HOUSTON, January 30, 2020 (KBR PR) – KBR (NYSE: KBR), a leading solutions provider to the civil, military and commercial space industry, will become the first company to train private astronauts at NASA facilities. The company recently signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA Johnson Space Center allowing it to provide human spaceflight operation services to commercial companies. KBR currently holds the only agreement with NASA to provide these services using the agency’s facilities and capabilities.

Through this agreement, KBR will be able to train private astronauts in a wide variety of spaceflight tasks including operating onboard International Space Station (ISS) systems, integrating into the existing ISS crew, performing routine operational tasks, maintaining health and performance, and responding to emergencies. KBR will also provide medical operations and services prior to, during, and after spaceflights.

• Strategic acquisition further expands KBR’s high-tech professional services across NASA and other Government Services entities
• Enhances and expands capabilities to support high-priority missions including human space flight, the International Space Station, military  and commercial space
• Increases technology capabilities in mission IT and scientific research including modeling, simulation and data analytics
• $3.4 billion in backlog with no major recompetes for two years

HOUSTON, February 23, 2018 (KBR PR) – KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc. (SGT) a leading provider of technology solutions, engineering services, mission operations, scientific and IT software solutions in the Government Services market.

SGT has a distinguished heritage delivering technology solutions and services to the U.S. government for space programs, national security and civilian operations.
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