Definitive Contract 80GSFC22CA055

This definitive contract from the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is valued at approximately $1 million. Awarded to Maxar Space LLC, it calls for a commercial hosting service to support NOAA's sustained Geostationary Weather Missions study. The solicitation sought proposals for instrument and mission concepts to collect regional weather and space data from geostationary, highly elliptical, and Lagrange orbits. It also requested studies to support...

This federal contract award is for the design, build, and delivery of 3 Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) spacecraft for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The $2,279,447,443 cost-plus-award-fee contract was awarded to Lockheed Martin Corporation, a major defense and aerospace contractor, by the NOAA. The contract has no set-aside designation. Lockheed Martin will likely leverage its extensive space systems and satellite integration expertise to deliver the...

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. was awarded a definitive contract valued at approximately $5.2 million by the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct an Ocean Color Geostationary XO (GeoXO) Phase A study. The 20-month firm fixed price contract will support requirements development and design concepts for an Ocean Color Observations instrument to fly aboard NOAA's planned GeoXO series of geostationary satellites, with the first launch...

This is a $773,460,760 definitive contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to L3Harris Technologies, Inc. to provide the GEOXO IMAGER (GXI) INSTRUMENT IMPLEMENTATION. The contract has a completion date of June 30, 2050 and uses a Cost Plus Award Fee pricing type. L3Harris Technologies, Inc. is the prime contractor, and major subcontractors include Glenair, Inc., Materion Precision Optics And Thin Film Coatings Inc., and others. This contract supports...

This $6.49 million firm fixed price contract was awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Lockheed Martin Corporation to conduct a Phase A study for the GEO-XO Lightning Mapper (LMX) instrument. The work involves defining requirements, assessing technologies, and developing plans to mature critical technologies to support the planned 2032 launch of the instrument onboard NOAA's first Geostationary Earth Orbit Extended Observations (GEO-XO) satellite. Two...

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation was awarded a definitive contract valued at $9.13 million by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct a Phase A study for the Geostationary and Extended Orbits Sounder instrument. The study responds to Solicitation No. 80GSFC21R0027 issued by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center seeking proposals for a definition phase study of an infrared sounder to fly on NOAA's planned GEO-XO series of geostationary weather satellites, with the...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $260,061 firm fixed price contract to Orbital Sciences LLC Tactical Space Systems Division, now known as Space Systems Division, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation. The contract is to conduct a mission concept study for a small satellite constellation in support of NOAA's needs. Specifically, the study will address NOAA's Broad Agency Announcement seeking proposals for instrument concepts and integrated mission designs to...

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation Payload And Ground Systems Division was awarded a $6.5 million firm fixed price contract by the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to conduct a Phase A study for the GEO-XO Lightning Mapper (LMX) instrument. The 20-month contract will fund requirements development and technology maturation plans to support the planned 2032 launch of the LMX onboard the first NOAA GEO-XO satellite. Leonardo - Societa' Per Azioni...

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. was awarded an $8.99 million firm fixed-price contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to conduct a Phase A study for the Geostationary and Extended Orbits (GEO-XO) Sounder (GXS) instrument. The 20-month study is being conducted for NOAA's planned GEO-XO series of geostationary weather satellites, with the first launch scheduled for 2032. Key subcontractors include Teledyne Digital Imaging US, Inc. for GXS support and the University of...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Axta Space Corporation, a for-profit organization, for the "AXTA Ground Management of an Orbital Mesh Network" project. The contract has a potential value of $749,390.00 and a completion date of May 31, 2025. This award is related to NOAA's "Ground Processing Demonstrations" Broad Agency Announcement, which is an exploratory effort to assess...