Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. announced today that NASA’s Marshall
Space Flight Center (MSFC) has exercised a $44.8 million contract
option to extend the contract of a Jacobs subsidiary.
Under the contract, Jacobs continues to serve as the engineering,
science, and technical services contractor through fiscal year 2003.
Jacobs has supported MSFC since 1989.
In making the announcement, Jacobs President Craig Martin stated,
“We appreciate this opportunity to continue serving Marshall Space
Flight Center, NASA’s premier center for space propulsion. We remain
committed to providing exceptional value to NASA and its customers in
support of critical programs such as the International Space Station
and propulsion research & development for future interplanetary
missions.”
Jacobs, with over 30,000 employees and revenues approaching $5.0
billion, provides technical, professional, and construction services
globally.
Any statements made in this release that are not based on
historical fact are forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking
statements made in this release represent management’s best judgement
as to what may occur in the future. However, Jacobs’ actual outcome
and results are not guaranteed and are subject to certain risks,
uncertainties and assumptions (“Future Factors”), and may differ
materially from what is expressed. For a description of Future Factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from such
forward-looking statements, see the discussion under the section
“Forward-Looking Statements” included in Management’s Discussion and
Analysis filed as part of Exhibit 13 to the Company’s 2001 Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
