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NASA Gives American Tank Contract For Test Stand Gear

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Monday, February 23rd, 2009

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NASA gave American Tank and Vessel Inc. a contract worth up to $45 million to install a test cell diffuser and systems in the A-3 test stand at Stennis Space Center. Mioss. American Tank, of Mobile, Ala., received a five-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract. The A-3 test stand is being built at Stennis to test the J-2X engine for the Constellation Program developing next-generation spacecraft systems to send astronauts to the International Space Station, the moon, Mars and beyond.…

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