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| Jacobs to assume operations at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been certified by NASA ready to assume operational management of the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in eastern New Orleans. Jacobs was awarded the manufacturing support and facility operations contract (MSFOC) May 1. It officially took over the MSFOC from Lockheed Martin July 1, and will employ approximately 450 employees. Jacobs will provide program management; safety, health and emergency management; integrated manufacturing support; maintenance; site services; site operations; logistics operations services; sustaining engineering; environmental services; and construction and indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity services to the facility. With the shuttle program scheduled to retire next year, NASA is transitioning to the Constellation Program, which is developing new spacecraft - the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles, the Orion crew capsule, and the Altair lunar lander - to transport humans to the International Space Station, the moon and beyond. NASA's transition involves comprehensive and careful planning of simultaneous large-scale, interrelated spaceflight program activities. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |