Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) News
Printer Friendly VersionSouthwest Research Institute wins Air Force Materiel services contract
San Antonio, Texas -- April 11, 2000 -- Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) has been named a prime contractor in a Design and Engineering Support Program (DESP) providing up to $450 million in services, primarily for the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC).
"For the Institute, this contract continues a history of SwRI's work for the AFMC," said O.H. Burnside, director of the Structural Integrity Department of SwRI's Mechanical and Materials Engineering Division. The Institute is providing services to Air Logistic Centers at Ogden, Utah; Warner Robins, Georgia; Sacramento, California; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; San Antonio; and to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
The DESP was created to meet future diversified engineering needs by providing engineering and high-level technical services in support of all AFMC weapons systems, components, and support equipment. It will focus on incorporating proven technologies and methods into Air Force systems and processes.
One of 13 DESP prime contractors, SwRI has teamed with subcontractors Analysis & Technology, Inc. of Middletown, Rhode Island, and ML Technologies, Inc. of Layton, Utah.
Under terms of the Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract, the SwRI team will provide needed services during the next five years to the AFMC and other federal agencies.
SwRI is an independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization based in San Antonio. The Institute uses multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving.
For more information about , the Design and Engineering Support Program (DESP), contact Joe Fohn, Communications Department, Southwest Research Institute, P.O. Drawer 28510, San Antonio, Texas, 78228-0510, Phone (210) 522-4630, Fax (210) 522-3547.
