Flexible Metal Hose Manufacturing Co. v. United States

OPINION

YOCK, Judge.

This Government contract case involves review, under the standards of the Wunderlich Act, 41 U.S.C. §§ 321-22 (1976), of a decision by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Board of Contract Appeals (Board). NASA BCA No. 378-2, 79-1 BCA (CCH) ¶ 13,765 (1979).

The case involves the installation of a cryogenic piping system used in the Space Shuttle’s main propulsion system. The dispute arose from the need by the plaintiff to place insulation on the piping in order to meet NASA heat leak specifications. The plaintiff sought additional compensation for *524the…