KBR awarded $350M U.S. geological survey contract

KBR (KBR) has been awarded a Technical Support Services Contract by the U.S. Geological Survey, with a $350M ceiling, to deliver advanced technical solutions for the Earth Resources Observation and Science Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The award positions KBR to support USGS at the forefront of a new era in Earth observation, as the agency prepares for Landsat Next, a pioneering three-satellite constellation set to launch in 2030. Under the single Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract award, KBR will harness cloud-native architectures, artificial intelligence and machine learning, advanced software and systems engineering and enterprise-scale IT solutions to modernize USGS’s mission-critical operations. KBR will also deliver intelligent data analytics, algorithm development, secure IT infrastructure and long-term preservation of global Earth-observation records that will enable USGS to unlock deeper insights into our planet than ever before. The work will be performed in Sioux Falls and other sites around the U.S. over five years.