The agreements resulted from the agency's Technology Transfer Program, which helps open NASA's research and technology to the public for use and development. The agreements grant rights for four patented technologies invented by NASA and GRoK scientists.
    NASA is interested in the potential these technologies present for regenerating bone and muscle. During long spaceflights, astronauts are susceptible to developing osteopenia, a condition arising from the loss of bone and muscle mass and bone density. The patented technologies could help GRoK develop breakthrough products for the research and medical communities and advance overall understanding of biomedicine. 
    For information about NASA's Technology Transfer Program, see the agency's website.

SOFTWARE FIRM WINS CONTRACT: NASA has awarded its Advanced Technology and Integration contract to Tietronix Software Inc. of Webster, Texas, for support at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
     This firm-fixed price contract begins April 1 with a five-year base period. The value of the contract is $35 million.
     Tietronix will provide software engineering and research development of applications and solutions for mission operations systems and other systems within the Mission Operations Directorate (MOD) at Johnson.
     The contractual support also includes tests, upgrades and maintenance support for a MOD project information system known as Athena. The integration tasks include collecting, organizing, processing resources and data entry, retrieving data, performing data searches and producing management reports.

PEERLESS CONTRACT: NASA has selected Peerless Technologies Corp. of Fairborn, Ohio, to perform state-of-the art information technology services at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio.
     The cost-plus, fixed-fee contract, awarded under the Small Business Set Aside Program, is valued at a maximum of $112 million.
     Peerless Technologies will provide services that include maintaining Glenn's information systems, planning and integration, applications support and content management. Additional support includes multimedia and IT security, specialized information systems and multilevel help desk support.

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