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Shaw Wins Contract To Support USAF's 45th Space Wing
The Shaw Group announced that Space Coast Launch Services LLC (SCLS), a joint venture between Shaw and Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC), has won a contract to provide space command logistical support to the U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing for unmanned space vehicle launches. The total value of the award, which has a five-month base period and 10 one-year options, is estimated to be approximately $335 million in revenue for the joint venture, if all options are exercised. Under the CSC-led joint venture, the SCLS team will provide operations, maintenance and engineering support to critical launch, spacecraft and ordnance facilities and support systems. Shaw owns 35% of the SCLS joint venture; CSC owns the remaining 65%. J. M. Bernhard, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Shaw, said, "Shaw is pleased to be a significant part of this joint venture which has been selected as the primary provider of technical support services to the Air Force's 45th Space Wing. We are especially pleased to be partnered with Computer Sciences Corporation on this very important project for the Air Force." Approximately 400 managerial, administrative and technical personnel from SCLS will perform the work at Cape Canaveral in Cocoa Beach, Fla. Teaming with SCLS are Execusys, of Melbourne, Fla., which will provide information technology (IT) support services, and YEI, of Oviedo, Fla., which will provide logistics and procurement services. The 45th Space Wing is responsible for providing the activities and resources for the safety of flight, range instrumentation, infrastructure and scheduling required to support and ensure space and ballistic launches and other operations. |
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