NASA awards contractors

Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne of East Hartford, Conn., is NASA's large business prime contractor of the year and A2Research of Huntsville, Ala., is the agency's small business prime contractor of the year. The awards were presented Tuesday by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden in Washington. (Source: al.com, NASA, 04/23/13) Gulf Coast note: At Stennis Space Center, Miss., A2Research performs test stand calibration and support and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne tests rocket engines. The Mississippi Enterprise for Technology's March-April newsletter mentions A2Research in a feature story.