NASA has selected KBR Wyle Services, LLC, of Fulton, Maryland, to provide Safety and Mission Assurance services to the agency.

QARMS is proud to be select by KBR Wyle Services LLC, as their subcontractor for fulfilling the needs of the Safety and Mission Assurance, Audits, Assessments, and Analysis (SA3) mission, and providing support to their team.

The SA3 contract will provide safety and mission assurance services to NASA Headquarters in Washington and other NASA centers, programs, projects, and activities through the NASA Safety Center in Cleveland. These services include, but aren’t limited to, audit/assessment/analysis support, safety assessments and hazard analysis, reliability and maintainability analysis, risk analysis and management, supply chain data management and analytics, software safety and assurance, training and outreach, quality engineering and assurance, and information systems support.

QARMS supports Europa Clipper High Gain Antenna.

The final photo of NASA's Europa Clipper High Gain Antenna prior to its shipping to JHU/APL. The QARMS team provided support for the Antenna built at AASC in Stockton, CA. The mission was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A on October 14, 2024.

Europa Clipper will use the huge antenna to transmit data hundreds of millions of miles back to Earth. Scientists believe the icy moon Europa harbors a vast internal ocean that may have conditions suitable for supporting life. The spacecraft will travel 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion km) to reach Jupiter in April 2030. It will orbit Jupiter, and conduct 49 close flybys of Europa.

KBR, teaming with QARMS, has won the contract for the NOAA Space Weather Follow On (SWFO) Ground Segment Antenna Network (SAN).

KBR WYLE Technical Solutions, LLC (KBR) won a $51.2 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to deploy, develop, and operate the agency’s Space Weather Follow-On (SWFO) Antenna Network. Under this contract, KBR will build and maintain an antenna network that sends and receives continuous mission data from the SWFO-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory and its ground segment. and network to perform telemetry, command and ranging services for the observatory’s operations..

QARMS' performance includes all support efforts necessary to design, analyze, develop, construct, fabricate, assemble, install, checkout, integrate, test, evaluate, verify, deliver, document, and maintain the SAN. This WBS also specifies the activities required to support development, verification and acceptance of the SAN by the Government and its integration into the SWFO Ground Segment.

On May 10th QARMS will present a Webinar in Support of the NASA Safety Center: "An Overview of Quality Engineering and the QE’s value during the Project Life Cycle"

QARMS, in collaboration with the NASA Safety Center (NSC) Technical Excellence Office, is proud to present a webinar by QARMS' Lead Auditor and Quality Engineer Charles B. Robinson.

This webinar is intended to provide an outline of how Quality Engineering (QE) adds value throughout the life-cycle of a project and will (a) correlate the life-cycle model with NPDs, NPRs, AS9100, and the QE Disciplines, and (b) provide a reference tool that QE’s can use during the Life Cycle of a project.

This article will be updated with the link to the presentation when it becomes available.

Quality Assurance and Risk Management Services, Inc., Completes Strategic Partnership with NASA’s Mentor-Protégé Program for Small Business

In July 2013, NASA chose Quality Assurance and Risk Management Services, Inc. (QARMS) to partner with Honeywell Technology Solutions (HTSI) in NASA’s Mentor-Protégé (MP) program for small business development. QARMS successfully completed the program April 30, 2016.

QARMS, a leader in system safety, quality, reliability engineering, and risk assessment and management in the aerospace industry, participated in NASA’s Mentor-Protégé program assisting the development of NASA’s small business supplier base.

The agreement partnered QARMS with HTSI. HTSI provided general operations and corporate infrastructure mentoring, assisting QARMS in forming improved competitive positions, increasing business opportunities, and enabling QARMS to more efficiently respond to the needs of NASA, other federal agencies, and the commercial sector by providing a cost-effective engineering consultation service to the Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) community.

QARMS continues to support the SMA challenges facing NASA across the Agency, providing solutions and support for a diverse population of programs and projects.

Quality Assurance and Risk Management Services, Inc. has been selected as a recipient of the fiscal year (FY) 2013 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Small Business Industry Awards (SBIA) on behalf of NASA's Glenn Research Center as the Small Business Subcontractor of the Year!

QARMS provided Agency-wide engineering services in safety, reliability, quality, and risk management as a subcontractor to Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc. (HTSI). We are a significant contributor to and lead several supplier assessment teams for Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) at major aerospace companies that provide NASA with mission-critical products; results included identification of risks in their design and development processes. QARMS led the reliability and safety program for the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-Rex) Camera Suite for GSFC, including parts-stress and worst-case analysis, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and safety analysis; several design improvements resulted. QARMS was a key member of the NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance system safety and risk management teams, helping to advance the state-of-the-art with new decision-making concepts, frameworks, processes, standards, handbooks, and training for NASA employees across the Agency.

Charles Robinson, QARMS' Quality Engineer and Lead Auditor, receives prestigious NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal

Mr. Robinson has been recognized for his contributions by being presented the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal for providing exceptional service to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Supply Chain Management (SCM) Program for over nine years. He has successfully been the Lead Assessor for over 140 supplier assessment teams evaluating critical aerospace suppliers for NASA.

A medal and certificate were presented to Charles B. Robinson by Ms. Donna F. Edwards, U.S. Representative for Maryland’s 4th Congressional District; Mr. Christopher Scolese, Director, Goddard Space Flight Center; and Mr. Patrick Scheuemann, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center. The certificate was signed by Mr. Charles F. Bolden, Jr., NASA Administrator.