Jacobs Engineering has secured a contract to provide research operations support services for the US Air Force (USAF) Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

Valued at nearly $9m, the bridge contract has been awarded for a period of six months.

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Under the contract, Jacobs will provide planning, scheduling, management and evaluation of liquid, solid, hybrid, electronic and chemical propulsion system tests at the AFRL.

"We offer a team of experts with experience in utilising cutting-edge technology in the design, modification, operations and maintenance of rocket and laboratory facilities."

Jacobs aerospace and technology senior vice-president Ward Johnson said: "Jacobs is proud to continue our longstanding support of the AFRL and its mission to lead the discovery, development and integration of affordable technologies for America’s aerospace programme.

"We offer a team of experts with experience in utilising cutting-edge technology in the design, modification, operations and maintenance of rocket and laboratory facilities."

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AFRL is operated by the Air Force Materiel Command and focuses on the discovery, development, and integration of affordable aerospace warfighting technologies for air, space and cyberspace forces.

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In April this year, the company was contracted to provide Patriot Excalibur (PEX) software and systems engineering support to the USAF.

The $36.5m contract requires Jacobs to provide expertise to help maintain the PEX software, deliver system engineering services and support field implementations for a period of three years.

This will help to manage and track unit readiness of operations for more than 1,000 flying, non-flying and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) units.

Based on the Agile software development methodology, PEX solutions employ cloud computing and mobile technologies to facilitate the integration of a wide range of functional areas of a squadron organisation, consequently enabling the sharing of information.