L-3 Communications Gains $49 Million For Astronaut Training

L-3 Communications [LLL] received a five-year, $49 million cost plus fixed fee contract from Johnson Space Center (JSC) to provide space systems domain expertise.

That will enhance space training for NASA engineers and astronauts.

Under the new contract, known as Simulation and Software Technology (SST), Reston, Va.-based L-3 Enterprise IT Solutions (L-3 EITS) will provide space systems domain expertise in robotics; dynamics; guidance, navigation, and control; avionics; electrical power systems; and ground systems technologies.