Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been has been awarded a second option year by NASA for its Manufacturing Support and Facility Operations Contract (MSFOC) at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center’s Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans, La. The option year has a potential value of $138 million.
MAF is managed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and contains one of the largest production buildings in the U.S., providing the unique capability of manufacturing large aerospace structures at a single location. Widely known for its key role in the design, assembly, and manufacture of the Space Shuttle external tank, MAF now supports the development and manufacture of new hardware including the Space Launch System (SLS), designed to provide transportation for future American space exploration.