OMES III Contract Awarded to KBR/Intuitive Machines JV by NASA

NASA has awarded an OMES III (Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services) contract to a KBR Joint Venture (JV) with Intuitive Machines. Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity OMES III contract, valued at $719 million, the JV will provide multidisciplinary engineering for some of NASA’s most critical space orbital systems in its Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Maryland.

“As a partner with Intuitive Machines, we are proud to support NASA’s development of space orbital systems with our unparalleled spaceflight engineering expertise.”

Byron Bright, KBR

The contract directly aids the primary support vehicle for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program, the backbone of both short- and long-term weather forecasts, as well as NASA’s Exploration and In-space Services projects division, which develops groundbreaking, more sustainable technologies to service spacecraft and pioneer in-space assembly and manufacturing.

JPSS satellites provide sophisticated meteorological data and observations of atmosphere, ocean, and land for daily and long-term monitoring and forecasting. NOAA’s National Weather Service uses this data to increase the accuracy of forecasts three to seven days in advance of a severe weather event. These forecasts allow for early warnings and enable emergency managers to make timely decisions to protect American lives and property, including ordering effective evacuations.

OMES III Contract Deliverables

As a part of OMES III, KBR will provide electrical engineering, instrument systems and technology services, exploration and mission support services, as well as mission engineering and systems analysis for the study, design, development, fabrication, integration, testing, verification and operations of spaceflight, airborne, and ground system hardware and software.

“We are pleased with this new business award. The world’s leading government agencies and commercial enterprises rely on KBR’s innovative solutions to complex challenges both on and off the planet,” said Byron Bright, president of KBR Government Solutions U.S. “As a partner with Intuitive Machines, we are proud to support NASA’s development of space orbital systems with our unparalleled spaceflight engineering expertise.”

KBR has been supporting GSFC for more than 35 years and has extensive experience in all phases of mission operations, ground systems engineering and spaceflight instrument development.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied all protests of this award.

(Source: KBR news release. Images from file)