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NASA Awards Lunar Spacesuit Contract Worth Up To $745.9 Million

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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

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NASA last week gave Oceaneering International Inc. of Houston a contract worth up to $745.9 million to design, develop and produce a new spacesuit for orbital and lunar operations. Subcontractors are Air-Lock Inc. of Milford, Conn., David Clark Co. of Worcester, Mass., Cimarron Software Services Inc. of Houston, Harris Corp. of Palm Bay, Fla., Honeywell [HON, Paragon Space Development Corp. of Tucson, Ariz., and United Space Alliance of Houston. USA is a joint venture of Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin…

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