquids) in ethylene and petrochemicals; ammonia, nitric acid
and fertilizers; oil refining and gasification
- Hydrocarbons Services, including onshore oil and gas; LNG
(liquefaction and regasification)/GTL; oil refining;
petrochemicals; chemicals; fertilizers; differentiated EPC;
maintenance services (Brown & Root Industrial Services);
offshore oil and gas (shallow-water, deep-water, subsea); floating
solutions (FPU, FPSO, FLNG & FSRU); program management and
consulting services
KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to
provide technology, value-added services, integrated EPC delivery
and long term operations and maintenance services to ensure
consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We
Deliver.
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