APT Research, Inc. (APT) is thrilled to have been selected to continue as the provider of safety and mission assurance support services at NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. APT has served as the prime contractor for this effort since 2013 and was awarded the KSC Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year in 2020.
The Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services IV contract, with an estimated five-year value of $67 million, supports NASA programs including Exploration Ground Systems, Launch Services Program, Commercial Crew Program, International Space Station, Space Launch System, and Orion. The scope of the contract includes mission assurance, engineering, and risk assessment and analysis in the disciplines of safety, reliability, and quality.
We are extremely grateful to our employee owners and teammates, including Davis Strategic Innovations, Inc., and Metis Technology Solutions, Inc., for their hard work and support on this effort. We look forward to continuing to support and assure the highest level of safety at our nation’s busiest spaceport.
Says APT CEO George Gafka, “APT is pleased to continue this critical work for KSC and the nation. This is especially important in this new era of space exploration.”
