National Aeronautics and Space Administration Awards Peer Review Services Contract to Maryland Joint Venture

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: December 8, 2004 | Copyright information

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the award of the five-year Sponsored Research & Education Support Services (SRESS) contract to Diversified Global Resources JV LLC (DGR), a joint venture between DB Consulting Group, Inc. (DB), Silver Spring, MD, and Global Science & Technology, Inc. (GST), Greenbelt, MD. DB is the JV's managing partner. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a subcontractor to the JV...

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