18 February 2011: Athena employee receives NASA award for Test Capability
Fairmont, West Virginia - Athena employee Dan Nawrocki received a NASA Group Achievement Award for his role in the development of the Independent Test Capability in support of the NASA software Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Program. The ITC provides an adaptable software test environment for the IV&V program. According to the award citation, “The ITC Team's efforts can best be described as an engineering feat, finding success where others could not”, “The ITC Team met all of their 2010 milestones below cost”, and “The ITC Team has utilized Agency knowledge and resources, collaboration opportunities, and past lessons to produce a new analytical capability for IV&V and Agency projects”.
The scope of the ITC work includes the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), Autonomous Flight Safety System (AFSS), International Space Station (ISS), and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Projects. In addition, the ITC team is now working with the Kedalion test laboratory to ensure effective IV&V analysis for future human space flight software.
Athena CEO, Beth McCaugherty said “We are honored to have a role working on the ITC project. We understand the importance of this project to the NASA IV&V Program. We are also grateful for the efforts of Dan Nawrocki. He has made significant contributions as a team player."
3 January 2011: Athena outlook for 2011
Fairmont, West Virginia - Athena Sciences CEO, Beth McCaugherty, is highly optimistic for 2011. She says "We have positioned ourselves well for a number of awards in 2011 having built or become part of highly capable teams for prime contract or subcontract awards in support of NASA, DHS, the US Army, and the FBI. Growth of 200% to 300% in 2011 is possible. We attribute our success to date and optimism to our relationships with our customers. Our customers have been very satisfied with our contract performance and our ability to play a key role in the development of technical solutions."
Fairmont, West Virginia - Athena Sciences Corporation is partnered as a subcontractor to large business prime, BAE Systems, and small business prime, Galaxy Global Corporation who have been selected to receive awards under the FBI's Information Technology Supplies and Support Services (IT-SSS) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, potentially valued as high as $30 billion. The 8 year IDIQ contract allows chosen companies to bid on IT work for the FBI or other offices in the Department of Justice. “Athena is excited to have both a large business prime and small buisness prime under this IDIQ", said CEO Beth McCaugherty. "BAE is a well established provider to the FBI in DC, Quantico, VA, and at CJIS in Clarksburg, WV. It is truly a privilege to be a part of their team and to be of service to the Department of Justice. We also believe that Galaxy Global is gaining momentum as a small business provider. They have developed an excellent team for this opportunity and are also well positioned for success."
15 November 2010: Athena Sciences Corporation FBI IT-SSS IDIQ awards
"These awards were key to our growth strategy and play an important role in our plans to expand our business operations with new customers and in the DC metro area," according to President, Dan McCaugherty.