Greenbelt, MD USA – SGT, Inc., a leading provider of Science, Engineering, Operations and IT Services today announced the appointment of Michael T. Suffredini as the President of the Commercial Space Division.

Michael T. Suffredini will lead the Commercial Space Division, a new enterprise for SGT. The Commercial Space Division will focus SGT’s and its affiliated companies’, spaceflight engineering, operations and hardware development capabilities on space related commercial opportunities. Through private and public/private partnerships the division expects to play a significant role in the development of low Earth orbit capabilities to support and foster the growing economy and commercialization of space. Dr. Kam Ghaffarian, the CEO and President of SGT stated “Mike’s experience and accomplishments are the perfect match for our Commercial Space Division and he will build a new future for SGT as we embark on the commercialization of space.”

For the last ten years Mr. Suffredini has served as NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) Program Manager with responsibility for the development, assembly, sustainment, operation and utilization of the 460 metric ton, permanently manned international Earth orbiting laboratory complex. This $3.5B per year, 15 nation project is the largest spacecraft ever built and with the international partnership represents the largest international peacetime project in human history. During his tenure, Mr. Suffredini successfully lead the transition of the ISS program from a development and assembly focus to a research and commercial utilization focus, establishing a platform for groundbreaking research and opening avenues for a new commercial marketplace in space.

Mr. Suffredini has over thirty years of experience in spaceflight, the last twenty six years with NASA. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the NASA Distinguished Service medal, NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, the National Air and Space Museum Trophy for Current Achievement and the Yuri Gagarin Medal. In addition, Michael has had both the Rank of Meritorious Executive and Rank of Distinguished Executive conferred upon him by the President of the United States.

SGT provides technology solutions and services to the United States government for space programs, national security and civilian operations. For more than 20 years, our dedicated staff of nearly 2,500 employees has delivered high-value engineering, mission operations, IT and science solutions that yield high-performing and cost-effective government programs.

December 17, 2014

Greenbelt, MD USA – SGT, Inc., a leading provider of Science and Engineering Services today announced that the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has awarded SGT a five-year contract to provide engineering services to develop space science instruments and experimental payloads for NRL’s Space Science Division (SSD) (NRL Code 7600).

Under the Research, Development, and Engineering for Space Science Instruments and Experimental Payloads (SSIEP) contract, SGT will provide engineering services for the following three functional areas of the contract: 1) Research & Development Engineering Functions (which include thermal systems engineering, contamination engineering, instrument optical and RF engineering, instrument systems engineering, mechanisms engineering, mechanical systems engineering, electrical systems engineering), 2) Hardware Fabrication, Inspection, Assembly, Integration, and Testing, 3) Mission Assurance.

The maximum value of this single award, cost-plus-fixed fee term type contract is $20 Million. The SGT team includes Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation, Edge Space Systems, Inc., Genesis Engineering Solutions, Inc., Libration Systems Management, Inc., Pinnacle Engineering & Management Solutions, LLC, Polaris Technology Solutions, and Research Support Instruments.

November 13, 2014

SGT will be participating in the November 13th Tech Expo Career Fair at

BWI Marriott
1743 West Nursery Road
Linthicum Heights, MD 21090

10 am – 3 pm

Hiring Managers will be available for interviews.  Stop by and meet with us to learn about opportunities available with SGT.
Instruments.

October 23, 2014

Greenbelt, MD USA – SGT, Inc., a leading provider of Science and Engineering Services today announced that the General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded them a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide complex, integrated professional services across the Federal government.

Under the much-anticipated One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) contract, SGT will provide flexible and innovative solutions for complex professional services. OASIS spans many areas of expertise and mission spaces; spans multiple professional service disciplines; allows flexibility for all contract types, including hybrids and cost-reimbursement, at the task order level; and allows ancillary support components, commonly referred to as Other Direct Costs (ODC), at the task order level.

The core disciplines of the contract include program management services, management consulting services, logistics services, engineering services, scientific services, and financial services. SGT is proud to be one of 15 firms chosen to provide professional services across at least six of the seven OASIS “Pools” (Pools 1, 3, 4, 5A, 5B, and 6).

Awarded by GSA, the contracts have a five-year base period, and a five-year option period.  Orders can extend five years beyond the option period as long as the order is placed during the option period.  The contract period of performance began on September 3, 2014.

“OASIS is a major win for SGT and we are incredibly excited to have the contract vehicle” said SGT CEO and President Kam Ghaffarian. “This innovative acquisition solution will help us solve our clients’ most challenging problems in an efficient and cost-effective manner.”

July 15, 2014

NASA has awarded SGT a nine-year contract to provide mission and flight crew operations support for the International Space Station and future human space exploration.

Under the Integrated Mission Operations Contract II (IMOC II) SGT will provide support and products for spaceflight operations capability development and execution for the Mission Operations Directorate, the International Space Station Program – including the Avionics and Software Office, and the Flight Crew Operations Directorate at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.  This includes support to mission preparation, crew, flight controller, instructor, and analyst training, as well as real-time mission execution activities related to exploration operations and space station operations.

The maximum value of this single award, cost-plus-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract is $1.3 billion. The contract award begins Oct. 1. There are two, two-year options that could extend the contract through Sept. 30, 2023. This contract includes a firm-fixed price 61-day phase-in period beginning Aug. 1.

Significant subcontractors to SGT, Inc., are Lockheed Martin Corporation’s LMSI Segment – Information Systems & Global Solutions, Gaithersburg, Maryland; GHG Corporation, Webster, Texas; GeoControl Systems, Inc., Houston; and Cimarron Software Services, Inc., Houston.