DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) has been selected as NASA’s
Agency-Level 2016 Small Business Industry Award (SBIA) Large Business
Prime Contractor of the Year. This is the second time in six years that
Jacobs has received the award.
The Agency-Level award follows Jacobs’ 2016 Center-Level SBIA Large
Business Prime Contractor of the Year Award at four NASA Centers –
Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC), Johnson Space Center (JSC),
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), and Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
Jacobs also won NASA’s Mentor-Protégé Agreement of the Year at JSC.
Jacobs was nominated for its most recent award by NASA KSC, where the
company provides program management, engineering, flight hardware,
logistics, and spaceport services. The KSC nomination acknowledged
Jacobs for its ground and flight application software team efforts,
supporting critical missions to resupply the International Space
Station, as well as overall service to the Test and Operations Support
Contract.
“We’re very proud to be the recipient of this SBIA Agency-Level award
and all of our SBIA Awards, these are a testament to the commitment and
knowledge of our people,” said Jacobs Aerospace and Technology Senior
Vice President Ward Johnson. “As NASA’s largest services provider,
Jacobs has made a significant contribution to our nation’s space
exploration program, as well as various aeronautical research and
development programs. We are committed to help NASA achieve mission
success.”
Jacobs is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers of
technical professional and construction services, with our Aerospace and
Technology Line of Business continuing to deliver technical excellence
and innovative enterprise solutions to our government and commercial
aerospace clients. The company employs 54,000 people and operates in
more than 25 countries around the world. For more information, visit www.jacobs.com.
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are forward-looking statements. We base these forward-looking statements
on management’s current estimates and expectations as well as currently
available competitive, financial and economic data. Forward-looking
statements, however, are inherently uncertain. There are a variety of
factors that could cause business results to differ materially from our
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which may occur that could cause actual results to differ from our
forward-looking statements please refer to our Form 10-K for the year
ended September 30, 2016, and in particular the discussions contained
under Items 1 - Business, 1A - Risk Factors, 3 - Legal Proceedings, and
7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking
statements made herein.
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Source: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.