NASA has awarded the Flight Dynamics Support Services (FDSS) III contract to OPR, LLC, a joint venture between Omitron, Inc. and Pearl River Technologies. The contract is a small business set-aside that provides flight dynamics support to, and related services for, the Engineering and Technology Directorate’s Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis Division at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. The five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a maximum ordering value of $165 million.

The FDSS III contract provides operations, analysis, and development support for GSFC flight dynamics services and systems. The OPR team will provide critical support to the Flight Dynamics Facility (FDF), NASA’s robotic mission Conjunction Assessment and Risk Analysis (CARA) project, the Human Space Flight (HSF) and Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) programs, and Earth Observing System (EOS) satellite operations.

“Omitron is thrilled to continue supporting NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center,” said Bruce Larsen, Omitron President. “We look forward to working with our customer and our industry partners to continue providing excellent services to NASA to achieve mission success.”

After the 60-day phase-in, the contract performance will commence on November 1, 2019. The work will be performed at GSFC and facilities in Beltsville, MD, Colorado Springs, CO, and Vandenberg AFB, CA.  Subcontractors to OPR, LLC for FDSS III include:  a.i. solutions, Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), McKinley Aerospace, and Thinking Systems.