of Aerospace & Defense at CSC
When Orville and Wilbur Wright launched the first powered flight on December 17, 1903, little did the brothers know they were also launching a new era in history. A century after that 12-second flight over the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Caroliy people travel the globe, fight wars and explore the universe.
Similarly, when Roy Nutt and Fletcher Jones founded CSC more than half a century later, they had no way of knowing that the company would grow into a global information technology corporation, one with deep roots in the aviation and aerospace industry. In 1959, fewer than 4,000 computers existed in the world. Yet information technology eventually would transform aerospace, and CSC would play an important role in that transformation
CSC entered the aerospace industry in 1961 with a contract for support work at the Space Flight Operations Facility of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. Together, CSC and JPL created the computer system 
that guided and tracked telemetry data from unmanned lunar and planetary probes. This data, along with other JPL research, was a major force for the U.S. space effort.
During the decades following the Saturn and Apollosuccesses, CSC expanded its role in aerospace, signing contracts with nearly every NASA center across the country, including Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, Stennis Space Flight Center in Mississippi, NASA Ames Research Center in California, Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, Kennedy Space Center in Florida and Johnson Space Center in Texas.
Over CSC's history, the company has supported path-breaking NASA missions such as the Space Shuttle program, the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station.
CSC has built upon its experience with NASA to support other government clients. During the 1970s, CSC embarked upon ambitious programs with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Its FAA work includes development and support of systems crucial to helping air traffic controllers maintain safe aircraft separation and manage overall traffic flows.