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“It’s an untold story about the tribes, the capabilities the tribes have nurtured for a long time,” Monahan said. “The real hidden story is the level of space capability going on on the reservation, and at the college.”

S&K’s ties to the Johnson Space Center date back to 1997, he said, when the company began working on a software robotics program for NASA.

“The last several years it’s really started to grow,” Monahan said. “This will be the largest contract yet, because there are no subcontractors involved. We’ll be the only vendor supplying these services to Boeing.”

“The drive for technology innovation under these large Boeing and NASA programs is unmatched,” said Barbara DeBernardo, S&L Global Solutions vice president of federal/civilian sector. “There is something about space exploration that encourages new ideas and advancements. This community, and the people it naturally recruits, is an exciting environment.”

Other small businesses awarded contracts by Boeing on Monday included Barrios Technology of Houston, ALATEC of Huntsville, Summit Technologies and Solutions of Alexandria, Virginia, RVMTI JV of Cedar Park, Texas, and All Points Logistics of Merritt Island, Florida.

The contracts start in October and run through September 2020.

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