GREENBELT, Md., June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --SGT, Inc., a leading provider of Engineering, Science, Project Management, and Information Technology services, today announced that NASA has awarded a bridge contract to provide mechanical, thermal, and related engineering services to the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate (AETD), in support of space technology development, Earth and Space science missions, and NASA's Exploration Program.

The MSES Bridge Contract is a follow-on contract to the current MSES IIA Contract that SGT was awarded in 2007. The MSES Bridge contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum ordering value of $285 million. The contract has a two-year effective ordering period beginning June 1, 2012.

The contract enables SGT to continue to provide state-of-the-art engineering and related services for the formulation, design, development, fabrication, integration, testing, verification, and operations of space flight and ground system hardware and software, including development and validation of new technologies to enable future space and science missions. The multidisciplinary services include mechanical and thermal engineering, structural and dynamic analysis, mechanical design, electro-mechanical system development, contamination and coatings, manufacturing, materials engineering, and integration & test.

SGT, Inc. is privately held and headquartered in Greenbelt, MD, USA. SGT, Inc. provides aerospace engineering, earth and planetary science modeling and analysis, information systems, project management, operational support and technical services to NASA, DOT, NOAA, USGS, DOD, and various other government and commercial organizations.

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