ORBITZ — NASA + Booz Allen Hamilton — NDS + SkyLife — PCT’09 —

July 15, 2008

BUSINESS — NASA has awarded an advanced planning assessment contract to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. of McLean, Virginia. The fixed-price contract has a maximum value of $30 million for a three-year base period beginning July 8 and two one-year options. The contract is a follow-on to an earlier contract, with work being performed at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Booz Allen Hamilton will give independent programmatic and institutional assessment capability support to Johnson’s Advanced Planning Office and will provide reviews and assessments of tactical and strategic planning efforts as well as make independent assessments of cost, schedule, technical risk, safety and mission assurance. Its assessments will include Johnson programs and projects, and center-wide and NASA-wide institutional support activities. A major subcontractor is Raytheon Technical Services Company of Webster, Texas.

BUSINESS — NDS has announced that Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting Co. Ltd., (SkyLife) has extended its relationship with NDS by selecting market-leading VideoGuard® conditional access (CA) technology and MediaHighway® middleware for its new HDTV service. SkyLife HD is the first H.264 based HD service in Korea. SkyLife is enhancing its offering to subscribers with the launch of live HD services.

BUSINESS — Registration is now available for PTC ’09. The theme is “Collaborating for Change: Strategies, Opportunities & Partnerships” and the event will occur at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort and Spa in Honolulu, Hawaii, from January 18th through the 21st, 2009. In fact, if you register prior to August 31st, there’s a best discount rate available. Select the PTC ’09 graphic below for further details…