Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The contract for management and operation of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be opened up to a competitive bidding process ...

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NASA plans to open up competition for control over the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which has historically been operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). This move is part of ...

The California Institute of Technology is in jeopardy of losing its 70-year grip on NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as Washington considers bids from outsiders. NASA announced plans last month to see ...

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The contract for management and operation of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be opened up to a competitive bidding process for the first time in its history, the space agency announced Friday.