Since 1961, Bay Area Houston continues to flourish as the epicenter of human space flight with the NASA Johnson Space Center.
The U.S. space program relies heavily upon its contractors as its partners in human space flight with 3,160 civil servants and 12,100 contractors making up the workforce at JSC.
The following is a list of largest NASA Johnson Space Center contractors ranked by the dollar amount of contracts in 2006.
Johnson Space Center's Prime Contractors
|
Rank
| Company Information
| Years as JSC Conractor
| No. of Full-Time Employees
|
| 1
|
United Space Alliance
| 10
| DND |
| 2
| The Boeing Company - Space Exploration
| 45
| 2,105 |
| 3
| Jacobs Technology Inc.
| 2
| 1,600 |
| 4
| Barrios Technology
| 27
| 450 |
| 5
| MEI Technologies Inc.
| 14
| 390 |
| 6
| National Space Biomedical Research Institute
| 10
| 16 |
| 7
| The Diamond Group
| 5
| 180 |
| 8
| Enterprise Advisory Services Inc.
| 10
| 194 |
| 9
| Universities Space Research Association
| 38
| 70 |
| 10
| Anadarko Industries
| 2
| 93
|
| 11
| GeoControl Systems Inc.
| 19
| 170 |
| 12
| Tietronix Software
| 7
| 45 |
| 13
| Al-Razaq Computing Services
| 7
| 35 |
| 14
| JES Tech
| 3
| 63 |
| 15
| C.F. McDonald Electric Inc.
| 35
| 175 |
| 16
| Center for Biophysical Sciences & Engineering
| 4
| 24 |
| 17
| Blackhawk Management Corp.
| 14
| 41 |
| 18
| W de Y Associates Inc.
| 26
| 37 |
| 19
| C.L. Vick Construction Company Inc.
| 23
| 6 |
| 20
| Royal American Services Inc.
| 10
| 45 |
DND= Did Not Disclose Information
Source: Houston Business Journal
Last Update: May 23, 2007