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Raytheon Selected For Follow-On Contract To Support US Antarctic Program
Reston VA (SPX) Oct 19, 2004 Raytheon has been selected to continue support services for the National Science Foundation's U.S. Antarctic Program. The support contract extension is for $546 million, bringing the total value of the contract to $1.172 billion and extending the agreement another five years from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2010. The initial program was awarded in April 2000. Under the contract, Raytheon Technical Services Company will continue to provide science, operations and maintenance support for the U.S. Antarctic Program, the nation's scientific research program in the Antarctic, to include all labor, materials, facilities and equipment. Work is performed in Antarctica, South America, New Zealand and the United States. The U.S. Antarctic Program is the national program for scientific research and geopolitical presence in Antarctica, the world's southernmost continent. This presence includes the conduct of scientific activities in major disciplines, year-round occupation of the South Pole and two coastal stations, and logistics, operations, communications, maintenance and construction services for the program. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Raytheon SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Nuclear Space Technology at Space-Travel.com
Rewriting Glacial History In Pacific North America
Edmonton AB (SPX) Jan 10, 2006Although the story on glacier fluctuations in northwestern North America over the last 10,000 years has remained largely unchanged for decades, new evidence discovered by a University of Alberta researcher will rewrite that glacial history and offer clues about our climate history during the last several thousand years. |
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