U.S. Antarctic Program
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Leidos taps Parsons for construction support for National Science Foundation Antarctic operations
Parsons will serve as general contractor for construction support services to help Leidos provide aid in the Antarctic operations of the National Science Foundation. Leidos selected Parsons through a competitive process to provide design, engineering and construction management services for the McMurdo Station refresh efforts, Parsons said Thursday. The more than 60-year old McMurdo Station serves as […] More
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Leidos to Host Industry Days for NSF Antarctic Infrastructure Construction Program
Leidos will hold industry days on June 13 and Aug. 15 in Centennial, Colorado, to discuss the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization for Science program with potential subcontractors. AIMS is a multi-phase construction program composed of three design-build projects and one design-bid-build initiative, NSF said Thursday. NSF said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday […] More
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Lockheed-Built Air Force Satellite Takes New Mission With NSF’s South Pole Station
A Lockheed Martin-built legacy U.S. Air Force satellite has begun to provide communications services for the National Science Foundation‘s South Pole-based Amundsen-Scott Station. Lockheed said Tuesday the Defense Satellite Communications System III B7 replaced NSF’s decommissioned Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-3 in June to establish communication and data links between Amundsen-Scott Station and the U.S. Antarctic Program facility in New Zealand. DSCS III B7 […] More
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Leidos to Take Over NSF’s Antarctic Program Support Contract
Leidos will take over work on the National Science Foundation‘s U.S. Antarctic Program as part of the company’s merger into the former information systems and global solutions segment of Lockheed Martin. IS&GS has provided laboratory management, food services and information technology support to Antarctica-based research stations run by NSF since 2011 under the Antarctic Support Contract, the agency said Monday. NSF said […] More