NASA announces winners of quality and performance award
February 11th, 2010 - 3:29 am ICT by BNO NewsWASHINGTON D.C. (BNO NEWS) – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on Wednesday that two companies have been the winners of the 2009 George M. Low Award, the highest honor for quality and performance.
United Space Alliance and Applied Geo Technologies received their awards at the NASA’s seventh annual Project Management Challenge in Galveston, Texas on Wednesday.
United Space Alliance (USA), of Houston, Texas, received the award in the large business service category. USA provides various services to the Kennedy Space Center, the Marshal Space Flight Center and the Johnson Space Center. Engineering and technical services, mission planning, astronaut’s training and execution of missions are some of the tasks this company contributes the NASA with.
Applied Geo Technologies (AGT) is based in Choctaw, Mississippi and received the award in the small business category. It provides aerospace and defense services, instrumentation repairing and calibration, and geographic analysis.
George M. Low award was established in 1985 as NASA’s Excellence Award for Quality and Productivity.
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