Houston Firm Wins $150M NASA Simulation, Advanced Software Contract

Mark Carreau July 03, 2025
simulation image of rocket

METECS will provide simulation and software services for space-based vehicle models.

Credit: Michael Barad/Timothy Sandstrom/NASA/Ames
HOUSTON—NASA has selected Houston-based MacLean Engineering & Applied Technologies (METECS) for a five-year, maximum-value $150 million contract to provide simulation and advanced software services to the agency starting on Oct. 1, 2025. The contract is a single award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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