West Virginia Small Businesses Lead New Contracts for NASA

Science and Technology Alliance for Reliable Solutions (STARS), a contract teaming arrangement between three West Virginia-based small businesses, has been awarded two significant contracts in support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

STARS is comprised of KeyLogic Systems, Inc. (Morgantown, WV), Galaxy Global Corp. (Fairmont, WV), and Information Research Corp. (Weston, WV). These awards are valued at approximately $3.5 million and will benefit the State of West Virginia by providing new employment opportunities within the Information Technology community.

In support of the NASA Safety Center, STARS is providing Software Assurance Technical Excellence (SATE) services, including the development and delivery of coursework and automated tools to support software assurance practitioners. The STARS team is joined by Alphaport, LLC (an Ohio-based educational application development firm) for this effort.

The second effort is in direct support of the NASA Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility, providing services to Enhance Validation and Verification Tools and Engineering Approaches. Sphere of Influence (a VA-based software development firm) joins STARS to round out this team and to provide NASA with the best possible team for this assignment.

Both of these contracts have provided NASA with the ability to bring new, high-caliber talent to the region. In supporting enhancements of the V&V tools and approaches alone, NASA has engaged 14 engineering professionals from 9 states across the country to staff this work.

These employees are housed in the new STARS office located adjacent to the NASA IV&V Facility in Fairmont, WV.

“Each of these opportunities truly reflects NASA’s commitment to small business and we are grateful for the opportunities that lie ahead,” says Josiah Devasirvatham, STARS SATE Program Manager. “STARS accepts this challenge and is committed to the mission and success of NASA programs in West Virginia.”

Through these contracts, the STARS team supports NASA programs for both manned and unmanned space flights.

Leveraging over 27 years of combined NASA experience, STARS offers more direct NASA IV&V expertise than is available through any other small business.

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